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John McGivern's Main Streets
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เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 25 ม.ค. 2021
Actor, comedian and television host John McGivern travels the Upper Midwest to celebrate the people who live there and the unique attractions, history and businesses of each community. Tune in Thursdays at 7pm on #pbswisconsin or stream for free on the #pbs Video app or TH-cam.
Together, we can support these wonderful Main Streets and give them the kind of exposure that allows them to grow and prosper in the future.
Together, we can support these wonderful Main Streets and give them the kind of exposure that allows them to grow and prosper in the future.
You never know what kind of stories you'll hear from your local dive bar bartender!
You never know what kind of stories you'll hear from your local dive bar bartender! This is a great one!
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A good ol' Midwest Dive Bar! How can you not love it!
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A good ol' Midwest Dive Bar! How can you not love it!
A recipe so secret only god knows...we love it!
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A recipe so secret only god knows...we love it!
We love visiting places that people can only describe as "you've just got to see it for yourself"
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We love visiting these places that people can only describe as "you've just got to see it for yourself" 12 Vultures in Northeast Minneapolis sure is one of those places!!
We're still working on how to sound like a local!
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In Season 4, John McGivern's Main Streets is in the twin cities for the first time! We're still working on how to sound like a local!
And if you think this is cool, wait until you see the whole place!
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And if you think this is cool, wait until you see the whole place! We'll give you a full look at the Wolf house in the Northeast Minneapolis episode!
We'll just take a few these, that's not a big deal. Right? 😂
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We'll just take a few these, that's not a big deal. Right? 😂
Rolling into Northeast Minneapolis for the week!
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Rolling into Northeast Minneapolis for the week!
If you've been to Mass Ave you may have seen Ann Dancing but have you seen Emmy dancing?
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What a great week in Mass Ave! We can't wait to share everything we learned!
If you've been to Mass Ave you may have seen Ann Dancing but have you seen Emmy dancing?
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If you've been to Mass Ave you may have seen Ann Dancing but have you seen Emmy dancing?
So much to explore right in Mass Ave - Indianapolis!
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So much to explore right in Mass Ave - Indianapolis!
Did you know this fun fact about the Indiana State Museum?
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Did you know this fun fact about the Indiana State Museum?
These guessing games are getting pretty tricky...not! We're excited to explore Mass Ave this week!
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These guessing games are getting pretty tricky...not! We're excited to explore Mass Ave this week!
We're visiting a Wisconsin town, of course we've gotta try some cheese!
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We're visiting a Wisconsin town, of course we've gotta try some cheese!
What flavor would you choose? What a fun find in West Allis, WI!
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What flavor would you choose? What a fun find in West Allis, WI!
Can you guess this little spot in West Allis?
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Can you guess this little spot in West Allis?
Amazing craftsmanship! We love finding these gems - and right here in West Allis!
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Amazing craftsmanship! We love finding these gems - and right here in West Allis!
We think Main Streets tastes great! You'll have to try it for yourself
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We think Main Streets tastes great! You'll have to try it for yourself
Guess who we ran into on our first day in West Allis!
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Guess who we ran into on our first day in West Allis!
We had a great week in Sturgeon Bay! Can't wait for you to see the episode in the spring!
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We had a great week in Sturgeon Bay! Can't wait for you to see the episode in the spring!
Who let this guy be the captain? \nWe'll leave it up to the pros!
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Who let this guy be the captain? We'll leave it up to the pros!
As you can see, we're all working very hard 😉
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As you can see, we're all working very hard 😉
Oh the things we see...in Sturgeon Bay!
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Oh the things we see...in Sturgeon Bay!
Well we definitely weren't expecting to find these all over Sturgeon Bay!
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Well we definitely weren't expecting to find these all over Sturgeon Bay!
Check out this extra from the Marquette Maritime Museum!
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Check out this extra from the Marquette Maritime Museum!
Here's more from our stop at Lakenenland sculpture park in Marquette, MI!
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Here's more from our stop at Lakenenland sculpture park in Marquette, MI!
Check out this extended interview from Huron Mountain in Marquette, MI!
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Check out this extended interview from Huron Mountain in Marquette, MI!
Hopefully one of you isn’t drinking
HOPEFULLY,both are drinking!
Pin pls
Van-dale-ee-ah
I've lived in Madison for 24 years, it's great, I love Madison! I love it, but to just dwell on the few bad things about it for a moment: • the homeless beggars can be aggressive • Most mid-priced restaurants are of low quality • Lots of marijuana, lots, it’s everywhere • traffic is bad bc the lakes bottle things up • Housing and rents are too expensive • Good luck trying to find a dine-in coffee shop open after 8 p.m.
Marquette is the largest town in Upper Michigan. the Yoopers are so proud of their region, they want to separate from the Lower Peninsula. Yoopers and Trolls don't get along very well.
As a former resident of Austin, Thank you for this wonderful episode. It makes me miss it, thankfully my youngest sister still lives there so we make a trip there from Rochester a few times a year.
I'm looking for places to move to on the Great Lakes. If anybody has any suggestions, I would be grateful. 😊
So sad that Nick’s closed in 2024. They had the best fries in town. I loved that their kitchen was in the basement and that food was brought upstairs on a dumbwaiter.
Communal is so interesting, better than either communism or capitalism
shithole
Learn to pronounce the towns correctly. Vandalia, the accent is on the second syllable. (vanDALis)
I have heard of Galena for years, and have seen pictures. Nice video.
Need to learn how to pronounce Vandalia, former state capital of Illinois. Its Van - dale - ya not Van - da - lea. Not much of Illinois historian if they can't get that pronunciation right. SMH
National hockey chamipons in 91 not football. Football team hasn't been good since 91.
interesting show. i work in bloomington, quite extensively. seeing the choices of what is and isn't featured in this show is curious. you can't go to Bloomington without hyping up MOA. i remember the days of the ice rink at Mayfair Mall. i'm surprised John is so dazzled by an amusement park inside MOA, given he grew up in Milwaukee. did you forget Old Chicago? i guess i'm not as amazed by an amusement park in a mall given I was born in NW Indiana and went to Old Chicago once during my youth. no, Old Chicago didn't last 30 years, but given it came and went before MOA was ever imagined, Nickelodeon Universe isn't so amazing to me. cool to see unique, local businesses such as Mhiripiri Gallery and Wally's Roast Beef featured. QBP is interesting and noteworthy, but i'm at a loss to figure out why it warranted as much time as it did. and while it's mildly interesting to note that DQ now calls Bloomington its corporate home. why not feature Toro, which is now 110 years old and has had a presence in Bloomington for more than six decades? that's certainly more notable than DQ. you have to know where to look, but the Japanese garden is hardly a secret. it's a shame that was glossed over, yet you spent a few minutes talking about pickleball. sure, Bloomington has been a leader in making the game available through its parks, but the game wasn't invented in Bloomington. very odd choice for an extensive feature. the old farm is noteworthy, no doubt. although the family has been farming there for nearly a century, they're willing to sell for the right price, and it won't be bought for farming. they were going to sell out to the city many years ago if Minnesota landed a World Expo. that didn't happen, so the city didn't buy the land. but that land is worth millions of dollars, and when the price is right, you won't see sheep there. nobody will say so, but it'll be sold. a shame that you spent time in Bloomington and didn't show off the 100-year-old bridge that leads to the river, and was restored at a cost of more than $10 million as a pedestrian access to the other side of the river. or show the miles of trails along the river, providing largely unpaved access for bicycling... at least for now. some day we may have a paved path all along the river. the ski jump has interesting history, and it's unique, just as our little suburban "mountain" is down the road. yet downhill skiing in the middle of a huge suburb like Bloomington doesn't warrant inclusion? the Bloomington Ferry Bridge would have been another old bridge that has been repurposed and is deserving of recognition over pickeball. that old town hall building you showcased is now the historical society. folks there can talk about how why the town hall was there once upon a time. lots of trails and unique recreational spaces that would have been worth including, too. and speaking of museums, there's one dedicated to preserving the memory of Northwest Airlines, and it's in Bloomington's South Loop District. that would have been more interesting to see than how they make a roast beef sandwich at Wally's. you can't feature it all in one half-hour program, and if you ask 10 people, they'd have different ideas about what should be prioritized in less than 30 minutes. i will be eternally baffled by some of the choices in this program.
no more "🎶Rocky Rococo, pizza amore!🎶" on State Street?
what happened to the Elvehjem Museum of Art? pushed aside by fatter donors I guess - that kinda bloated ego stuff is creepy
I love this show. Best travel and history show on daytime tv.
As a Waukesha native, I got to go "I know where that is" a ton.
Anyone know who that hostess is?
Excellent video, a great overview of State Street. Madison is a fine town indeed !
The whitefish at the Verling is awful. But the lake perch is good.
The Fever River was from a french word for fiber. Local legume trees produce bean pods - that was likeky the origin of the name.
I couldn’t even go to this park the junkies were using and selling drugs there. That was two days ago
Dale Anderson is my buddy
been in Springfield 42 years have never been to Abraham Lincoln Presidential museum. Been inside his home 3 times. Even though I have walked though that park 1 thousands of times though. Been to Maid Rite 3 times. Been to Cozy Dogs once will never go again. Foul mouth employees. Governors mansion that last 4-5 State Governor's refused to live in. Choosing Chicago or fairground home to stay in. Never been in Obed and Issac's never will its just a bar. Transforming a home into a bar is not preservation, but it is what happens in Springfield either a bar or split the house up into apartments. It's sad seeing a home built as a single family home converted in to a apartment with 6 tenants. All that could be seen in Springfield could be done in 1 hour, its a pass by city and nothing more.
I couldnt agree with you more. I have been here 20 years and watched this place go south quickly. If you want to learn about Lincoln, this is the place to do it. I believe the reason why the governors dont want to stay here is cause we dont have enough high end crime for them to get their fingers into. reason why the last 4 or 5 of them have gone to prison after being voted out or ending their terms. Why didnt this guy come down on the south side and show the boarded up houses, empty lots and where the slum lords have taken over and destroyed neighborhoods where drug dealers and crime is rampant? That is what springfield is us that have to live here.
@@TLS6723 well I own a property on South East side and I am not a Slumlord. But the problem with the east and south side of Springfield is a Tennant problem. Close projects in Chicago they came south and are acting the same way they acted in Chicago. Loss of manufacturing jobs in Springfield and the owners stop taking care of the property they live in. So yes we sort of agree.
To be fair, both fairlight and emu was already on the market when this thing came around, wich was in 1984, not 1980. However it was the first rompler as far as I understand.
My family is from Decorah. Love that Decorah is getting some ❤. Made me hungry for Lefse.
Most enjoyable, but John left out Frozen Custard and did not try Arni's Pizza!
And the pedestrian bridge was the Main Street bridge I used to drive on. There was a Brown Street bridge which was demolished in the late 1970s as it was unreliable to drive on.
Do you remember a club named middle earth in rockford nineteen seventy five
You speak called froggers
🎉
Lakenenland...not Lakeland.
There used to be an old blind man who did the caning years and years ago.
My father was born in the Homestead Hotel in 1926, and my grandparents ran it. Later on, Bill Zuber bought the hotel and had a restaurant there for years.
Because we don't have many sturgeon as much as we do bass and I think they were all caught up a long time ago when people first named the town
How about the. Veterans Hospital?!
I spend a good portion of my life in Rockford. It was a great place to live in the 60's and 70', but, now it's a dump. It was at one time considered the most dangerous city in the country. The happiest day in my life was when I crossed the Illinois border for the last time. I went to Northern Wisconsin where it's a safe place to live. I'd NEVER go back to Illinois!
Bass bay ain’t bad
I lived in Red Wing for 21 years and graduated from Central High in 1977.
No Vesterheim!? Luther College ruined Decorah
Wow we are proud of our city. Thank you
It’s Ill inois , not ELL inois. Rockford is my hometown.
a blodgett oven. the king of pizza joints all across america. 7:00 mins. in.
My family spent several vacations in South Haven. I remember the resorts like Fidelman's. There used to be cottage rentals near the beach. The beach on Lake Michigan is great. The penny arcades are long gone. There were nice old fashioned hotels like the Biltmore that are just a memory.
Great show and very informative.
I love Redwing! Had my SLK280 on display at the car show yesterday. Redwing was hopping and it was so much fun.
lgbt dump with a useless downtown, unless you are being repressed by the government there is no reason to go downtown, maybe if you need new hair stains or nipple rings but other than that what a lgbt dump
What are you going on about?? 😂
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@@DakotaS616 No, but you are a fool!
Nice town🏬 🏖️
Thoreau climbed Barns Bluff…..a little known for fact. He traveled to Red Wing late in his life to deal with health issues. He did not write about Red Wing in any of his published books, but his brief experience in MN were documented in diaries and journals.
John, my wife and I were the couple from Cedar Rapids that spoke with you on top of the maritime museum in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin last week...we really enjoy your show and look forward to watching this one about Cedar Rapids...😁