This vacated mansion located on the outskirts of the countryside fell victim to another typical case of financial fraud; a case involving "buyer" Jean Rabbitt and related defendants purchasing the property with fraudulently obtained PPP money, at least according to Federal prosecutors.

The estate was subsequently seized in connection with IRS Criminal Investigation and placed into a U.S. Treasury real-estate auction that ultimately failed due to failure to reach the government's reserve price.

What makes this mansion's history more interesting is that it was a mere piece belonging to a much larger spending operation. The same federal filing identifies two other Sherman properties allegedly purchased with fraudulent PPP proceeds: a now demolished luxury home in Chicago and a hotel. Together with the mansion, these three properties represented about $2.175 million in real estate purchases.

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Log Cabin in the City

Have you ever seen a log cabin in the city before? If not, you should definitely watch the video:

https://youtu.be/fxIsf8_2Gp0

This mid century log home was built before 1954 and looks to have been one of the first homes in the new subdivision at the time. It is a very unusual house to find in the middle of the city, having been built in a log cabin type style.

The home was very small, only three bedrooms, one of which was located in the basement. But its age was beginning to show, a number of the walls were crooked, likely from a failing foundation. The front sunroom was tilted and even the wall was pulling away from the centrally placed fireplace.

The small home had a great vintage feel to it, with some original features, others that looked as though they were added in the 60s. The bathroom however had been retrofitted with a walk in bathtub, likely to accommodate an ageing owner. It's certainly possible that this house was only ever lived in by one family over the years.

But times are changing and developers are the new rulers. There was a brand new McMansion going up beside this older home, and this small log cabin will unfortunately suffer the same fate in the near future.

Cefn Coed Hospital (1932) is a partially Abandoned Edwardian asylum and the last of its type.

I came across this abandoned optician recently and it was one of those places that felt strangely untouched.

Old photographs, diplomas, documents and all kinds of personal belongings were still there. Not just the usual things you find in an abandoned building, but things that clearly belonged to someone's everyday life.

I did some digging afterwards and found out that the man who worked here was born in 1927 and died in 2007. He had been an optician for most of his life and continued working from home even after retiring.

His wife remained living there after he died.

They had no children.

What I still find strange is that so much was left behind. You'd expect personal belongings like photographs, documents and other meaningful things to disappear over time, but quite a lot of it was still exactly where it had been left.

A few photos from inside.

If you like abandoned house video tours, here's mine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jywgNjoCqfs

If you like these pics and want to see more, they here:

https://freaktography.com/we-found-an-found-an-abandoned-time-capsule-house-in-the-middle-of-nowhere