Bell Mtn House-Tuxedo NC

This is an old abandoned house I found while exploring the supposedly haunted Bell Mountain in Tuxedo NC located in Henderson county nearest the SC line. In fact if you travel Bell Mtn Rd all the way out which is a very far distance you will run right into The Greenville SC Watershed area which is off limits to anyone but employees or authorized personel. It's an otherwise nice area minus a few old beat down houses in need of repairs. It's out in the country away from the towns but still close enough to not be too big of an inconvenience for those who like the countryside.
There really isn't anyone up there to speak of except for the people that live there and I've walked down the road and even into the Greenville Watershed area after 5 PM. I didn't see anyone. Actually I had a sudden need for a potty break and couldn't wait and the Greenville Watershed appeared to be the best choice with the most privacy so I took it.
There are several old abandoned houses out here and this is one of them.

Abandoned House-Travelers Rest SC

This is an old, empty, very dilapidated house that sits very close to Hwy 25 on N. Old Buncombe Rd in Travelers Rest SC. It's apparent by the amount of abandoned houses in this one area that people really don't care about their or their loved ones houses especially after they've been shipped off to nursing homes and passed away.
It's this particular element that I find the most interesting. There is a history to every one of these houses. At one time someone lived here and it may have been a nice house but over time it fell into disrepair which is the case for many of the houses I find. There may have been children who lived here and who grew up here but no one will ever know. I doubt the people who live in these areas have any idea about the people that once lived there. That's a shame.
It's a shame that houses fall into such disrepair and no one cares least of all the children of the people who once lived there and had vibrant, active lives. That of course is a very positive outlook on the houses I find.
Since I don't know the story behind any of them, there could have been murderers living there, wife beaters, who knows, it's only speculation on my part but if the walls of houses I find could talk they would tell me a story, each story unique in it's own way filled with different people from different eras.
This house is very rundown with the front door standing wide open suggesting that homeless have stayed there.

187 Gosnell Rd-Travelers Rest SC

This is an empty, abandoned mobile home I saw while driving(joyriding) in Travelers Rest SC. I especially like the Tigerville area and would often drive through there looking for anything empty or anything interesting I could take pictures of. It's a beautiful area that hasn't been overdeveloped yet like many other surrounding areas. I don't visit so much anymore because of the saving money issue. But I've accumulated hundreds of photographs since the time of trying to save gas thus money especially since I've started driving a bigger automobile once again. My small car afforded me more opportunities to drive while still not spending an arm and a leg on fuel but for now it has to be a bigger car not that I don't really like my bigger car better for comfortability especially when I drive further distances.
I just don't take so many pictures when I go to Virginia and Kentucky and Georgia, not sure why I just don't unless it's of waterfalls, lakes, rivers, etc. then I do.

This mobile home was abandoned and empty the last time I drove by it which has been several months.

Abandoned Gas Station-Marietta SC

I'm sure the people that live in this area probably pass by this old gas station every day or quite often and by now to them it is just an eyesore they wish someone would tear down.
It's been awhile since I've been in this area, probably several months now since I've been trying to save money by saving gas and staying home more and when I've been out I've chosen to explore other places. Marietta is a very nice area in SC and I love to explore it. I take turns however exploring different places.
When I was at this old gas station I could see where a homeless person had managed to crawl under one of the garage doors to get inside. The side door now stands wide open. I didn't dare go inside being alone. I just stood outside and snapped some pictures.

849 E Preston/McDaniel Rd-Pickens SC

This house is actually located on the corner of E Preston/McDaniel Road and Hwy 288. One photo is the front view and the other is the back of the house. It is clearly abandoned and empty however someone does come to the place on occasion as I saw farming equipment. The doors were wide open with a lawnmower in the back room of the house. The house is very rundown as can be imagined.

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Interest level: A 9 on a scale of 1-20. Interesting place and there are many others in the Pickens county area. It's a beautiful area.

204 S Blythe Shoals Dr-Cleveland SC

You can barely see the old abandoned house back behind all the trees and bushes but it is there. There are several abandoned properties on this one road alone. I guess that is a sign of the times or a lot of people died in this one area. There is said to be a ghost in this area and I wonder if that might have something to do with all the empty houses on the street.
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Interest level: Scale 1-20, a 5. Not too interesting but the location is. It is also home to the blythe shoals dam where the ghost has allegedly been seen.

210 S Blythe Shoals Dr-Cleveland South Carolina

This is an empty/abandoned house at 210 s blythe shoals dr in Cleveland South Carolina.

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Interest level: Scale 1-20, a 5.5. It isn't particularly interesting but the area itself is. In fact there is supposed to be a ghost at blythe shoals dam. That is how I found this place and several others like it.

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