- Even the most expensive, extravagant homes can fall into disrepair without proper care.
- These mansions were likely worth the equivalent of millions of dollars when they were built.
- Years later, they sit abandoned in varying states of deterioration.
When they were built, these lavish homes were likely worth today's equivalent of millions of dollars. Now, they're falling apart.
From a villa that's been sitting empty for 70 years on an island in upstate New York to a Gothic manor in Scotland, here are 10 abandoned mansions around the world that were once worth millions of dollars.
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The Carleton Island Villa, a dilapidated mansion that sits on an island in Cape Vincent, New York, hasn't been inhabited for 70 years.
Source: Realtor.com
The 11-bedroom mansion was constructed around 1895 for William O. Wyckoff, who made his fortune from the Remington firearm and typewriter company. Around the World War II Era, contractors went in and removed the interior and doors and windows.
Source: Realtor.com,Curbed
The mansion is now for sale for $495,000 — but whoever buys it will certainly need to spend much more than that on repairs and restoration.
Source: Realtor.com
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