I worked at the Mizpah Hotel over 45 years ago. Back then, the 5 story building had been closed for several years for remodeling. All of the “action” was next door at what was called the annex, where they had a fairly good sized casino and restaurant. It was all owned by Frank Scott back in those days who also owned the Union Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas. That year, they had finally finished remodeling the 5 story building and the night of their grand re-opening, I was the person running the front desk. An elderly gentleman came up to the front desk that night and asked me what I thought about working there. Being the consummate front desk professional, I told him I loved working there. I’m sure glad I did, because he then stuck out his hand and introduced himself as Frank Scott! Mr. Scott was always in Las Vegas, and I had never seen him at the Mizpah, except that one night, so I had no idea who he was. The bar you see in the video used to be “L” shaped, and it ran around the entire wall downstairs. The area you now see where couches and chairs now are was once lined with slot machines. In recent years, winery owners Fred & Nancy Cline purchased the Mizpah Hotel (and the Belvada Hotel across the street) and put a lot of money back into the Mizpah to restore it as best they could to its original state. I think they did a fabulous job of it!
Very good input to the video thank you 🙏 🎉so incredibly interesting to me. I’m surprised there isn’t at least 3-4 slot machines in the bar area somewhere..🎰
Thanks for that Joe and Nic 👍 , in 2013 we made a ride to Las Vegas to visit a buddy in his home in North Las Vegas and we were there for three weeks. Every early morning we started into a new adventure , we saw the Vegas strip and the atomic bomb museum , the red rock canyon , the entrance of the atomic bomb test site to Mercury , Beatty and Rhyolite ghost town ( used in movie scenes from "the island" and "Cherry 2000" ) , death valley , Zabriskie point , Rachel and the Area 51 back door , in those towns we strolled around neighborhoods and cemetery too , the valley of fire and lake mead, then St Geoge in Utah and the zion national park , Boulder and Hoover dam and lots more. More than 4000 mls in three weeks , great memory. Greets from Landsberg am Lech in the Bavarian countryside , the city where Johnny Cash bought his first guitar 🙂
Yup, I’ve been in that Alien Store when we were doing a road trip to Pahrump Nevada from Tacoma Washington. Man! I enjoyed that road trip and did it 4 times. I’ve enjoyed the scenic views on that road trips. Thanks for sharing your video.
My great-grandma was born in Tonopah! She and her siblings were all born in mining towns, her dad and grandad were both miners. She said the only thing she ever wanted growing up was a home of her own, and that she would never have to move again.
On a family trip from L.A. to Sun Valley, Idaho, in about 1960, we stopped at the Mizpah for breakfast. I was amazed that food was available in such a remote place. It was the largest building in all of the vast Nye County, of which Tonapah is the county seat. Back then, the building and furnishings looked all original.
Love the Clown Motel and the "Get out!" spookiness in the hotel corridors where you stayed! I used to watch Ghost Adventures and this was one of the places where they filmed a long time ago--the Mizpah Hotel, I mean. Great video, you guys
Thanks for yet another engaging small-town tour. It's so much easier being an arm-chair tourist. We drove through Tonopah in April and ate an affordable meal at the Burger King. Last time I was there was around 1964. My uncle was in the Air Force and worked at a radar station up on a hill above Tonopah. Talk about desolate and hot in the summer. Driving in 1964 without AC through Nevada was no picnic.
FYI FOR ALL YOU GAMERS. The Clown Hotel at 4:00 was used in a Call Of Duty Advance Warfare map. This was back in the day when Dr. Disrespect was working as a map designer for Activision. He was actually involved in the design of the Clown Hotel map.
I've been through Tonopah a dozen times over the years. Worked as a mining engineer for several open pit gold mines out of Ely and Winnemucca from 35 years back up until 1995, when we moved from Winnemucca to Tucson, to work in the open pit copper mines down here. When the wife and kids (boy and girl twins aged 5 at the time) joined me down here, they had to stay at the Clown Motel, at the kids insistence. That three story for sale at the 29 minute mark was for sale over 20 years ago when I drove by it. You guys missed out on the mining museum there, although it seems you drove by it - the headframe on the hill.
@@koolaidblack7697 pretty much. I got out of my car to peer through the windows. It would have needed quite a bit to make it habitable. A friendly stray cat came up to me to get some love while I was investigating. Someone must have been feeding it at least, as it didn't look malnourished.
Highway 95 is the main N/S route east of the Sierras and goes from border to border through Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, which is why it is so busy. There are future plans to make it more truck friendly through certain stretches. I have travelled 95 between Winnemucca and Boise many times during different seasons and the views are breathtaking at times. Enjoy the trip. Also when you passed the "museum" house up on the hill, you missed that right next to it was a house from 1902 hidden behind the shrubbery and trees.
Locals should be very glad Raley's hasn't decided to pull the plug on the Tonopah location, the logistics must be a nightmare. Looks like it's about 100 miles to Bishop CA for the nearest ER since the tiny hospital in Tonopah closed in 2015. 200 miles to a trauma center. You're in the middle of nowhere in a small boat with out a paddle in that town if something medically serious happens.
Loved this video. Of course I love Nevada. I lived in LV and Carson city for more than twenty years. Great job showing this old West town. I also thought Nicole looked cute in the dressed down style. Safe travels.
I just happened across this video and now you have a new subscriber. I like how they keep the cemetery fixed up. Looking forward to exploring more of your videos.
We stayed at the mitzpah hotel too on the 3 rd floor. Went to the station to eat and play machines for awhile. We loved the trip and stopped at goldfield for the day.
You have a GREAT narration voice. That hotel was amazing...loved the inside look...those dinner prices were outrageous however...Nic looks great as well. :) Lucky man...
A great video, as always, such an interesting town. I love the hotel you stayed at, the old-world atmosphere and decor was amazing, and I'm always so fascinated with haunted hotels. The Clown Motel was very unique, a great place to visit, and the cemetery was a very interesting historical site. Thank you so much, Joe and Nic.😊👻💚
I was an official at a motorsports event held in Tonopah and I thought the most appropriate place for an official to stay was the Clown Motel. Aside from the fixtures in the bathroom being dated, the room was really nice. But the place is totally creepy. It didn’t help that I was awoken at 3am on the first night by someone trying to get into my room (he got the room number wrong). Tonopah didn’t seem like it was dying to me. The town that I found eerily vacant was Goldfield. I stopped there because key scenes from the original Vanishing Point film were shot there. I didn’t see anyone else on the street for the 15 min I was walking around.
Wow cool.. what kind of motor sport event was it? Interesting input. These old towns are intriguing to me. And I love anything two wheels or three or four lol
Stage rally. The Nevada Rally held last Nov. The route was a big loop on roads west south west of town. The service area was on the gravel road parallel to the highway coming into town from the south. The rally ran into the evening and the service area was elevated enough that we could see the lights at the Tonopah Test rRange. But we didn’t see any test aircraft activities.
I am a big fan of the 1971 version of Vanishing Point and a lot of it was shot between Austin, NV and Goldfield. I put together a family road trip through there that would stop at filming locations but the family wanted to go to Extraterrestrial Highway instead of Tonopah and Goldfield, so I didn’t make it there until I went to the rally.
Hi Joe and Nic - this video is my fav so far - I LOVE that you stayed at the Mizpah Hotel! I love anything haunted, hopefully you'll find some more haunted attractions and show them to us as well xoxo
Love the film. We are from the UK and came to the US in June. We stayed at the Mizpah for one night. We had a couple of burgers in the bar and they were lovely. And the atmosphere in the bar was great too. During the night we could hear footsteps. My wife thought they in the room. I thought it was outside and just people going back to their rooms.
I am addicted to your videos. I am from spain-france , I spend some time lost in Utah years ago. I was scared wandering between towns but I have a very special memory. I had to jump some fences when getting lost. No phones then for me , just paper maps.
Excellent vid, really enjoyed that. We stayed at the Best Western you passed on the right when you came into town. Cool place and they have reserved motorcycle parking right in the front. Tonopah was a very interesting place on our trek, could have stayed much longer than a day for sure. The clown motel is a must see
Thank you for the video, love to follow along on you adventure. Yes that town is on its way out, your ride through was sad to see how a good portion of the town lives. Be well, be safe.
I enjoyed your video of Tonopah my family and I lived there from 1975 to 1984 you actually drove by my old house at the intersection of Utah and Bryan Avenue enjoyed seeing the town again thanks
I've been to Tonopah more times than I can count. Stayed at the Mizpah once before. Nothing scary happened. You can certainly see the age in the place, but the new owners have upgraded it nicely.
I lived in Pahrump NV for a while. Happy memories there. We left state together, eventually parted ways but remained close friends. Sadly she passed away from cirrhosis complications due to alcoholism a few weeks ago. But it was nice to see a lot of familiar areas. Lot of happy memories there and I do miss it but can never go back. Thank you for the footage, it was nostalgic for me.
@ 5:05 I’m pretty sure that’s Emmet Kelly, a world famous clown. My grandmother and my mother collected his stuff. My grandmother met him when the carnivals used to travel with the circus. Thank you for showing all this.
I love that the neighborhoods are hodge podge and not uniform. Classic old west Nevada. The houses are quaint and unique and no opulence to be found outside of the Mizpah. I LOVE NV! I grew up there (Tahoe).
I drive the Reno Vegas highway quite a bit, and probably have done so over a hundred times in my day. I love this drive, I love Nevada and have stayed in Tonopah, but have never set foot in the Clown Motel so I thank you for going in there so that I never have to! Interesting to note: the only active lithium mine in the US is about 35 miles west of Tonopah in Silver Peak. (much lithium exploration and development is now happening in Nevada with lots of controversy, and there will be more activity around Tonopah in the future). also worth noting that there is turquoise mining in the region, with some jewelry makers I met in Arizona saying that the best turquoise comes from this part of Nevada.
@alibarron7558 yes you are right, the Silver Peak mine is operated by Amermarle. That is interesting about the Hilton ranch, I didn’t know that! It’s beautiful land there for sure. You’re lucky to have spent time out there getting turquoise. There’s a small shop next to the brewery in Tonopah where they sell jewelry with stones they’ve mined at Lone Mountain.
Nice touch with having a meal towards the beginning of the video. Did you ever figure who was talking to you in the hall outside your room in the evening? That was pretty scary. Really a pleasant surprise with your stop at the bar at the end of the video. Very much enjoyed the footage from the Tonopah Cemetery. Could of listened forever as you read the inscriptions from the grave markers.
In the early 50s, my dad worked for Kennecott in Tonopah. He was a welder and built a lot of mine derricks which he always claimed were still standing.
I love it there. We got stuck the when we crashed our trailer. The hardware store is fun and anytime we travel to Arizona, this is our main town to stay in. They have a special star gazing area behind the high school. A new hospital is supposed to be built there.
Okay My friends. I live vicariously through you guys. I love your vids! My GF and I do something similar, but only in a small way, nothing like you guys do. Love it! Keep on keeping on! You're the best, I'll watching ya till ya call it quits...
Heard the sound effects very clearly. A male screamed 3 times then said, "I told you to get out." I bet they have a motion detector set up. Loved it though :)
I’d rather live there than Los Angeles or a lot of other places. Just because you don’t understand a place doesn’t mean that stuff is just piled up. People are probably very happy there and comfortable with what they have.
Mining or oilfield, it's still mineral extraction. And Ive been in enough oilfields to last a lifetime. I think what's amazing is that 2000 people are STILL THERE with all the myriad authentic ghost towns in Nevada!! Why? Must've been profitable long enough for others to gain a foothold in other vocations not directly related to mining per se?! I live in Utah and came to the Intermountain West 35 yrs ago. I'm only about 30 minutes south of Salt Lake City but can be at old mine shafts in 20 minutes if need be. It was a very tough life. As an ol oilfield hand, I can say no one really wants to live forever in such a town. They hope to make their dreams come true in a far fairer place. I always called the oilfield the land of broken dreams. Pretty sure ppl felt the same about Tonopah and other such towns. Just trying to save the family farm, car, or perhaps the family itself. Just a quick infusion of $ for as long as possible because it never lasts long... price of silver or oil always up and down and politics changing things. Today, feast. Tomorrow, famine. Great video. Has had me thinking about it since I watched yesterday! 😊
I got such a giggle/chuckle from the "Alien Brothel". Having a flashback to the green-skinned women from Star Trek, I guess you could say "Once You've gone green, ain't nothing obscene!".
Thanks for the tour of this interesting town! It's too bad the large stone and wood house at 27:33 was abandoned and allowed to decay so much. That stone work is really nice.
I have seen the clown motel and the cemetery on other youtube channels, I didn't know there was such a lovely old hotel there as well. I also thought Nic's dress with the daisies on it was really lovely (I am a woman too).
No rhyme or reason to the neighborhoods that's for sure.... Thanks for sharing another interesting part of our history... Cool hotel that you two stayed in...
In 1990 when I left Hell-A for Reno I decided to take the long way and I stopped for a night in Tonopah. I wanted to scope the place out a bit. I seriously considered staying on there but I decided to go on into Reno because I wasn't sure I was quite ready for that big of a change.
They used to have a great breakfast at the Mizpah. Also a great place to have lunch if driving between Reno and Las Vegas. I live in Reno and drive through there a lot when on the way to visit me brother and SIL in Tucson. If you're into history, scenery, and the outdoors, Tonopah is a good place to do an overnight and a little exploring.
First, I would like to thank you for correctly saying Nevada! I grew up in Carson City, but lived in Las Vegas and my senior year of high school in Tonopah. I've spent the better part of my adulthood correcting the way people pronounce my home state. While I was in school I worked as a busboy in the Tonopah Station restaurant, back then (1982-1983) it was called the Station House. The town was growing, do to the Anaconda mine and the Air Force was secretly building up the Tonopah Test site which later became the Tonopah Air Force Base where the F-117 Nighthawk was doing testing (that no one new about). I left Tonopah less than a week after I graduated in 1983 and joined the Navy. Thanks for the tour, it's been 30 years since I was last in Tonopah for my 10 year class reunion, It brings back some. Thanks for the video.
NO ONE wants to be told how to pronounce something. Yeah, I'm sure it's irritating to you to hear it a different way. I think maybe once or twice in my life I've heard it said "Correctly". I'm guessing it is a Spanish word.
@@BrianRhodes9763 nope--it is a injun word--it means "greasewood water"---either paiute or shoshone tribe--i live in tonopah because the devil kicked my ass out of hell....
I stayed in Tonopah probably 20 years ago at a motel that is no longer there. It was clean but showing lots of wear and tear even then. Probably it was from the 60s. I remember that the room was very large--but old. It was a block or two away from the Mizpah, and on the other side of the street. I think your restaurant was easily the priciest place between Reno and Las Vegas.
Looks like an interesting, but creepy, falling- down place. I can definitely see why the younger population high-tailed it out of there! Thanks for sharing. Mrs. C.
I was driving a semi truck north of Tonopah when I had a blowout on a drive tire around the area of the big solar plant. I limped into town and got the tire replaced in a couple hours. And I saw you had some Buffalo Trace. I picked up a load of their whiskey in Franfort Kentucky once. Interesting place.
I had a summer place in Tonopah when we lived in Las Vegas. We had some lots on Bridger and Prospect streets. just a block from the Mizpah Hotel. It was in the process of restoration and I knew a man that was a painter for the company doing the restoration. A very interesting town.
I would love to see purump Nevada where my friend of many years live I love the way you and Nick present the towns with all of the great information wonderful places that I love to watch you guys eat at. You guys are awesome
Oh oh oh nice! The algorithm came in handy this time! My grandma used to live out their 😅 anyways they have mines that go hundreads of feet straight down out their. Turquoise rocks can be found out their amongst other minerals. I was in Beatty NV which is around the bend to Tonopah!
Nice adventure visiting different states and locations awesome hi I'm face the ace I love to explore places and abandoned places I'm a new TH-camr I love your video awesome👍🏻
I think I went through that town last year on the way back from Chicago last year. Did not stop to look around. I was on a mission to get home after a 19 day trip!
the main street is busy because it's a major highway - looked on zillow and the dumps in this town are asking 3x the price of 3 years ago and there are just 3-4 homes on the market and only one is not a dump - it's an old manufactured home w/ a good view and they are asking over 300k - very high prices for a dying town w/ no real amenities
I've lived in Amargosa Valley for a year and a half now. First time I've seen that brothel up close. I wonder if there are blue and green painted ladies inside??
there was hore house right at the state line in amargossa with a bar and card playing room for years on the main hiway--it was nice,the girls were nice--now the Longhorn is the place or Lathrop Wells--there is also one out of Death valley Jucntion right at state line--not sure if open still==my fav is Tecopa in winter time
I lived there in the late 80s and it really hasn't changed since I lived in the little town. The Tonopah Station was named the station house. It's a old train station
I love to road trip and come upon places with more questions than answers. I like the way you give statistics on cost of living and such. Some places are so beautiful and sad at the same time. As to the decaying buildings, I would rather see some of them torn down completely. But I guess whoever owns them has the final say.
Hi you two. This is David from Australia. I feel you would enjoy going around Australia. I am in Brisbane. People would show you around. It's different in Australia down under.
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Downunder it's very different . You would be closer to the land. You will find Australian people very friendly and happy to show you around their town. It would be just one adventure after another. After that an adventure to Indonesia and micro Indonesia.
Come Visit Pensacola. Its not a dying town what so ever but sometimes it is good to show the Cities that get it right. Come on a Saturday Morning at 8am downtown. You will see the Palafox Market that is a farmers market spread the the whole downtown. Plus new condos and hotels going up its a inspiration what a city of 59k population can do because in 2010 it was all pool bars and closed up shops downtown.
I worked at the Mizpah Hotel over 45 years ago. Back then, the 5 story building had been closed for several years for remodeling. All of the “action” was next door at what was called the annex, where they had a fairly good sized casino and restaurant. It was all owned by Frank Scott back in those days who also owned the Union Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas. That year, they had finally finished remodeling the 5 story building and the night of their grand re-opening, I was the person running the front desk. An elderly gentleman came up to the front desk that night and asked me what I thought about working there. Being the consummate front desk professional, I told him I loved working there. I’m sure glad I did, because he then stuck out his hand and introduced himself as Frank Scott! Mr. Scott was always in Las Vegas, and I had never seen him at the Mizpah, except that one night, so I had no idea who he was. The bar you see in the video used to be “L” shaped, and it ran around the entire wall downstairs. The area you now see where couches and chairs now are was once lined with slot machines. In recent years, winery owners Fred & Nancy Cline purchased the Mizpah Hotel (and the Belvada Hotel across the street) and put a lot of money back into the Mizpah to restore it as best they could to its original state. I think they did a fabulous job of it!
Wow, interesting. :)
My dad drove for LTR and stopped there (obviously) every run. I still have a couple Mizpah room keys that read “drop in any mailbox”.
@@scottystiffchicken I used to take LTR everywhere back in the day. I wonder if your dad might have given me a ride at one time?
Love these stories..!
Very good input to the video thank you 🙏 🎉so incredibly interesting to me. I’m surprised there isn’t at least 3-4 slot machines in the bar area somewhere..🎰
The scariest part of the hotel was the dinner bill.
Clever line.
Hotel room is a minimum of $130 a night
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Same meal in Las Vegas would be at least twice that....get over it.
Inflation sure is scary!! 😂
Thanks for that Joe and Nic 👍 , in 2013 we made a ride to Las Vegas to visit a buddy in his home in North Las Vegas and we were there for three weeks. Every early morning we started into a new adventure , we saw the Vegas strip and the atomic bomb museum , the red rock canyon , the entrance of the atomic bomb test site to Mercury , Beatty and Rhyolite ghost town ( used in movie scenes from "the island" and "Cherry 2000" ) , death valley , Zabriskie point , Rachel and the Area 51 back door , in those towns we strolled around neighborhoods and cemetery too , the valley of fire and lake mead, then St Geoge in Utah and the zion national park , Boulder and Hoover dam and lots more. More than 4000 mls in three weeks , great memory. Greets from Landsberg am Lech in the Bavarian countryside , the city where Johnny Cash bought his first guitar 🙂
Yup, I’ve been in that Alien Store when we were doing a road trip to Pahrump Nevada from Tacoma Washington. Man! I enjoyed that road trip and did it 4 times. I’ve enjoyed the scenic views on that road trips. Thanks for sharing your video.
That cemetery is amazing. Spending half a day reading the inscriptions would be a good lesson in history!
Dont let the evil spirits follow you home!
@@chinaboss6683 No such thing as "evil spirits"
My great-grandma was born in Tonopah! She and her siblings were all born in mining towns, her dad and grandad were both miners. She said the only thing she ever wanted growing up was a home of her own, and that she would never have to move again.
What day are you going to be in Carson city Nevada.? That's my home town. Check out Virginia city.
My grandparents had a ranch in Tonopah around the turn of the century, I believe.
Interesting input. Thanks!
Tonopah is a good place to be FROM. It makes Barstow look like Paris.
On a family trip from L.A. to Sun Valley, Idaho, in about 1960, we stopped at the Mizpah for breakfast. I was amazed that food was available in such a remote place. It was the largest building in all of the vast Nye County, of which Tonapah is the county seat. Back then, the building and furnishings looked all original.
Very cool.
bet the prices were cheaper lol
Love the Clown Motel and the "Get out!" spookiness in the hotel corridors where you stayed! I used to watch Ghost Adventures and this was one of the places where they filmed a long time ago--the Mizpah Hotel, I mean. Great video, you guys
Thank you!
Thanks for yet another engaging small-town tour. It's so much easier being an arm-chair tourist. We drove through Tonopah in April and ate an affordable meal at the Burger King. Last time I was there was around 1964. My uncle was in the Air Force and worked at a radar station up on a hill above Tonopah. Talk about desolate and hot in the summer. Driving in 1964 without AC through Nevada was no picnic.
Wow cool story thanks!
Thanks for showing the inside of the Mizpah. Really enjoyed that. Excellent video
FYI FOR ALL YOU GAMERS. The Clown Hotel at 4:00 was used in a Call Of Duty Advance Warfare map. This was back in the day when Dr. Disrespect was working as a map designer for Activision. He was actually involved in the design of the Clown Hotel map.
Great part of the country !! big sky, open nothingness. So refreshing vs. the huge cities.
I've been through Tonopah a dozen times over the years. Worked as a mining engineer for several open pit gold mines out of Ely and Winnemucca from 35 years back up until 1995, when we moved from Winnemucca to Tucson, to work in the open pit copper mines down here. When the wife and kids (boy and girl twins aged 5 at the time) joined me down here, they had to stay at the Clown Motel, at the kids insistence. That three story for sale at the 29 minute mark was for sale over 20 years ago when I drove by it. You guys missed out on the mining museum there, although it seems you drove by it - the headframe on the hill.
Interesting experiences. Was the house that was for sale just as beat up then as it is now?
@@koolaidblack7697 pretty much. I got out of my car to peer through the windows. It would have needed quite a bit to make it habitable. A friendly stray cat came up to me to get some love while I was investigating. Someone must have been feeding it at least, as it didn't look malnourished.
Highway 95 is the main N/S route east of the Sierras and goes from border to border through Nevada, Oregon, Idaho, and Washington, which is why it is so busy. There are future plans to make it more truck friendly through certain stretches. I have travelled 95 between Winnemucca and Boise many times during different seasons and the views are breathtaking at times. Enjoy the trip. Also when you passed the "museum" house up on the hill, you missed that right next to it was a house from 1902 hidden behind the shrubbery and trees.
Did you see a Saucer 🛸 🤢 on the way up there? 😎
Locals should be very glad Raley's hasn't decided to pull the plug on the Tonopah location, the logistics must be a nightmare. Looks like it's about 100 miles to Bishop CA for the nearest ER since the tiny hospital in Tonopah closed in 2015. 200 miles to a trauma center. You're in the middle of nowhere in a small boat with out a paddle in that town if something medically serious happens.
Loved this video. Of course I love Nevada. I lived in LV and Carson city for more than twenty years. Great job showing this old West town. I also thought Nicole looked cute in the dressed down style. Safe travels.
Joe and Nic,
Your following in the footsteps of "Wonder Hussy"
Tonopah has a great history.
Enjoy!
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Great video as always Spoda
1st to comment from Western North Carolina. I love Nevada. Former resident of Pahrump, Vegas and Mesquite
I just happened across this video and now you have a new subscriber. I like how they keep the cemetery fixed up. Looking forward to exploring more of your videos.
Welcome!
We stayed at the mitzpah hotel too on the 3 rd floor. Went to the station to eat and play machines for awhile. We loved the trip and stopped at goldfield for the day.
Awesome video. Would never guessed this hotel existed. Gonna check it out..!
You have a GREAT narration voice. That hotel was amazing...loved the inside look...those dinner prices were outrageous however...Nic looks great as well. :) Lucky man...
Thank you!
I have said that a few times ..you can always do that Joe ..but no these videos are too good to miss 🙏💚☘️
A great video, as always, such an interesting town. I love the hotel you stayed at, the old-world atmosphere and decor was amazing, and I'm always so fascinated with haunted hotels. The Clown Motel was very unique, a great place to visit, and the cemetery was a very interesting historical site. Thank you so much, Joe and Nic.😊👻💚
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It is an interesting place, CL. :)
I was an official at a motorsports event held in Tonopah and I thought the most appropriate place for an official to stay was the Clown Motel. Aside from the fixtures in the bathroom being dated, the room was really nice. But the place is totally creepy. It didn’t help that I was awoken at 3am on the first night by someone trying to get into my room (he got the room number wrong).
Tonopah didn’t seem like it was dying to me. The town that I found eerily vacant was Goldfield. I stopped there because key scenes from the original Vanishing Point film were shot there. I didn’t see anyone else on the street for the 15 min I was walking around.
Wow cool.. what kind of motor sport event was it? Interesting input. These old towns are intriguing to me. And I love anything two wheels or three or four lol
Stage rally. The Nevada Rally held last Nov. The route was a big loop on roads west south west of town. The service area was on the gravel road parallel to the highway coming into town from the south.
The rally ran into the evening and the service area was elevated enough that we could see the lights at the Tonopah Test rRange. But we didn’t see any test aircraft activities.
I am a big fan of the 1971 version of Vanishing Point and a lot of it was shot between Austin, NV and Goldfield. I put together a family road trip through there that would stop at filming locations but the family wanted to go to Extraterrestrial Highway instead of Tonopah and Goldfield, so I didn’t make it there until I went to the rally.
Hi Joe and Nic - this video is my fav so far - I LOVE that you stayed at the Mizpah Hotel! I love anything haunted, hopefully you'll find some more haunted attractions and show them to us as well xoxo
Thank you, Lisa! 👍
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Love the film. We are from the UK and came to the US in June. We stayed at the Mizpah for one night. We had a couple of burgers in the bar and they were lovely. And the atmosphere in the bar was great too.
During the night we could hear footsteps. My wife thought they in the room. I thought it was outside and just people going back to their rooms.
That is cool. 👍😀
Are you so very certain of the cause? Did you get up and check?
I am addicted to your videos. I am from spain-france , I spend some time lost in Utah years ago. I was scared wandering between towns but I have a very special memory. I had to jump some fences when getting lost. No phones then for me , just paper maps.
Thank You both for these wonderful tours of out of the way towns!!!
Oh my gosh I totally heard that "get out". 😂 Spooky!!
I heard it several times. It's a joke, I bet LOL
Excellent vid, really enjoyed that. We stayed at the Best Western you passed on the right when you came into town. Cool place and they have reserved motorcycle parking right in the front. Tonopah was a very interesting place on our trek, could have stayed much longer than a day for sure. The clown motel is a must see
Good video. It is scary how much that meal was !!
Thank you for the video, love to follow along on you adventure. Yes that town is on its way out, your ride through was sad to see how a good portion of the town lives. Be well, be safe.
Seventy year olds can still have fun. See what you have to look forward to.
Amazing video! Nice Steak and a few Ghost in the Hotel😋👻
I enjoyed your video of Tonopah my family and I lived there from 1975 to 1984 you actually drove by my old house at the intersection of Utah and Bryan Avenue enjoyed seeing the town again thanks
I've been to Tonopah more times than I can count. Stayed at the Mizpah once before. Nothing scary happened. You can certainly see the age in the place, but the new owners have upgraded it nicely.
I lived in Pahrump NV for a while. Happy memories there. We left state together, eventually parted ways but remained close friends. Sadly she passed away from cirrhosis complications due to alcoholism a few weeks ago. But it was nice to see a lot of familiar areas. Lot of happy memories there and I do miss it but can never go back. Thank you for the footage, it was nostalgic for me.
Why can you NOT go back? Just wondering, do not need a book, just the main reason. If you will. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing your story ❤👍🏼
😢I am in the same boat.
@ 5:05 I’m pretty sure that’s Emmet Kelly, a world famous clown. My grandmother and my mother collected his stuff. My grandmother met him when the carnivals used to travel with the circus. Thank you for showing all this.
Wow. This was one for the books ! maybe the weirdest ones I,ve seen, but extremely interesting as always. Thanks U2- safe journey.
I love that the neighborhoods are hodge podge and not uniform. Classic old west Nevada. The houses are quaint and unique and no opulence to be found outside of the Mizpah. I LOVE NV! I grew up there (Tahoe).
I drive the Reno Vegas highway quite a bit, and probably have done so over a hundred times in my day. I love this drive, I love Nevada and have stayed in Tonopah, but have never set foot in the Clown Motel so I thank you for going in there so that I never have to! Interesting to note: the only active lithium mine in the US is about 35 miles west of Tonopah in Silver Peak. (much lithium exploration and development is now happening in Nevada with lots of controversy, and there will be more activity around Tonopah in the future). also worth noting that there is turquoise mining in the region, with some jewelry makers I met in Arizona saying that the best turquoise comes from this part of Nevada.
@alibarron7558 yes you are right, the Silver Peak mine is operated by Amermarle. That is interesting about the Hilton ranch, I didn’t know that! It’s beautiful land there for sure. You’re lucky to have spent time out there getting turquoise. There’s a small shop next to the brewery in Tonopah where they sell jewelry with stones they’ve mined at Lone Mountain.
@@cpkarkow663 It's Albemarle Corp. It's currently the biggest producer of lithium in America I believe.
If you go from Southern Utah to Tonopah again, try the direct route , through Panaca, Caliente, and Rachel with a 10 mile detour through Pioche.
Very interesting cemetery and a very cool town. Thanks, Joe.
Hi - Appreciate the video plus the history of the town. Fascinating hotel experience. Cheers!
Nice touch with having a meal towards the beginning of the video. Did you ever figure who was talking to you in the hall outside your room in the evening? That was pretty scary. Really a pleasant surprise with your stop at the bar at the end of the video. Very much enjoyed the footage from the Tonopah Cemetery. Could of listened forever as you read the inscriptions from the grave markers.
Good job on your presentations! You are inspiring me for a road trip (soon). So much of small town backwater America is disappearing,
In the early 50s, my dad worked for Kennecott in Tonopah. He was a welder and built a lot of mine derricks which he always claimed were still standing.
I love it there. We got stuck the when we crashed our trailer. The hardware store is fun and anytime we travel to Arizona, this is our main town to stay in. They have a special star gazing area behind the high school. A new hospital is supposed to be built there.
That was wonderful, thank you! I enjoyed that so much so I subscribed 👍!
Awesome, thank you!
What a comprehensive and well narrated video.
Thanks for your efforts.
Many thanks!
Okay My friends. I live vicariously through you guys. I love your vids! My GF and I do something similar, but only in a small way, nothing like you guys do. Love it! Keep on keeping on! You're the best, I'll watching ya till ya call it quits...
Awesome!
These videos keep getting more interesting . What a journey you have taken us on...
Heard the sound effects very clearly. A male screamed 3 times then said, "I told you to get out." I bet they have a motion detector set up. Loved it though :)
10:45 ~ Those look great. Price is right too. Nic looked to be bouncing off the walls with the small hotel room. It all looked very nice though.
Great video and great delivery from you both. Relaxing style and informative. I am now a new subscriber. Cheers!🥃🥃⛏️💰⚖️
Awesome, thank you!
Love to follow your travels. Creepy hallways in that hotel. Stiff dinner tab!
I’d rather live there than Los Angeles or a lot of other places. Just because you don’t understand a place doesn’t mean that stuff is just piled up. People are probably very happy there and comfortable with what they have.
Red Skelton would play a clown on his variety show and he was famous for his clown paintings.
Mining or oilfield, it's still mineral extraction. And Ive been in enough oilfields to last a lifetime. I think what's amazing is that 2000 people are STILL THERE with all the myriad authentic ghost towns in Nevada!! Why? Must've been profitable long enough for others to gain a foothold in other vocations not directly related to mining per se?! I live in Utah and came to the Intermountain West 35 yrs ago. I'm only about 30 minutes south of Salt Lake City but can be at old mine shafts in 20 minutes if need be. It was a very tough life. As an ol oilfield hand, I can say no one really wants to live forever in such a town. They hope to make their dreams come true in a far fairer place. I always called the oilfield the land of broken dreams. Pretty sure ppl felt the same about Tonopah and other such towns. Just trying to save the family farm, car, or perhaps the family itself. Just a quick infusion of $ for as long as possible because it never lasts long... price of silver or oil always up and down and politics changing things. Today, feast. Tomorrow, famine. Great video. Has had me thinking about it since I watched yesterday! 😊
I got such a giggle/chuckle from the "Alien Brothel". Having a flashback to the green-skinned women from Star Trek, I guess you could say "Once You've gone green, ain't nothing obscene!".
Thank you, tar... Great video 😊
Thanks for the tour of this interesting town! It's too bad the large stone and wood house at 27:33 was abandoned and allowed to decay so much. That stone work is really nice.
Thanks, Joe and Nic. This was very interesting and entertaining. I have driven through the place, but never stopped there. I will next time 🙂
WE definitely locked our door at night. In the morning it was open and ajar...I guess we had a ghostly visitor. It is however, a beautiful old hotel.
That cemetary was awesome. Thanks for showing that. Someday I would like to see it and read all those stories about the lives that lived there.
It really was. You could easily spend several hours there.
No one died well, not even the 11 month old infant or the 11 year old boy.
The bill the most frightening thing in the Hotel , id be having Nightmares for weeks 😊
I have seen the clown motel and the cemetery on other youtube channels, I didn't know there was such a lovely old hotel there as well. I also thought Nic's dress with the daisies on it was really lovely (I am a woman too).
No rhyme or reason to the neighborhoods that's for sure.... Thanks for sharing another interesting part of our history... Cool hotel that you two stayed in...
In 1990 when I left Hell-A for Reno I decided to take the long way and I stopped for a night in Tonopah. I wanted to scope the place out a bit. I seriously considered staying on there but I decided to go on into Reno because I wasn't sure I was quite ready for that big of a change.
They used to have a great breakfast at the Mizpah. Also a great place to have lunch if driving between Reno and Las Vegas. I live in Reno and drive through there a lot when on the way to visit me brother and SIL in Tucson. If you're into history, scenery, and the outdoors, Tonopah is a good place to do an overnight and a little exploring.
Well done Joe and Nic.
Wherever you go it is always interesting.
Thanks for taking me along on your journeys.
Those grave are an amazing source of storytelling. I would have spent all day there too.
First, I would like to thank you for correctly saying Nevada! I grew up in Carson City, but lived in Las Vegas and my senior year of high school in Tonopah. I've spent the better part of my adulthood correcting the way people pronounce my home state.
While I was in school I worked as a busboy in the Tonopah Station restaurant, back then (1982-1983) it was called the Station House. The town was growing, do to the Anaconda mine and the Air Force was secretly building up the Tonopah Test site which later became the Tonopah Air Force Base where the F-117 Nighthawk was doing testing (that no one new about). I left Tonopah less than a week after I graduated in 1983 and joined the Navy. Thanks for the tour, it's been 30 years since I was last in Tonopah for my 10 year class reunion, It brings back some. Thanks for the video.
NO ONE wants to be told how to pronounce something. Yeah, I'm sure it's irritating to you to hear it a different way. I think maybe once or twice in my life I've heard it said "Correctly". I'm guessing it is a Spanish word.
@@forgottensage-o5o Are you from Nevada?
Yes it is a Spanish word, I believe it means Snowfall
Oh no. Probably if I was, I'd say it like you do. I'm from that state to the west that everybody hates.@@BrianRhodes9763
@@BrianRhodes9763 nope--it is a injun word--it means "greasewood water"---either paiute or shoshone tribe--i live in tonopah because the devil kicked my ass out of hell....
I stayed in Tonopah probably 20 years ago at a motel that is no longer there. It was clean but showing lots of wear and tear even then. Probably it was from the 60s. I remember that the room was very large--but old. It was a block or two away from the Mizpah, and on the other side of the street. I think your restaurant was easily the priciest place between Reno and Las Vegas.
Really liked your video! Appreciate your humour as well as history of the town. Cheers!
Looks like an interesting, but creepy, falling- down place. I can definitely see why the younger population high-tailed it out of there! Thanks for sharing. Mrs. C.
Love the vid! U got 2 clown around 😮😅! Interesting town. Stay safe.
I was driving a semi truck north of Tonopah when I had a blowout on a drive tire around the area of the big solar plant. I limped into town and got the tire replaced in a couple hours. And I saw you had some Buffalo Trace. I picked up a load of their whiskey in Franfort Kentucky once. Interesting place.
My favorite place to visit. I’ve stayed in Lone Pine, Ca and actually took Hwy 6 into Nevada just to get my ghost town fix.
I had a summer place in Tonopah when we lived in Las Vegas. We had some lots on Bridger and Prospect streets. just a block from the Mizpah Hotel. It was in the process of restoration and I knew a man that was a painter for the company doing the restoration. A very interesting town.
You are very lucky to be able travel around and see all the wonders of America.
Don't up mean planned tragedies which have replaced/are replacing any wonderment that may have been?
Excellent video hello from upstate NY in the beautiful Mohawk Valley
I would love to see purump Nevada where my friend of many years live I love the way you and Nick present the towns with all of the great information wonderful places that I love to watch you guys eat at. You guys are awesome
Oh oh oh nice! The algorithm came in handy this time! My grandma used to live out their 😅 anyways they have mines that go hundreads of feet straight down out their. Turquoise rocks can be found out their amongst other minerals. I was in Beatty NV which is around the bend to Tonopah!
Nice adventure visiting different states and locations awesome hi I'm face the ace I love to explore places and abandoned places I'm a new TH-camr I love your video awesome👍🏻
Thanks for sharing. Hope you guys slept tight during the nights at the Mizpah Hotel.
I think I went through that town last year on the way back from Chicago last year. Did not stop to look around. I was on a mission to get home after a 19 day trip!
the main street is busy because it's a major highway - looked on zillow and the dumps in this town are asking 3x the price of 3 years ago and there are just 3-4 homes on the market and only one is not a dump - it's an old manufactured home w/ a good view and they are asking over 300k - very high prices for a dying town w/ no real amenities
13:31 I heard it and it sounded like Get Out. At least twice. Wth
Great episode and I love a spot of ghost hunting! 👻
I've lived in Amargosa Valley for a year and a half now. First time I've seen that brothel up close. I wonder if there are blue and green painted ladies inside??
there was hore house right at the state line in amargossa with a bar and card playing room for years on the main hiway--it was nice,the girls were nice--now the Longhorn is the place or Lathrop Wells--there is also one out of Death valley Jucntion right at state line--not sure if open still==my fav is Tecopa in winter time
Great one. Lots of stories. Lots of places. I wonder what was up with that stone 'palace" at the corner of the street. Wild.
I lived there in the late 80s and it really hasn't changed since I lived in the little town. The Tonopah Station was named the station house. It's a old train station
I love to road trip and come upon places with more questions than answers. I like the way you give statistics on cost of living and such. Some places are so beautiful and sad at the same time. As to the decaying buildings, I would rather see some of them torn down completely. But I guess whoever owns them has the final say.
I don't think the "get out" you heard was the hotel playing a joke. I believe it was a ghost. Sent shivers up and down my spine
Yeah, that must be it 😂😂😂
Hi you two. This is David from Australia. I feel you would enjoy going around Australia. I am in Brisbane. People would show you around. It's different in Australia down under.
People outside Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne are pretty friendly.
We plan on it in time. Looking forward to it!
@JoeandNicsRoadTrip Downunder it's very different . You would be closer to the land. You will find Australian people very friendly and happy to show you around their town. It would be just one adventure after another. After that an adventure to Indonesia and micro Indonesia.
I will pick you up at airport . Show you around.
Come Visit Pensacola. Its not a dying town what so ever but sometimes it is good to show the Cities that get it right. Come on a Saturday Morning at 8am downtown. You will see the Palafox Market that is a farmers market spread the the whole downtown. Plus new condos and hotels going up its a inspiration what a city of 59k population can do because in 2010 it was all pool bars and closed up shops downtown.
I’m near Dallas too. Headed back Tonopah this spring to mine
Went through there a couple weeks ago on my bike. Place was hopping, got one of the last hotel rooms, outside of the clown. Cool town.