Yellow Dog Village — Attraction in West Franklin Township

For all the people looking to visit this place here are a few things to consider. First off I wasn’t going to leave a review, but seeing as though the owners and the two people who run the page for the owners blocked me on Facebook for telling the truth and just being a voice of opposition. Yes this village used to be a place of history, and was built in early 1900’s. You can envision that and see the village all from the public road and see all you need to see. They are literally charging you $30 per person to tour the houses and property. So here is all I said on FB, nothing inside any of the houses are from the early 1900’s, even the basements cellars etc. every house has been updated to present times. Right down to the plywood shelves ha. I mean the last residents moved out in 2011. Look at pictures online of people who actually did pay that amount to look through modern houses. CD players, electric organs and TVs. Plastic toys the list goes on and on. They say the $30 is for upkeep, well if ya go by today you can see there is hardly any upkeep happening, and on top of it they ask for help via volunteers to clean things up with the promise of free tours of the property if ya do ha. Yes this village was built a century ago, and today the only thing that shows that is what it looks like from the road surrounding it from afar, and you don’t need to pay these people $30 to visit modern interior housing ha. They don’t want people to think of that so they blocked me totally, I can’t even search their page and find it while signed in. So I will be leaving these reviews on internet sights so people can have another view. Visit this place for sure, it’s a place of history in PA, just stay on public property and take pics and videos and try to envision what it was like in the early part of the 1900’s. Because you won’t see anything on a $30 PP tour that will show you that that you can’t see from public property....

Very expensive stop, it is 30 dollars a person, pretty steep and I wish it were more affordable but it seems like they might offer a discount for a groups, I'm not sure but theres a sign thay says you can call for group pricing. Doing no research in advance we didn't realize it costed money, and we didn't have enough so the owner was nice enough to allow us to view a single building before we left so it wasn't a wasted trip but I will definitely be back to visit the whole thing. From what I saw, the buildings are really cool little ruins to see, the one we saw had many floors and a basement. There was still the mark left from the people who once lived here, and there's a whole lot of buildings I wish we had seen. Be smarter than us and plan ahead, this is totally worth it, dozens and dozens of houses and hours worth of exploring here. I will be back 100% the buildings are such a cool thing to experience, and it's fairly kid friendly. They have to listen as it's easily for them to get seriously hurt, maybe bring masks or something as it's kinda smelly. Seems like it would be dog friendly as well, as long as they are well behaved and wont destroy or soil the houses, you'll want to have them wear dog shoes if you take that route. You will have to sign a waiver taking all risk. Some houses are full houses some are like split as apartments. If it weren't so expensive you could spend days exploring but I'd recommend spending as long as you can exploring as much as you can one day for the price. The owner is a great person and there are chickens...

Wonderful experience visiting this place as a capsule frozen in time. A photographer's paradise seeking beauty in decay, and feel the past negative reviews have been unfair.

On the one hand, you can visit well maintained historical parks with clear marked trails and polished up landmarks. On the flip side, there are completely neglected places ruined by obnoxious graffiti.

Yellow Dog Village offers something in between, like a diamond in the rough. Overgrown and derelict - perhaps, and as advertised - yet left pristine for the most part in its decaying state with minimal presence of vandalization. Some broken windows as the owner pointed out, but otherwise well protected it seems from serious damage.

I also appreciated the history the owner provided me with. Approaching him with a mask as a safety measure in this COVID-19 pandemic, only to be told much of the local population had been endangered around 100 years ago because of the Spanish Flu...

All around very satisfied with this excursion. There also happens to be a resident "weed control" horse roaming the grounds, who seemed just as cautious about me than I was of it. Approaching me at one point from the central alley, and allowing me to step closer within a few feet. Then it galloped away when I put my tripod down.

I would love to visit again one day, and wish the owner Joe all the best in his plans to revive Yellow...