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Abandoned Farmhouse in the Midwest With a Yard of Mossy Classic Cars

An abandoned farmhouse with a yard of moss covered classic cars, including a Blazer, a Cutlass and a blue truck. Some had been hauled off since my last visit.

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An abandoned farmhouse with a yard full of classic cars, all of them parked in tall grass with moss growing on the hoods. Whoever lived here collected a lot of cars, and the entire yard was like that. The exact location stays with me. It’s somewhere in the Midwest.

I had been here before, and I think there were more cars last time. Some of them looked like they had been removed from the property.

What we found

A dark coupe at the edge of the yard, with a white metal cabinet standing in the weeds beside it.
A dark coupe at the edge of the yard, with a white metal cabinet standing in the weeds beside it. 0:20

I don’t know if the owner finally came by and hauled things off, or if the city got involved. Either way there were still some cool classic cars here, parked among bare trees with the old house behind them.

A mossy truck sitting in the grass with the farmhouse and a white sedan behind it.
A mossy truck sitting in the grass with the farmhouse and a white sedan behind it. 0:40

The Blazer is one of my favorites, with all that moss growing on it. The inside looked like there had been a fire, unless it was all water damage.

A fast pass along the back of a mossy wagon, with a taillight at the left and broken white pieces piled at the back.
A fast pass along the back of a mossy wagon, with a taillight at the left and broken white pieces piled at the back. 1:00
Looking through the window of a red and white car at the steering wheel and bench seat.
Looking through the window of a red and white car at the steering wheel and bench seat. 1:20

There are some slightly newer cars parked in the lot too, and I really liked the blue truck.

A rusted blue truck with a camper shell, parked in a field with a red barn far behind it.
A rusted blue truck with a camper shell, parked in a field with a red barn far behind it. 1:40
A beige Buick sedan sitting in the tall grass.
A beige Buick sedan sitting in the tall grass. 2:01

The old Cutlass was absolutely beautiful. There were a lot of old Chevys all through the lot, and one I couldn’t place until I called it an Eagle. At one point I said another one looked like a Bel Air.

A rusted Oldsmobile Cutlass seen from behind in dead grass, with more old trucks across the lot.
A rusted Oldsmobile Cutlass seen from behind in dead grass, with more old trucks across the lot. 2:21
A maroon sedan in the foreground and a pale sedan behind it, with a barn and silo across the field.
A maroon sedan in the foreground and a pale sedan behind it, with a barn and silo across the field. 2:41
The peeling maroon hood of an Oldsmobile, with a yellow vehicle parked behind it.
The peeling maroon hood of an Oldsmobile, with a yellow vehicle parked behind it. 3:01

Why places like this end up empty

I don’t know who owned this property or why it was left, so I’m not going to guess. What I can source is the bigger picture. USDA’s 2022 Census of Agriculture, as summarized by the American Farm Bureau Federation in March 2024, counted 141,733 fewer farms than in 2017, a drop of 7 percent. Since 1950 the number of farm operations is down by 3.75 million, or 66 percent.

The same summary says farms selling $1 million or more grew in number by 28,566 and produced 79 percent of the value of agricultural products sold in 2022, up from 69 percent in 2017. Smaller classes of farms shrank. The report covers farm counts and sales, and it doesn’t say what happens to the buildings, so I’ll stop at the numbers.

On my way out I still thought there had been more cars on my last visit.

Left behind

  • A yard full of classic cars parked in tall grass with moss on the hoods
  • A Blazer with moss all over it and an interior that looked burned or water damaged
  • An old Cutlass and a lot of old Chevys across the lot
  • A blue truck, some slightly newer cars, and what looked like an Eagle and a Bel Air
  • The old farmhouse behind the cars

What I carried in

Same list as every video description.

Sources

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