4 Mysterious Abandoned Mansions

Ha Ha Tonka Mansion 

Though Ha Ha Tonka was supposed to be a mansion, it is nothing but ruins deep in Missouri’s Ozarks. The striking name “Ha Ha Tonka” is claimed to mean “smiling waters” and is inspired by the natural springs on the property. 

Robert Snyder, a wealthy businessman, bought this beautiful and expensive property right after his first visit there in 1903. And his dream project of a European-styled castle went under construction two years later. Unfortunately, however, soon after, Robert died in a car crash, even before the construction was completed. 

His sons completed the construction in 1920. The family used the mansion as their summer home until the 1930s. One of Snyder’s sons also lived there until he ran out of money because of multiple land-rights lawsuits. Eventually, he was shunned from the property. After which, the mansion functioned as a resort, but not for long, when a fire destroyed the castle in 1942. However, again the state bought rights to the property 35 years later and opened it to the public in 1978.

Lui Family Mansion

Lui Family Mansion, or infamously known as the Minxiong Ghost House, is a Baroque-style house built-in 1929. However, after the entire family abruptly fled, this beautiful Taiwanese countryside home has been abandoned ever since. The reason behind the family leaving the place has garnered all kinds of mysterious theories and lore.

A major rumor was that the employer, Liu Rong-yu, was having an affair with one of the family’s maids, which when went public forced the maid into suicide by jumping down the well. A couple of years later, when the Kuomintang of China (KMT) members occupied the property, many were also thought to have died by suicide, strengthening the already ongoing rumor and a bad reputation. However, the truth remains untold decades after the incident.

Conclusion 

The world is small, but it is enough to have some secrets, stories, and places hidden. The truth behind these and many other abandoned and undisclosed mansions are still a mystery that does not necessarily have to do with ghosts. Nevertheless, these are spooky enough to keep people scared and away. However, since many of these places are also open for tourists, visiting them might bring you closer to what happened.