My Parents bought this farm in 1987. By then the large barn in the back had fallen down and the blacksmith shop, that is behind the trees in the middle if the pic, was well on it's way. The owner of the property before my family used the farm mainly as a hunting retreat and had let all of the buildings fall into various states of neglect.
My family spent the next several years fixing up the place. We lived in the old house from August of 1987 until fall of 1994 when we moved into the new house that we had built just above where the large barn was. My Parents still reside on the farm and the land is now mostly wooded and a haven for wildlife. To me this is the best place on Earth.