I honestly wish whoever owns the property would auction off the items while they're still in good condition.. and/or donate to a museum or something. I love Victorian stuff.. D: just hate to see it going to waste unused..

His voice is so soothing.... Anyone else? No? Just me? Ok lol

I can hardly contain myself from organizing each room and putting things in their places. What a great hotel that place would be.

I love your respectful nature. How you ensure to protect all these incredible places by not damaging anything I’ve watched you guys for so long. Youre number 1 on my abandoned homes guys. Love you all

"One, two, tree...." so adorable!! I love his accent! His accent with soft voice while story telling is so respectful and sweet. And hes not bad on the eyes either..great combo!

The silver dust pan you found in the dining room had a brush that went with it and it was used for taking crumbs off the table cloths. It wasn't used on the floors.

It's my experience in these cases of the families tied up in a dispute and no one can touch anything till that's settled which sometimes takes years...

The editor of this video needs to use his voice to tell stories all over the world I Love it.

The reasons many chateau beds are recessed is to keep the draft off the sleeping occupant, much like beds covered in canopy's with drapes

The brass hanging bells in the end of the video are the bells to call the staff from various rooms. Each bell has its unique tone which tells the staff where they are needed.

You truly have a natural gift for narration. Your admiration and appreciation for all things of historical value is contagious. Your voice and command of the English language is comforting, engaging and beautiful. Thank you for showing this particular property. It was breathtaking from beginning to end. Thank you.

Lesley - your voice is pure chocolate: smooth, calm, friendly, sincere, engaging and just you! A young man with a great future ahead of you.

The beautiful cabinet in the dining room is made of inlaid wood, it is different pieces of different colors in order to make the design. It takes a long time and is very painstakingly difficult to do. I just love it. Thank you for all your hard work.

That was one of the most amazing homes I’ve seen yet. You could just hear the kids running through it while the women were busy doing things and men were on meetings. Then their special occasions the place all lit up and listening to music !! Loved that one so much Thank you for sharing :)

The furniture needs rescued and repurposed . Such magnificent architecture and master craftmanship with furniture building and design. Hopefully it can be rescued! Thank you for sharing all the beauty there.

Yes! Soothing voice, sensitive and loves history! Love these presentations! Its like I was there with them. I love his excitement over the French stove, fridge that still worked and throne! Gorgeous furniture, art and, yes, curtains! Thank you and your cameraman.

It’s like a history museum, it’s as though the owners lived in the lifestyle of a different era. I wonder if they passed away due to old age, and the family became overwhelmed with the responsibility of it. Sad that so many family heirlooms are left to decay 💙

I’m ashamed to admit that I would be tempted to “liberate” much of that blue and white china. This is the best tour I’ve ever seen. Thank you.

Explomo did this place and shortly after their visit, the place was emptied of everything. I guess owners found out people were putting it online XD I feel like due to some laws it has been in probate, but extended family have been in and out, listing things on ebay (explomo bid found things sorted, like China sets for ebay) so probate or whatever most likely came through and allowed current owner/s to come in finally and remove things. We will never know for sure the story of what happened, and we it sat empty for so many years

I’d really love to know their story... I can’t imagine just going out the door with only a couple suitcases and leaving literally *everything* behind, must have been heartbreaking.

People only disappear leaving things behind unless they are dead or hiding from something or a tragic event

It makes me sad to know all that beauty is going to be ruined all those books lost we lose more of our history everyday. Thank you for these videos at least we will have these to remember how much beauty has been lost. To remember the way things used to be when family mattered and people would sit together and talk face to face.

That's not a dust pan...it's for the servants to clean crumbs from the dining table.♥️🇺🇸

There must be security. In the US a building like that would have been stripped to the last valuable article and vandalized beyond that. Unbelievable. Love your work. Thanks so much.

Damn! that's what abandoned exploration dreams are made of!

When you were showing the silver dustpan and you mentioned how they don’t make stuff like that anymore well that’s why I look into antique shops and I find a lot of things like that that I still use at home I don’t have a silver one but I do have a cool metal one from the 40s and it’s yellow!

I love the integrity and appreciation you show in your videos . Beautiful home, such a mystery why people simply abandon their beautiful homes and what seems most if not all their belongings.. really behooves me. These abandoned places videos are like stepping into a time capsule.

Wonder if any of these families who just disappeared without a trace had pets at one time. I've watched hundreds of these abandoned mansions and just wonder if family members came to gather the cat, dog, rabbit, bird, etc. Somebody has to know something about these abandoned houses.

I would definitely try to find out what happened to the people and why they had to go and maybe the history of the house.

I believe the carpets on the walls are called tapestry.

This place would make an amazing bed and breakfast hotel, if you want to visit the past.

Wonderful job, once more. It is quite something to see the tale of how the castle's once-upon-a-time centerpiece of having exquisite fireplaces with all their finest marble, mirror, artwork and gilding eventually became antiquated. These were then replaced with metal stoves, the incredibly disjunctive tall white heaters (with their big black pipes clashing against the beauty of the wall paper) and finally, the steam/eletric radiant heaters. Also, seeing the washing machines from prior centuries all in one room is like seeing a messy version of a Smithsonian exhibit. Wow. These all indicate how this castle was very much in use as it went through the centuries -- it went through upgrades from candles/chandeliers to electric. The impact of these upgrades changed the integrity of the overall aesthetic of the interior designs. The rooms began to look very hodge-podge, mishmash. The elegance which once was faded or completely became mostly obliterated. I really enjoy seeing the joy in which you explore and guide your viewers through the property. The feeling I get when I watch all the things which were left behind and the way in which they were left behind, feels somewhat depressing. It seems like the residents did not make a peaceful transition in their inner world, their inner selves, and it was reflected in the way which they were living. On the upside, when there is so much personal stuff left behind and abandoned (including numerous very valuable items) it makes me see how the very rich and the very poor are perhaps not much different from each other when seen fr this light. I am reminded that as these grand castles with its grand contents fall into decay, they are actually returning to where they came from: nature. The Tibetan Buddhist tradition of creating very intricate and exquisite large sand mandalas come to mind. However painstaking the number of hours and effort they devote to the mindful and prayerful creation of something so breathtakingly beautiful, as soon as it is complete they intentionally and mindfully destroy them and return them back to nature. Thank you so much for this video. It is a potent and profound piece for me on the beauty and truth of impermanence in everything.

This was a stunning explore. I believe I loved everything in it. One thing I've come to admire from watching French Explorations is their unique interior design. It is so elegant and classy. I love the matching fabrics, the textures, the symetry in the way they decorate. I adore the floral patterns and vibrant colors, especially when they use pink. Marble fireplaces, the paintings. The carpets on the walls were gorgeous. And I love the displays of their religious beliefs throughout their home. No expense spared, just beauty everywhere. And the books!! Clearly very educated individuals. Thank you for a fantastic video. Take care, Stay safe, God bless! xoxo💖 Kat

Absolutely AMAZING place! I love the intro, you haven't skipped leg day! Sooo many wardrobes, cabinets, bookshelves, its unbelievable. The rooms go on and on forever. The tables in each room were called card tables or games tables. I have one that was my great grandparents. Some of the bedrooms had sinks with running water but just that one toilet?! Each room had the bedside table to store the bed pans to pee in at night. I love your energy and enthusiasm about the radiators and especially the wood burning stoves-I can't imagine the amount of wood it would take in the winter time. I'm glad you didn't go to the left on the third floor, I think the tile they laid was too much for the weight of the floor, is maybe why it was failing.... Its amazing to me after a few HUNDRED years the only crack I saw was in the bathroom. So many stories this place could tell. Thank you!

This was amazing. I really love a good old mansion. So many beautiful things. Thank you for taking us there.

Best one yet loved the layout of the castle and everything left inside. What a gem. Can't believe these buildings get forgotten about and abandoned.

I love that you have quiet but beautiful background music that just seems to fit in beautifully with the video!!

I fall in love with these homes every time.. I would give anything to have something so gorgeous to live in.. its so sad they are empty..

I enjoy his enthusiasm and joy when he takes us through the amazing places.

Stunning, absolutely stunning! Thank you for showing this beautiful treasure, a peak into the past. It's actually heartbreaking to see so many beautiful peices of furniture and antique pieces left to decay rather than being appreciated by someone. The People who poured their hearts into building that place and then filling it to see it left with no one appreciating it is truly sad. Especially the state it was left in. It would be amazing to learn the fate of this family. I truly appreciate your care, respect you show while touring these homes and how you film it for your audience. You're extremely talented 👏

What an amazing castle. That was one of the best. So historical all the antiques. What a shame no one could save the castle. Thank you for that exploration that was awesome 👏. 🌺🌴

That Venetian mirror alone is worth about 25 thousand dollars! Simply astonishing! Gorgeous home, so sad it was left behind to decay.

I just came across your videos a couple days ago. I love seeing beautiful homes like this. Seeing how people lived many years ago. Looking at the gorgeous antique furniture with their beautiful designs. Thank you so much for doing what you do. I look forward to seeing many more homes of years gone by...

I'd imagine many children coming into the world in the master bedroom and several people going out of the world in those smaller bedrooms.

😂👍🏻Thank you Lesley, I appreciate you thinking of me! The velvet curtains are gorgeous, as well as that cabinet, beautiful mix wood tones and patterns. Frame 17:36 Beautiful chair with the yellow and blue design. Yes this was one Magnificent home, loved everything. So many valuables left behind, I don't think vandals, but family members looking for particular documents, or items of importance to take to another country. I hope the Gerardi family are well. Maybe a Winery Business dispute/disagreement somewhere, made them leave this location. Could be Germany, Switzerland or Brazil. Remember folks, No one leaves valuables, unless something more valuable is at stake! These valuables left behind is nothing to them. They should just auction off their furnishings. This place..is so historically comfortable, again, more than happy to be part of the cleaning crew.💕💕💕 All I need are the cutains, 2 beautiful yellow blue chair, Mirror etc. And spend a whole week there as a guest...too much to ask for? 🤗💕

I own a chateau myself. They become very expensive to run and to upkeep. I looks like to me that there buisness went under and they went bankrupt. When this happens the bank or the state own it. And sometimes the state just forget about it.

Everything about this place is incredibly beautiful including the yard. Somebody was looking after the place I think. I’m sure somebody owns it still thank you for this video

Everyone I see stuff like this, I keep waiting for someone to walk in and go, “Hey a-hole, what are you doing in my summer house!!!”

You only connect when you have a feeling for it. And thats what the Core of this Videos. It shines through.

I think that the chimney is designed like that to try to stop so much of the heat from escaping from the room, up the chimney.

It’s unimaginable to leave so many valuable items.. it looks like someone was organizing things to maybe remove them but something happened and they stopped and left. I would love to know more of their history. Thanks for taking us with you on this find.

Thank you for showing & sharing this remarkable chateau in France. It’s amazing how people just up & leave a living place. Maybe they all died off one by one & just lived in certain parts of the property. It all goes back to the 1600 so might have been in the family for centuries. The last living ones might have just left because it got too much for them all the responsibilities plus overwhelming possessions all around them. There are indeed many valuables around & probably after a good clean up it would be worth a large amount of money. The old stoves are remarkable, plus bathrooms with their toilets. ( or throne rooms). The furniture & beds are old design. Because it’s hot in France it’s remarkably well kept especially the wall paper. The books must be a real treasure trove to go through. You can see by the kitchen & utensils, pots & pans on the walls that people have lived here for many many years. There are old paintings on the walls of people dressed for hundreds of years ago. Plus the taxidermy stuffed animals which were in fashion a hundred years ago. Maybe the up keep of the place became too much to afford. Somebody must know. It must have had fantastic gardens as well. Maybe a few vintage cars in the grounds. Probably has cellars & garages as well. Really enjoyed the viewing of this historical chateau.

36 minute mark That small stove could be the vendor example as he canvassed the town which was very common to do even in America. Lots of miniature furniture too., Just a thought. You give your heart explaining. Thank you.

All that gorgeous salt glazed pottery! Gah! And those super old books; the mice are eating the glue off the spines. Breaks my heart.

Your whispering comments and giggling moments bring added joy as you narrate your discovering adventures along with what time has left behind! Always fun, always insightful and always reassuring to see enthusiast's still curating treasures from the past being saved for the lover's of an era long gone...

Love the wallpaper in the first bedroom. I also love the way you show all the trinkets, china and the things the people used in everyday life. You treat their belongings with such respect. Thank you for that and for sharing your adventures with us.

I just couldn't believe this awesome and marvelous castle was abandoned... There must be good reason why the family did so. I can't help but get emotional on this...there are so many whys in my mind.

What a beautiful home, I can never understand why families just disappear from these homes and never return. They say every room tells a story and I think this is true, looking at a few of the really old items gets you thinking, then amongst the items a few modern things, such as an electric toothbrush? Surely an old place such as this doesn’t have electricity? I know it could be put in, but it wouldn’t be in keeping with this wonderful place. You have chandelier, no gas lamps.. seems to be part modern and old mixed also clothing, which was quite modern.. plimsoles in the wardrobe , fleece on the back of a chair. Seems someone had lived here maybe in the 70s.. I’d so love to explore these old places, so interesting.

This was an absolute JOY to see! I would love to do a walk through of this place, touch things, read things, omg. So many objects reminded me of Titanic, from some of the furnishings, the chandeliers, the fireplaces. This is amazing! Thank you so much for sharing this with us.

I started my husband watching your channel. He mentioned what perfect music, you are playing. Keep it up. The music, is a beautiful part, of your travels. Namaste..

I will always say i love your channel, i've always loved watching forgotten homes of the past on TV or on KZfaq. And this is absolutely one of my favourite KZfaq channel where i can watch what i love most!!❤❤❤

Perfect presentation. Absolutely "A". Two thumbs up for this video. Congrats.

Absolutely fantastic! It’s a shame that it has been left in such a mess, the rooms and the furniture was so beautiful. Really love your videos, a glimpse into their lives that always makes me wonder why they leave so much behind. Thank you for your lovely tour.

I honestly loved watching this episode. Your right each rooms distinctive fireplace and pipes from the heater are awesome! I recognized many things which brought back memories from my grandparents. Thank you so very much for sharing it all!

Awsome find!! Ok I'm winning the Lottery and going to get this place!!! Can't believe no one lives there. Be safe keep on keeping on

Those are bed warmers dear.. Not waffle irons.. They put the hot coal in them and place then between the mattresses.. God bless 🙏

The place is beautiful. Wonderful antiques & stuff. Hard to believe everything is still there. Thanks for this!

"Look at those carpets on the wall"...they are called tapestries 😂

I don't really know but I think the chimneys we're designed so that they can distribute heat better. Absolutely fantastic. Thank you so much.

You’re a story teller 😘

What you call Accountancy Desk, we call Secretaries in America. They are awesome. My husband has his grandmothers Secretary desk. It is MY pride and joy!!! I take very good care of it because it's so old. We think it belonged to her parents. I take pride in antiques. I LOVE antiques. I have 2 kitchen tables with chairs from the 1950's-1960's. I also have an antique teapot WITH a WOODEN BOTTOM WITH A MUSIC BOX!!!!! It was my grandmothers on my dad's side. I take care of my things and the things that are vintage. There is history with vintage things. Thanks for letting me share!!!!

God Love you for always showing respect to the people who have come before you.

Their lives were more valuable than all They left behind.

What a lovely gentle way you have!

A great deal of the items within the house are 1920's to 1040's an antique treasure castle , The lack of dust lends to belief someone has been upkeeping it.

I want to say how much joy your channel brings to me. i love history. and i love to see how people live. thank you for sharing all of your adventures with me. i will continue to enjoy all that your channel has to offer. i wish there is more i could do to show my appreciation for you guys.

EXCELLENT!!!! By the time the video was closing , it almost feels like a little piece of this wonderful mansion goes with u. So sad to see these places start falling apart, as they have such high historical value, not to mention the high end furniture. As usual. you guys have done a great job--not only in making the video but also great quality content and showing us places that we would never be able to see in this lifetime. Thank you VERY much for your work.

One of the oil paintings in the living room/parlor depicted a very stern looking man in black with white lace collar. That type of neck ware were worn by the advisors to the French Kings. It was their form of a clerical uniform in the very fashionable French Court Louis XIV The Sun King. It remaining in use until the French Revolution. One painting was done in the style of Hans Holbein who was the portrait artist of choice during Henry VIII and Elizabeth I. It looks like they were displaying their ancestors portraits in a place of prominence where guests would be entertained by the fire. The smaller wooden rail staircases he liked so much were likely the servants staircase. It connects the kitchen, servants work areas to the servantsliving quarters. A nanny would have living quarters next to the children’s room. Children were like servants back then in the view they were to not be seen or heard unless they were asked to do so by the adults/employer.

So nice to see the joy you have discovering these treasures of lost. Love them!

I truly appreciated the tour and it’s treasures of forgotten history of this family . I pray they are safe and of sound mind and health where ever they may be.

I feel like count dracula is giving me a the grand tour of the house.

Who makes sure to protect these places? Here in the US dad to say theives would clear out everything of value within minutes!

Your voice is stunning and so comforting Sir. I am in awe .... Wonderful tour. It's a dream !

What an absolutely lovely place!!! Thank you for taking us with you! Such a joy!

Fabulous!!! It makes me feel very ill, what could have happened to these people to make them leave and take nothing? Thank you for sharing. It took my breath away.

Amazing place, thank you for finding these beautiful places and showing them to us, Your very kind to the people who had lived in the places, Thankyou once again xxx

Hi Lesley, I really enjoyed this explore, I didn't want it to end either. Keep up the good work, love from Australia.

That wallpaper though. So amazing and in pretty good condition! Stephanie Jarvis from The Chateau Diaries would lose her mind.

That place could open as a working museum bet people would go and walk around it , I would

They kept the old calendar from years behind I think because something significant happened. Maybe wedding, birthday or death. I kept the calendar the year my mother passed away.

Those "canisters" hanging above the sink (opposite the mattress beaters) are in fact bed warmers! How wonderfully amazing. I would dearly love to see this chateau restored to it's original glory. To witness such decay and abandonment, is too upsetting.

Thank you....it was wonderful. I enjoy seeing homes such as this. Old yet preserved. Thanks again

The most interesting discovery was the very old letters in the large closet. All those documents should be rescued and taken to experts. Historians could find much more information there about the things of that time. I hope someone saves them before they get ruined. Greetings from Finland. ~ Katja

The dust pan and the brush next to it was called a Silent Butler, it was for brushing crumbs off the table.. As a Antiques and Vintage dealer my heart is just fluttering with all of the beautiful things I recognize for what they are, My heart skipped a beat when that old ice box turned on.. lol .. such a shame to be just left alone to a eventual decaying death.. I think the little room off the bedroom would have been the birthing room.. the midwife would have stayed in there next to the mistress's room.

I love how he usually finds religious items! He also cleans up and stages the places.

I would like to know why the people disappeared not even a single person appearing again to the world . Mystery should be unfolded.

The "artwork" above the fireplace is an old lock (there is even the key)...

I managed to find some earlier shoots of this chateau and everything was neat and covered with sheets to prevent dust layering.

You enjoy and appreciate antiques and classic lifestyles like I do, and I can enjoy your videos even more because of that. You’re authentic, and it’s refreshing to see! Success and happiness to you.

I like the narrator’s respectful tone of voice and content .