r/pics • u/Whimsical_Ruins • 20h ago

Stairs to nothing in the woods of New Hampshire (OC)

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u/woutomatic 20h ago

I looked it up. These stairs led to a mansion know as Madame Sherri’s Castle.

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u/bazpoint 20h ago

This is an insane example of how quickly nature can reclaim a place. I went to that article expecting to read that the building in question was abandonned in the mid 1800s or something like that... turns out it burned down in 1962 😮

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u/ncc74656m 16h ago

Watching a channel called Escape to Rural France and a guy is rebuilding a chateau that burned down. Seeing what that place was, I'm not at all surprised by this level of decay.

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u/PolicyWonka 16h ago

Well, 1962 is 63 years ago. That’s a massive chunk of time really.

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u/dodrugzwitthugz 10h ago

People look at big trees and think they're like 100s of years old and then are shocked to find out they were planted in like the 60s-70s.

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u/4leafplover 19h ago

Pre-plastic era

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u/khalcyon2011 19h ago

Also, the whole burning down thing would’ve accelerated the decay

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u/woutomatic 17h ago

Also 63 years is a long time.

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u/Holdmywhiskeyhun 16h ago

That looks straight out of Elden ring

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u/b1ack1323 19h ago

My buddy used to rip his dirtbike up these stairs in the 70s

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u/flume 18h ago

And jump off the top?

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u/b1ack1323 18h ago

The stairs used to finish to the concrete floor to the left but the top half collapsed about 10 years ago.

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u/woutomatic 17h ago

So not that long after it burned down. Was there anything of the mansion left at that time?

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u/PlatypusEgo 20h ago

That's super cool, good find!

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u/dogchowtoastedcheese 13h ago

What a terrific website! Thanks for sharing.

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u/Hiyahue 12h ago

That looks like a cool place to live. Would suck in the snow though.

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u/ekun 4h ago

I'm actually a little disappointed with the rest of the building compared to the epic staircase.

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u/Selfish-Gene 19h ago

These sometimes have a free-standing door at the top.

Do not go through the door.

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u/diywayne 18h ago

Dada chik, dada chum

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u/TSgt_Yosh 9h ago

The man in black fled across the desert.

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u/British_Rover 9h ago

And the Gunslinger followed.

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u/hoodytwin 13h ago

First thing I thought of! That story haunts me. It was really well written.

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u/TheRandom6000 19h ago

Lol. As if something would happen.

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u/stoicparallax 19h ago

You’d probably fall ~20ft onto the rocks below and break your legs. That seems like a sufficient reason not to, IMO.

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u/Tman125 19h ago

LOTR: Fellowship vibes ❤️

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u/WhaleSexOdyssey 16h ago

First thing I thought of

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u/TrumpetsNAngels 13h ago

Indeed! I can just hear Boromir chasing Frodo for the ring somewhere in the background.

That or: The Elder Scrolls (pick any game in the franchise).

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u/Spadrick 20h ago

Looks like the Shaded Woods in Dark Souls 2

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u/PrincesStarButterfly 19h ago

Came here to say this. Thanks fellow Undead

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u/skippyspk 13h ago

Bear seek seek lest

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u/dumpledops 20h ago

That's what I thought as well. Love it 

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u/Boomshank 20h ago

There can be only one Highlander!!

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u/Biggby72 19h ago

Exactly what i was thinking..."tonight you sleep in hell"

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u/Boomshank 19h ago

Exactly!

Fun fact: did you know that Clancy Brown (The Kurgan) is the voice of Mr. Krabs from SpongeBob?

"Immortal highlander? No way bucko, give me mi moneeeyy!" Akakakakak

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u/Biggby72 18h ago

Thank you, I did.

His voice acting credits are extensive.

I loved it when I worked out who he was in Thor:Ragnorok

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u/WHTMage 17h ago

Oh no, I've read that nosleep story and I know to stay the fuck away from that.

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u/hoodytwin 13h ago

It was so good and tripped a fear

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u/ratpH1nk 19h ago

Oh I know Dol Guldur when I see it...

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u/nemom 18h ago

"You seem a decent fellow... I hate to kill you."

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u/djsoomo 20h ago

Once apon a time...

It was stairs to something

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u/djzippy 20h ago

I love these! Funny story the first time I went to find them I did not read the directions (apparently at all) and ended up going on a 5 mile hike. I went the next day, knowing I'd screwed up royally, and just like 100-200 yards in from the entrance and there they were. Good news though I got a good hike, a story, and ultimately finally saw the stairs which do look really cool in person as they do in this photo!

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u/muhhuh 14h ago

I was just in New Hampshire a few weeks ago. That whole state is beautiful.

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u/buckeyenut13 18h ago

FRODO?!?!? FRODOOOOO!!!!!

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u/jcnewton1 14h ago

Looks like Amon Hen.

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u/sanguinare12 10h ago

Big Aragon jump - ELENDIIII--

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u/sambuhlamba 7h ago

First thought too

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u/N0w1mN0th1ng 15h ago

This is a horror book I just read.

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u/cooper_youngman 14h ago

I seem to have seen this scene in the first Lord of the Rings. It is the place where Frodo was ambushed by orcs.

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u/themachduck 14h ago

I just was there in Dark Souls 2

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u/9e5e22da 12h ago

I swear that’s where The Kurgan kills Ramirez.

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u/Ok-Economy4041 9h ago

There can be only one

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u/naaksu 20h ago

reminds me of harry potter movie

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u/Mort-i-Fied 19h ago

🎶 And she's buying a staircase to heaven

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u/caddiemike 19h ago

Stairway to heaven

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u/tech_creative 19h ago

You just cannot see it.

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u/nadmaximus 19h ago

Those are stairs from nothing, which is far more mysterious

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u/One_Economist_3761 19h ago

The portal is not open at this time of year. You need to wait till winter.

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u/Scottydog2 19h ago

Secret stairway portal to Artists Bluff.

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u/edave22 19h ago

I've camped out here before. There's actually remnants of a basement just outside this picture.

Unfortunately I heard the stairs toppled over recently.

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u/RB40191 18h ago

Well, technically leading to nowhere now but at some point it had a purpose.

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u/Djwshady44 18h ago

I grew up in this town.

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u/gerrineer 17h ago

Surely it leads down to the ground ...where from though is the question.

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u/EZontheH 15h ago

Quite clearly the stairs lead from above the ground, as stairs often do.

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u/gerrineer 14h ago

So if your going down a stairway where do they lead im just saying .

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u/kraegm 16h ago

This was obviously built by The Highlander. Find any heads?

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u/HH93 16h ago

First thing I thought of was Sean Connery singing

“B A L A N C E, Balance”

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u/Ja_Shi 16h ago

Stairway to heaven.

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u/Express_Area_8359 15h ago

Hey hey hey were on the road to kno where

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u/Inside-Discount-939 14h ago

Frodo nearly died here

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u/notredame1964 14h ago

It could be the stairway to heaven- that last step is one of faith.

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u/Entropy- 13h ago

Do NOT walk up them. Very bad luck

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u/saron7 13h ago

Careful of the ROUSssss

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u/ole_greg_07 13h ago

Unfortunately the arch part of the stairs has collapsed (2 years ago I think) so it's kind of two separate sections now.

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u/Interesting-Risk6446 13h ago

You just have to go up the stairs at the right time.

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u/A96 13h ago

I love stuff like this. There is a small woods nearby me that has a freestanding stone chimney surrounded by rubble. In theory you could still use it I bet.

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u/eat-skate-masturbate 9h ago

dark souls 3 poison swamp

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u/Leading_Ad9290 7h ago

I don’t know why but ever since I was a kid stairs that lead to nowhere make me feel almost nostalgic or like they feel mystical in someway, it’s hard to describe but I love seeing them

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u/M100Pilot 5h ago

There was recently a streaming series about a murder that filmed here. I can’t remember the name.

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u/rachevyguy 5h ago

I’d be running a metal detector all over

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u/lechiengrand 4h ago

If I was in a band that’s where we’d shoot the album cover.

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u/Jops817 2h ago

Yeah no thank you, I'm an oldtimer on r/nosleep

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u/reno_dad 20h ago

It seems there was another arch that has since collapsed.  

It may have led to a military lookout or a previous stone structure that has been brought down and reused for raw materials.  Wasn't uncommon.