I was born in Lamoure and grew up on a farm about 15 miles north of there .You went passed Lawrence Welks hometown of Strassburg and Angie Dickenson's hometown of Kulm. I like the video. I've driven from ND to TX 3 times without touching the interstate. It's the only way to see America.
I grew up in a small town in the northwest corner of North Dakota. The population was 1,200 when I lived there. It was a little bit bigger than the communities shown here. A little more activity and a few more businesses but not much more. I still live in North Dakota in one of the most populated areas. The largest communities in ND are by no means a big city. Small town ND was a great place to grow up. There wasn't a lot to do, but we found enough things to keep us busy. It was a safe place, virtually no crime or traffic. Most kids walked to school. In the summertime we roamed the town unsupervised on foot or on our bicycles.We skate boarded and rollerblades down the middle of the streets. We were outdoors from the time we woke up to the time we went to sleep unless we were at home eating lunch or dinner. The outdoor swimming pool and the outdoor basketball court at the grade school were the hot spots for us. Parents and children never feared being hit by car, abducted, robbed, beaten or killed. You pretty much knew every body who lived there and there was a strong sense of community.
Of all the things I like about your daily stories, I love that you own and use an "old fashion" road atlas. Thanks for taking so many of us along on adventures we may never be able to take on our own. Safe, and interesting, journies!
Tech can always fail. I carry an atlas in my car all the time. I use tech but im 53 its kinda forced upon us and you just sort of learn how to use it but the old fashioned way for anything can sometimes be the best.
You have a Rand McNally Trucker's Atlas Woo. I got stuck with one of those recently on a trip to MO at a Pilot. It's all they had. $20. You want a regular Rand McNally version of that without the highlighted truck routes. $15. I cannot do trips with just a GPS. You can't really get a good picture of where you are.
I only use a paper/atlas road maps. I only bring up the Google map if I can't find a certain place/location. When I hike/camp in the woods, I always have a paper map of the area. Mainly a Topographic Map. I know how to read a compass and details of maps.
ALWAYYYSSSSSS have an atlas and road map!!! GPS is nice til it leads you to the middle of no where or the bad side of town and you are completely lost😳. I think it’s smart to have gps and a map and atlas- and if you are traveling somewhere you are not familiar with: Of course Google maps it Then look at your real map (keep one for your state esp) Then enter it in gps or phone, etc. Compare, notice discrepancies, And then go! Oh. And always keep a compass. Somewhere. Phones and cars die. 🤷♀️ just my 2 cents:)
I've not stopped for longer than a restroom break in North or South Dakota. Wow, that really needs to change next time i go through. Thanks Adam, great video.
Another great series Adam! Alot of these places are the best America can offer. I bet a lot of these towns were bustling when Americans knew how important the farms and ranches were. You might not see a lot of people in town because they're in the fields and such working hard to feed America. Something we don't appreciate anymore! Well done sir! 🤠🧑🦰🌲🌲🎶
In the 1950s the typical farm in North Dakota was 320 or 640 acres. Now the average farm is over 1,500 acres. There just aren’t as many farmers as there used to be.
Fantastic! No sarcasm intended. I love traversing highways like this and visiting small towns. Thank you for taking the time to take the road less travelled.
A well done job of covering small towns in southern North Dakota! I was once in Wishek for a wedding in 2008. Wishek is home to an annual Sauerkraut Day on the second Saturday in October. The Germans from Russia resettled in this area of the United States. Many of their foods that have descended through the generations such as homemade sausage are still sold in local grocery stores, and meat lockers.
New definition of backroads! This is so great to see the forgotten or unknown by most of us parts of this country. I am loving this ultimate video road trip. So great; thank you for doing this!
Seeing that old main street in Bowman fills me with so much American exceptionalism nostalgia. You'll never convince me things are better today than they were back then.
The Enchanted Highway Hotel looked interesting. The sculptures of the knight & dragon was amazing as well as the other huge sculptures you showed along the way. That Rexall drugstore and old bldgs very nostalgic as well. Thanks for taking us with you. ❤️🙏🏻
LOVE the lesser-known SCENIC BYWAYS you share with us! So NICE 👍 to see some love for North Dakota. Great imagery in Regent (Enchanted Castle), sculptures and the American 🇺🇸 Roadside! Cheers and Be Well. Thanks! SHELLEE G.
Glad to see you made it to ND. Would love to have you come up north to see more of the state and even meet you next time you visit ND. When I saw a previous video where you were in Deadwood, SD; It made me wonder if you would be coming further north. The Enchanted Highway would be an awesome adventure for you to explore to see all of the larger than life sculptures. You would probably enjoy going to Medora and taking in the Medora Musical and feasting at the Pitchfork Fondue. Head up north to see the International Peace Gardens; Tommy the Turtle in Bottineau; W'eel Turtle in Dunseith; Mystical Horizons near Lake Metigoshe. There is also Salem Sue in New Salem and the world's largest buffalo in Jamestown. Spend a few days in North Dakota to vlog about the things that make our state worth visiting. Thanks again for visiting the Dakotas on your journeys. Love watching your content and learning about history from your eyes, and Big the Foot.
I bask myself in the authenticity that exists in the outskirts of our country. Here is where things are real. You get a glimpse of the simple life that is out of reach in our modern electronic world. Adam thinks the same thoughts as I do when discovering history, abandoned but still standing.
I went to highschool in one of those towns after growing up somewhere far more populated on the west coast. There was an adjustment period but I ended up really liking it. We always joked that it was as if the whole state was a few decades behind. Very retro and charming in a lot of ways. A lot of these little towns still haven't changed. Oil booms and pipeline protests have changed things though. And meth is everywhere.
Nice! ... I grew up just across the street from your opening scene in Bowman, NoDak. The old building sporting CAFE was once the pride of southwest North Dakota. Then known as the Clara Lincoln Hotel. If memory serves me right, inside was a restaurant, barbershop, flower shop and railroad station. It was a grand building. At times I would get to go there with my father and through the eyes of a rural child I envisioned this is what it's like in the big city. All different types of folks coming and going east and west via train. Great memories, thanks for sharing your travels!
My husband's grandfather built the Bowman theatre and owned the Skelley truck stop/gas station. We lived in Hettinger. Such a beautiful part of the country and wonderful wonderful people.
Lisbon is my hometown, btw it’s pronounced liz-ben. The scenic theatre is the oldest continually operating theatre in the country been going over 100 years strong, almost shut down but the community came together and raised a lot of money to update and modernize it somewhat. Very strong community in Lisbon and good place to raise children And I can’t wait to show my kids this video they will love it, You could do a whole video on Lisbon honestly Good video! Thanks!
I love the sculptures on the Enchanted Highway. Especially the Knight and Dragon. Those are cool. Yeah you need to go back one day and stay in the castle. Looks too cool to pass up.- Looks like Big da foot was wanting to get out of the vehicle too and stretch his legs by the foot print next to your bags. Lol. He wants to spend the night in the hotel instead of in your car again. 😂
I just looked back at the first video of this road trip series which you posted on April 26. In your intro you said that you’d be gone for at least 8 weeks. That was Tuesday of this current week…how epic this series is!!! Keep on rolling!
Thank you for showing off North Dakota, Adam! I love it! I'm from a very small prairie town myself in a different state. I'd rather be stuck behind a tractor on the highway than in rush hour someplace any day. We don't have large amounts of traffic here, we have amounts of large traffic!
This was great, Adam! I love seeing parts of the country that get very little exposure! I would absolutely love to live in one of those sleepy little towns. Some people might say it's boring. But that's ok with me, I like boring. Sure beats the hell out of living in a noisy big city and putting up with the rampant crime!
I'm from Minneapolis and was a sales reo covering the entire state looping out one highway and back on the next every day forming a "daisy" sales route.I didn't drive through theses small towns, but called on customers, gas stations, in each. Hoses, nozzles, leak detectors and such. Too much steering wheel time to think my wife said.
I use to travel across the country 60 years ago as my brother was on the PGA Golf Tour. This was before the interstate highway system and my dad had to drive through countless small towns across America. They didn't look like this. Every where you go it is so depressing about what has happened to rural America. They are all dying a slow death. Great work capturing these town before they are gone with the wind and blown away. Maybe these small town which served say 100 families in the surrounding areas are no longer serving hardly anyone as the farms have been sold off to giant corporations who have a mechanized system to grow and transport the crops to market.
Actually what you are looking at are family farms. North Dakota does not allow corporate farming. And these towns are not "dead". Farmers are at work in the fields. Everyone does stop to have dinner at 12 noon and incidentally the sirens you saw ring out at noon to call people for dinner. And if it was a Sunday most businesses are closed.
I currently live in Fargo. These days, Fargo is a multicultural metropolis compared to these little bitty tiny North Dakota towns shown on the video. Although, with about 250,000 people in the Fargo metro area, it is still a 'small city' by many standards.
Lisbon is my hometown, it has the oldest continually operating scenic theatre in the nation, over 100 years and still going.. Lisbon is a great town good community good for raising kids
Yay! It’s Adam!🧔🏻♂️🥳 Congratulations on visiting all 48 contiguous United States! 🥰 I am so impressed and inspired! 🫡🇺🇸 You are a true explorer! Next stop, Alaska and Hawaii! We are here for it! 😉
What a great journey on the back roads. Reminiscent of William Least Heat Moons book Blue Highways where he circumnavigated the lower 48 states entirely on back roads≥ including going through North Dakota.
Hello friend thank you for sharing, that brought back memories of that beautiful town of Bowman.ND, i was there 4 work and stayed there 4 about 2 months, nice and great friendly people, a. Big hello to the people of BOWMAN, thanks again have a nice day!!!🌅🌅🌅
I bet the Enchanted Castle Hotel has seen a few weddings and proms throughout the years. Looks like a cool and unique place. Also, apparently, that is a restored Minuteman Missile in LaMoure. A reminder of the Cold War era, when the Midwest and plains housed a network of defense silos. Another great vlog, my man 👍 Love it when you chronicle these small towns.
I believe that the guy who created the Enchanted Castle out of the old school is he same guy who created all of the huge metal sculptures along the Enchanted Highway. He works hard to bring visitors to Regent! I believe he has plans to host a renaissance Fair there this summer.
@@lollylight3670 Mott used to have a sign: Mott's The Spot to Live and Shop. Too much has closed since then, but ... there are quite a few interesting shops there. I am glad I was there for Mott Days.
I'm a North Dakotan and a proud Bismarcker but I very much love the smaller towns, they just feel so cozy and friendly. I really like Garrison, whose fish cleaning station we use after catching Walleye. this video reminds me how much more I need to travel around my state
Newton Iowa has a nice little museum on Maytag. You will also love the small towns surrounding it. Tiny little Kellogg and Grinnell. If you go north you can get an original maid-rite from Marshalltown. We used to go through all of them regularly to see my grandparents when I was younger
I hope your drive was safe. Welcome to North Dakota. What a wonderful surprise. There are many abandoned towns in our state. I have driven those roads many, many times. I hope our state was good to you.
Growing up in a small town like these small places, there is a lot of community you don't see just passing through. When I graduated from the local school (all grades in the same building, and still that way today) I moved on to the big city for work and excitement a young man wants. Now much older, I can see how life in a small town is better in many ways than the big city. Going back home (as I call it) is different as I hardly know anyone and what was a busy main street, now is but a ghost of its former self. A Dollar General provides most of the retail, and the movie theater is a antique shop....As people just slow down going through the town without even stopping. (except for gas and chips at the convenience/gas stop.
I'm pretty sure the smile didn't leave my face throughout the entire video. What you do is on a grander scale than what I do, but just heading out on the back roads between Minnesota and Wisconsin is my favorite past time. There is so much to see! Thank you for your very relaxing and interesting videos!
i'm a military brat and grew up on an Air Force base here in ND. My parents loved ND so much that my dad got out of the Air Force and we stayed. i just bought a really nice little house in a small town with a population of about 900 people and a small Main street just like all these in the video. Thanks for stopping, come back anytime!
I am orginally from ND and moved about an hour away from Minot.. (my husbands home town) coming here was weird especially coming from a town of a million to a town of 500 people. It was weird.
I love these old towns with just the tops of the building showing as the rest of the building is underground. Once the rains came all the old world was flooded but we are at least left with the tops! They separate them with walls and put facades on them but we know it's one huge structure ;)
Enjoyed the trip. My father grew up on a farm outside if New Leipzig and my mother was raised on a farm near Mott. Grandparents on father's side spent their last years in Elgin. Have fond memories of visiting in both Elgin & Mott. Mott had the Blue Moon Cafe which I believe is still in business. Good lunches and the motion picture theatre was just a few doors from there. Bought my first car in Mott. Almost got to uncle's farm before it failed. Many, many very good memories.
Thanks Adam; great documentation of small towns. Enjoy your style, approach, and appreciation of this part of the country. Looking forward to again "riding shotgun" next time. The vehicle shot out the side including the mirror was great!
White Rock, SD was a booming town. It had hotels, bars, stores and restaurants. River boats and trains went through the Town. My Grandpa was born there in 1908. It now has maybe 3 people and zero businesses
Adam,what you're doing is now my favorite past time.I spend my evenings watching your videos,and feeling such calmness in them,please keep them coming .
A very beautiful northern Plains video, Adam! I love this territory, and harbor thoughts of establishing an archive for my work as composer, painter and writer there. Special thanks for posting this inspiring adventure! By the way, I too was born in Mississippi. David Thomas Roberts
ND looks like a heavy farm state. Imagine sun set over that field with all the round bails. Beautiful. We pay €99 (Euros) per round bail here in Germany. Dare to think how much worths was on that field. Safe travels x
Last year there was a drought and 1 ton round bales were selling for over $200. Now plenty of rain this summer so maybe they will be around $85 per bale probably.
I miss places like this..,but then I remember the snow and the tornado's and the thunder storms,.....yup love ur channel I am able to watch the cool stuff,. Thank u love this
Phew, what a day you had! I'm from the Valley City area, lived in Napoleon for 3 years. Now I'm in Central Coast California by way of a lot of years in Albuquerque. My 92 y/o Mom still owns her family's farmstead in ND, & up until 2 years ago, we went back every summer.
Hi Adam, love watching these vlogs on small towns. In my head John Mellencamp is playing Small Town and I picture Marty Mcfly walking the dirt road till he reaches Hill Valley and Lou's Cafe. Living in crowded L.A. I would kind of like to experience something like that. Thanks for taking me along. 🙂🙂🙂
I love that you showed these small towns. This is the very reason I moved out here. I lived in Flint Michigan until I moved here in Oct. of 2018. I love it here. I live in tiny town of Nome where we have maybe 70 people. Here too n town we only have a post office and a little gift shop. However across hwy32 is the old Nome schoolhouse that was bought just over a year ago that has been turned into a bed and breakfast with lots of activities for visitors.
I’m so happy when you do these back road trips! Nothing like the old times stuff I love it. My grandparents lived In N Dakota for a short time back in the day! Thank you Adam for your hard work
hello adam , yet another cool interesting relaxing video , 11.59 i love how the real windows are part of the painting lol , really well done and thank you :)
The peacefulness and beauty video of small town North Dakota was excellent. These Americans here were hard at work during the day, and at night mostly with their families. I hope these towns and their businesses can survive.
The siren was an old Civil Defense air raid siren. It was commonly used at many rural, volunteer fire departments. The department in our community had one for nearly 40 years until it was disassembled. With upgraded, digitalized communication and public alert systems they're really no longer needed although some are still in use. I think they sound cool as @#$%! and they were loud.
Mott’s siren was by the water tower and would sound off everyday at 12pm and 6pm…. As far as I remember to the early 2000’s - I don’t know about now. All family has passed on. I still miss the siren. Except when I lived there I got used to it -- which was fine cause if it went off at a weird time you knew to get in the basement tornados coming!!! Lol Now I live in Louisiana- a few years back I was shopping at Target or somewhere in town-( 50,000 ppl in town). And there was… I swear I heard a tornado siren!!! But I did not hear or see tornado… the sky didn’t look like tornado sky greenish yellow, nothing on my phone….. Once I got back home I found out a tornado siren did indeed go off - and a tornado did indeed touch down (no one hurt with that one). I had absolutely no idea there was a tornado siren in the area and still have no clue where it is located but it sure sounded off and did get my my attention! Once I knew everyone was relatively fine and minimal damage I smiled knowing they still use them. Phones, radios, TV, etc devices- I’d take a siren anyway over it for initial warning bc half the time my phone is dead or doesn’t go off or I’m at work so everything is turned off, etc. I do love radar though and how easily accessible it is (usually).
Welll……. Maybe the siren that went off here …. Is at a fire station 🤔 lol I suppose when I’m out and about I will have to search put and look at all the fire stations to see if I can find it!!! I only knew of the one that I grew up hearing- by our water tower in mott) Thank you for the information about fire stations:)
Thanks for sharing your adventures... Cool little town's. Pretty much like where I grew up and still live near. Courthouse on the square, one traffic light.
Very enjoyable video. North dakota scenery is very pleasant, great time of the year to visit this wonderful state. Adam is constructing a video scrapbook of Americana right now!
When I was in the Air Force , early 70s, I was stationed in N. Dakota. As I look back it was a wonderful place. I didn't think so at the time. One I recall is every little town had a Bowling Alley/Restaurant. The people were great. My wife &I spent alot of our weekends driving around.
Great video I remember traveling in 1980 with my girlfriend and her sister to Buffalo north Dakota on a Greyhound bus. We were just teens in the day. Thanks for bringing back memories for me Adam. 👍👍🤙🤙😎😎
Absolutely gorgeous. I never knew there was so many beautiful places to visit in the USA. Hubby and I really enjoy watching you’re videos we’ve been to Disney 6 times. New York was a 4 day trip. Before 9/11 really loved visiting them places. But seeing the places you’ve traveled to in this series has given me itchy feet to travel again to USA. Thank you so much 😊 🙏🏻
Thank you so much for showing these little towns- they aren’t dead and love how you showed the architecture (REXALL DRUG in Mott-- behind it you can see the old “Playhouse Theater” Marquee - I hope you were able to see it:) (Note: New Leipzig … is pronounced more like “New Lipe-szeg” It’s those German/Russians I tell ya lol😉) Gained a new subscriber and man I just really loved the whole video. I am sharing with my husband also! Thank you for sharing with us:)
I was born in Lamoure and grew up on a farm about 15 miles north of there .You went passed Lawrence Welks hometown of Strassburg and Angie Dickenson's hometown of Kulm. I like the video. I've driven from ND to TX 3 times without touching the interstate. It's the only way to see America.
100% agree
I grew up in a small town in the northwest corner of North Dakota. The population was 1,200 when I lived there. It was a little bit bigger than the communities shown here. A little more activity and a few more businesses but not much more. I still live in North Dakota in one of the most populated areas. The largest communities in ND are by no means a big city. Small town ND was a great place to grow up. There wasn't a lot to do, but we found enough things to keep us busy. It was a safe place, virtually no crime or traffic. Most kids walked to school. In the summertime we roamed the town unsupervised on foot or on our bicycles.We skate boarded and rollerblades down the middle of the streets. We were outdoors from the time we woke up to the time we went to sleep unless we were at home eating lunch or dinner. The outdoor swimming pool and the outdoor basketball court at the grade school were the hot spots for us. Parents and children never feared being hit by car, abducted, robbed, beaten or killed. You pretty much knew every body who lived there and there was a strong sense of community.
It sounds like stranger Things
Town of half that size here. Still there. Nothing past tense, about it.
Of all the things I like about your daily stories, I love that you own and use an "old fashion" road atlas. Thanks for taking so many of us along on adventures we may never be able to take on our own. Safe, and interesting, journies!
I have a road atlas, somewhere... hopefully in the car. I usually know where I am going, but sadly listen to Google Maps a bit too much these days.
Tech can always fail. I carry an atlas in my car all the time. I use tech but im 53 its kinda forced upon us and you just sort of learn how to use it but the old fashioned way for anything can sometimes be the best.
You have a Rand McNally Trucker's Atlas Woo. I got stuck with one of those recently on a trip to MO at a Pilot. It's all they had. $20. You want a regular Rand McNally version of that without the highlighted truck routes. $15. I cannot do trips with just a GPS. You can't really get a good picture of where you are.
I only use a paper/atlas road maps. I only bring up the Google map if I can't find a certain place/location. When I hike/camp in the woods, I always have a paper map of the area. Mainly a Topographic Map. I know how to read a compass and details of maps.
ALWAYYYSSSSSS have an atlas and road map!!! GPS is nice til it leads you to the middle of no where or the bad side of town and you are completely lost😳.
I think it’s smart to have gps and a map and atlas- and if you are traveling somewhere you are not familiar with:
Of course Google maps it
Then look at your real map (keep one for your state esp)
Then enter it in gps or phone, etc.
Compare, notice discrepancies, And then go!
Oh.
And always keep a compass. Somewhere. Phones and cars die. 🤷♀️ just my 2 cents:)
I've not stopped for longer than a restroom break in North or South Dakota. Wow, that really needs to change next time i go through. Thanks Adam, great video.
I live in Montana and I love all the small towns in MT, ND,SD & WY always find good people in these little towns.
Another great series Adam! Alot of these places are the best America can offer. I bet a lot of these towns were bustling when Americans knew how important the farms and ranches were. You might not see a lot of people in town because they're in the fields and such working hard to feed America. Something we don't appreciate anymore! Well done sir! 🤠🧑🦰🌲🌲🎶
In the 1950s the typical farm in North Dakota was 320 or 640 acres. Now the average farm is over 1,500 acres. There just aren’t as many farmers as there used to be.
There is no economic reason for any of these towns to exist anymore. And it takes very few humans these days to grow massive amounts of food.
@@jimpad5608 Tell that to the people who live there and the farmers and let"s see what happens.
These towns are so fascinating and weirdly comforting to me. I love feeling like I’m the only person around. Thanks Adam
Fantastic! No sarcasm intended. I love traversing highways like this and visiting small towns. Thank you for taking the time to take the road less travelled.
Just love seeing that open road with blue skies and sunshine. It’s good for the soul!
A well done job of covering small towns in southern North Dakota! I was once in Wishek for a wedding in 2008. Wishek is home to an annual Sauerkraut Day on the second Saturday in October. The Germans from Russia resettled in this area of the United States. Many of their foods that have descended through the generations such as homemade sausage are still sold in local grocery stores, and meat lockers.
some of the best kraut you can get! will make trips down there just to get the homemade stuff
Also home to the tri-county fair which is a good county fair.
Stan's ring sausages were WUNDERBAR!! The stores new owner does a pretty respectable job but.....not quite the same. Still good though!!
We make road trips to Wishek to buy the sausage in bulk. Amazing stuff. I truly love North Dakota
New definition of backroads! This is so great to see the forgotten or unknown by most of us parts of this country. I am loving this ultimate video road trip. So great; thank you for doing this!
Seeing that old main street in Bowman fills me with so much American exceptionalism nostalgia. You'll never convince me things are better today than they were back then.
I could not agree more!
American exceptionalism is what led to America's decline. It's a horrible ideology.
unrelated but pittsburgh is MUCH better than it used to be
@@quaaaaaaaar while the large cities are much better than they used to be, small towns and cities (population under 30k) are dying
I have been to Bowman many Times. Nothing "past tense" about it. It's still there and I wish it was less crowded.
Thank you for taking the backroads. The payoff is so much better than taking I-94.
Agreed
The Enchanted Highway Hotel looked interesting. The sculptures of the knight & dragon was amazing as well as the other huge sculptures you showed along the way. That Rexall drugstore and old bldgs very nostalgic as well. Thanks for taking us with you. ❤️🙏🏻
LOVE the lesser-known SCENIC BYWAYS you share with us! So NICE 👍 to see some love for North Dakota. Great imagery in Regent (Enchanted Castle), sculptures and the American 🇺🇸 Roadside! Cheers and Be Well. Thanks! SHELLEE G.
Glad to see you made it to ND. Would love to have you come up north to see more of the state and even meet you next time you visit ND. When I saw a previous video where you were in Deadwood, SD; It made me wonder if you would be coming further north. The Enchanted Highway would be an awesome adventure for you to explore to see all of the larger than life sculptures. You would probably enjoy going to Medora and taking in the Medora Musical and feasting at the Pitchfork Fondue. Head up north to see the International Peace Gardens; Tommy the Turtle in Bottineau; W'eel Turtle in Dunseith; Mystical Horizons near Lake Metigoshe. There is also Salem Sue in New Salem and the world's largest buffalo in Jamestown. Spend a few days in North Dakota to vlog about the things that make our state worth visiting. Thanks again for visiting the Dakotas on your journeys. Love watching your content and learning about history from your eyes, and Big the Foot.
Aww I was hoping he'd come further north too! I'm close to Bottineau in Mohall.
I bask myself in the authenticity that exists in the outskirts of our country. Here is where things are real. You get a glimpse of the simple life that is out of reach in our modern electronic world. Adam thinks the same thoughts as I do when discovering history, abandoned but still standing.
I went to highschool in one of those towns after growing up somewhere far more populated on the west coast. There was an adjustment period but I ended up really liking it. We always joked that it was as if the whole state was a few decades behind. Very retro and charming in a lot of ways. A lot of these little towns still haven't changed. Oil booms and pipeline protests have changed things though. And meth is everywhere.
Worst part of it is people have a hard time living a empty life like this, we see a lot of drug use over here in the Bakken, it’s sad
I love small towns, because everything is cheap, real estate, renting, groceries, and so on ….
Everything is walkable and within easy reach
Nice! ... I grew up just across the street from your opening scene in Bowman, NoDak. The old building sporting CAFE was once the pride of southwest North Dakota. Then known as the Clara Lincoln Hotel. If memory serves me right, inside was a restaurant, barbershop, flower shop and railroad station. It was a grand building. At times I would get to go there with my father and through the eyes of a rural child I envisioned this is what it's like in the big city. All different types of folks coming and going east and west via train. Great memories, thanks for sharing your travels!
My husband's grandfather built the Bowman theatre and owned the Skelley truck stop/gas station. We lived in Hettinger. Such a beautiful part of the country and wonderful wonderful people.
I love the roadside sculptures. That dragon was awesome!
I'm amazed you are able to cover so much mileage and yet make so many interesting stops along the way. Thanks for doing it 🙂
Lisbon is my hometown, btw it’s pronounced liz-ben. The scenic theatre is the oldest continually operating theatre in the country been going over 100 years strong, almost shut down but the community came together and raised a lot of money to update and modernize it somewhat. Very strong community in Lisbon and good place to raise children And I can’t wait to show my kids this video they will love it, You could do a whole video on Lisbon honestly Good video! Thanks!
I love the sculptures on the Enchanted Highway. Especially the Knight and Dragon. Those are cool. Yeah you need to go back one day and stay in the castle. Looks too cool to pass up.- Looks like Big da foot was wanting to get out of the vehicle too and stretch his legs by the foot print next to your bags. Lol. He wants to spend the night in the hotel instead of in your car again. 😂
I’m glad you stood next to those road side attraction. I had no idea how large they were. WOW!
Right ? Massive
I loved seeing the wide open spaces in North Dakota.
This is the same North Dakota I saw as a kid...nice to see its still a great place to be!
We stayed overnight in Bowman, ND during our road trip 2 weeks ago. My son rode his electric scooter around. So cool!
I just looked back at the first video of this road trip series which you posted on April 26. In your intro you said that you’d be gone for at least 8 weeks. That was Tuesday of this current week…how epic this series is!!! Keep on rolling!
I’ve stayed out longer than of planned
@@TheDailyWoo Planned? Throw a dart.
@@TheDailyWoo And it's pretty schweet. Continue on, Shall you?
Thank you for showing off North Dakota, Adam! I love it! I'm from a very small prairie town myself in a different state. I'd rather be stuck behind a tractor on the highway than in rush hour someplace any day. We don't have large amounts of traffic here, we have amounts of large traffic!
This was great, Adam! I love seeing parts of the country that get very little exposure! I would absolutely love to live in one of those sleepy little towns. Some people might say it's boring. But that's ok with me, I like boring. Sure beats the hell out of living in a noisy big city and putting up with the rampant crime!
I agree
Starting to wonder about the wisdom of my choices to move away. :-)
I can get you a job in one of those towns
No you wouldn’t 9 months out of the year it snows and has land hurricanes.
We're full.
these little towns are so retro and kept original is so nice to see them looked after, great vlogs !!!!
I'm from Minneapolis and was a sales reo covering the entire state looping out one highway and back on the next every day forming a "daisy" sales route.I didn't drive through theses small towns, but called on customers, gas stations, in each. Hoses, nozzles, leak detectors and such. Too much steering wheel time to think my wife said.
I use to travel across the country 60 years ago as my brother was on the PGA Golf Tour. This was before the interstate highway system and my dad had to drive through countless small towns across America. They didn't look like this. Every where you go it is so depressing about what has happened to rural America. They are all dying a slow death. Great work capturing these town before they are gone with the wind and blown away. Maybe these small town which served say 100 families in the surrounding areas are no longer serving hardly anyone as the farms have been sold off to giant corporations who have a mechanized system to grow and transport the crops to market.
I worked for the railway and traveled all over these ND towns. They are dead. The truck stops are busy but that is about it.
Weird fact, unless it has changed in the passed (past?) 20 years. North Dakota does not allow corporate farms.
@@bjwyman3 I'm a one man corporation. I would think most family farms are incorporated? So I don't know what would qualify or not.
Actually what you are looking at are family farms. North Dakota does not allow corporate farming. And these towns are not "dead". Farmers are at work in the fields. Everyone does stop to have dinner at 12 noon and incidentally the sirens you saw ring out at noon to call people for dinner. And if it was a Sunday most businesses are closed.
Nice! My dad is from Fargo, ND and I’ll be sharing this with him to watch. I’m sure he’d love to see how things mostly have stayed the same.
Your Dad would enjoy this video.. hope your Dad is well ..
I currently live in Fargo. These days, Fargo is a multicultural metropolis compared to these little bitty tiny North Dakota towns shown on the video. Although, with about 250,000 people in the Fargo metro area, it is still a 'small city' by many standards.
Lisbon ND looks like a sweet town. I want to know more. Thank you for taking us on the ride!
Lisbon is my hometown, it has the oldest continually operating scenic theatre in the nation, over 100 years and still going.. Lisbon is a great town good community good for raising kids
Lisbon is really an awesome little town. I am in Lisbon at least 2-3 times a week. I live just north of there in the tiny town of Nome.
@@pamelasmallman6504 cool, hello neighbor I go to nome once or twice a week for my second job 👍 lisbons great
@@dakotadad8835 oh nice. Hello neighbor. I'm guessing you work at the old Nome schoolhouse or delivering to the post office.
Yay! It’s Adam!🧔🏻♂️🥳 Congratulations on visiting all 48 contiguous United States! 🥰 I am so impressed and inspired! 🫡🇺🇸 You are a true explorer! Next stop, Alaska and Hawaii! We are here for it! 😉
I so want him to vlog Hawaii and Alaska, too!
What a great journey on the back roads. Reminiscent of William Least Heat Moons book Blue Highways where he circumnavigated the lower 48 states entirely on back roads≥ including going through North Dakota.
Hello friend thank you for sharing, that brought back memories of that beautiful town of Bowman.ND, i was there 4 work and stayed there 4 about 2 months, nice and great friendly people, a. Big hello to the people of BOWMAN, thanks again have a nice day!!!🌅🌅🌅
I've said this before, but these backroad adventures is Adam at his finest!
Love the peacefulness and quietness.. of these towns
I bet the Enchanted Castle Hotel has seen a few weddings and proms throughout the years. Looks like a cool and unique place.
Also, apparently, that is a restored Minuteman Missile in LaMoure. A reminder of the Cold War era, when the Midwest and plains housed a network of defense silos.
Another great vlog, my man 👍 Love it when you chronicle these small towns.
Farmer turned an old school into the hotel..In Regent. Mott’s the spot!
Family reunions as well!
I believe that the guy who created the Enchanted Castle out of the old school is he same guy who created all of the huge metal sculptures along the Enchanted Highway. He works hard to bring visitors to Regent! I believe he has plans to host a renaissance Fair there this summer.
@@lollylight3670 Mott used to have a sign: Mott's The Spot to Live and Shop. Too much has closed since then, but ... there are quite a few interesting shops there. I am glad I was there for Mott Days.
@@bjwyman3 family vacations to Lefor area, Regent Mott and Richardton, some Dickinson.
I'm a North Dakotan and a proud Bismarcker but I very much love the smaller towns, they just feel so cozy and friendly. I really like Garrison, whose fish cleaning station we use after catching Walleye. this video reminds me how much more I need to travel around my state
Newton Iowa has a nice little museum on Maytag. You will also love the small towns surrounding it. Tiny little Kellogg and Grinnell. If you go north you can get an original maid-rite from Marshalltown. We used to go through all of them regularly to see my grandparents when I was younger
I hope your drive was safe. Welcome to North Dakota. What a wonderful surprise. There are many abandoned towns in our state. I have driven those roads many, many times. I hope our state was good to you.
Love these kind of videos. Has a very peaceful and relaxing vibe to it
So much history...I love these videos Adam. Enjoy the Prairie!
Hard to believe when you go thru some towns and there is zero signs of life. Another great vlog, Adam
Growing up in a small town like these small places, there is a lot of community you don't see just passing through. When I graduated from the local school (all grades in the same building, and still that way today) I moved on to the big city for work and excitement a young man wants. Now much older, I can see how life in a small town is better in many ways than the big city. Going back home (as I call it) is different as I hardly know anyone and what was a busy main street, now is but a ghost of its former self. A
Dollar General provides most of the retail, and the movie theater is a antique shop....As people just slow down going through the town without even stopping. (except for gas and chips at the convenience/gas stop.
There's plenty of life in our small Dakota towns. We just go in the house when people drive through.
@@iworkout6912 Is this where we also entice Adam to visit Ludlow, South Dakota on his U-Turn to the "Enchanted Highway"? 🙂
Yet another fantastic vlog ATW you never fail to entertain. Love these back road trips, so much unusual things to see.
I'm behind on videos but I love how sentimental and nostalgic Adam is! We need more people like him!
I'm pretty sure the smile didn't leave my face throughout the entire video. What you do is on a grander scale than what I do, but just heading out on the back roads between Minnesota and Wisconsin is my favorite past time. There is so much to see! Thank you for your very relaxing and interesting videos!
Thanks Adam, love seeing these small towns.
Amazing to watch before starting my shift at McDonald's! Thanks Adam for making my day!
WOW those are some gigantic lawn sculptures. Thanks for the tour of the towns.
i'm a military brat and grew up on an Air Force base here in ND. My parents loved ND so much that my dad got out of the Air Force and we stayed. i just bought a really nice little house in a small town with a population of about 900 people and a small Main street just like all these in the video. Thanks for stopping, come back anytime!
Minot ? Why not ?👍👍
I am orginally from ND and moved about an hour away from Minot.. (my husbands home town) coming here was weird especially coming from a town of a million to a town of 500 people. It was weird.
@@amylelm1051 culture shock for sure.
@@arthurbrumagem3844 so so true!!! lol
Your getting closer to my state of Minnesota! I love how you travel! You see sights most of us will ever see, so thank you!! Safe travels!
Awesome stuff Adam. I love this out in the middle of nowhere trips.
This is the best video you’ve ever put up. I’m living vicariously through you feeling the jeepers creepers vibes!
Glad you enjoyed it
Was a radio news guy in my home state of ND. Fun to hear the names of towns I know so well, give or take 40 years!
Thank you for showing us Small Town USA! I love it!!
This is Awesome to be able to see this like I'm traveling with you
I love these old towns with just the tops of the building showing as the rest of the building is underground. Once the rains came all the old world was flooded but we are at least left with the tops! They separate them with walls and put facades on them but we know it's one huge structure ;)
Enjoyed the trip. My father grew up on a farm outside if New Leipzig and my mother was raised on a farm near Mott. Grandparents on father's side spent their last years in Elgin. Have fond memories of visiting in both Elgin & Mott. Mott had the Blue Moon Cafe which I believe is still in business. Good lunches and the motion picture theatre was just a few doors from there. Bought my first car in Mott. Almost got to uncle's
farm before it failed. Many, many very good memories.
Thanks Adam; great documentation of small towns. Enjoy your style, approach, and appreciation of this part of the country. Looking forward to again "riding shotgun" next time. The vehicle shot out the side including the mirror was great!
White Rock, SD was a booming town. It had hotels, bars, stores and restaurants. River boats and trains went through the Town. My Grandpa was born there in 1908. It now has maybe 3 people and zero businesses
Adam,what you're doing is now my favorite past time.I spend my evenings watching your videos,and feeling such calmness in them,please keep them coming .
A very beautiful northern Plains video, Adam! I love this territory, and harbor thoughts of establishing an archive for my work as composer, painter and writer there. Special thanks for posting this inspiring adventure! By the way, I too was born in Mississippi.
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ND looks like a heavy farm state. Imagine sun set over that field with all the round bails. Beautiful. We pay €99 (Euros) per round bail here in Germany. Dare to think how much worths was on that field.
Safe travels x
They have more farm animals than people. ND population is like 750k.
@@hbgrimmer850 love it ❤️ Just my cup of tea
Last year there was a drought and 1 ton round bales were selling for over $200. Now plenty of rain this summer so maybe they will be around $85 per bale probably.
Just an FYI.. they are hay bales - not bails,
I have never been in North Dakota Adam so it’s interesting to see some of the small towns thank you
No problem !
Beautiful scenery, wonderful road trip. Thanks for the ride along. ✌❤🤗
I miss places like this..,but then I remember the snow and the tornado's and the thunder storms,.....yup love ur channel I am able to watch the cool stuff,. Thank u love this
Amazing sights Adam, thank you for sharing. Great video!
And greetings to the people of Scranton, ND, from Scranton, PA!
Thank you for letting everyone know that about the town and I enjoy watching all of your videos
Phew, what a day you had! I'm from the Valley City area, lived in Napoleon for 3 years. Now I'm in Central Coast California by way of a lot of years in Albuquerque. My 92 y/o Mom still owns her family's farmstead in ND, & up until 2 years ago, we went back every summer.
Man, I find these videos comforting. I'm not sure exactly why. I always end up coming back.
Hi Adam, love watching these vlogs on small towns. In my head John Mellencamp is playing Small Town and I picture Marty Mcfly walking the dirt road till he reaches Hill Valley and Lou's Cafe. Living in crowded L.A. I would kind of like to experience something like that. Thanks for taking me along. 🙂🙂🙂
Awesome video. We live in a small North Dakota town and loving it. Retired and traveling the state. So many awesome places to visit.
I live in Elgin! Thanks for visiting!
Interesting wonderful roadside displays!
You show how beautiful the world still is thank you Adam
I love that you showed these small towns. This is the very reason I moved out here. I lived in Flint Michigan until I moved here in Oct. of 2018. I love it here. I live in tiny town of Nome where we have maybe 70 people. Here too n town we only have a post office and a little gift shop. However across hwy32 is the old Nome schoolhouse that was bought just over a year ago that has been turned into a bed and breakfast with lots of activities for visitors.
I’m so happy when you do these back road trips! Nothing like the old times stuff I love it. My grandparents lived In N Dakota for a short time back in the day! Thank you Adam for your hard work
Great video! Love the drive through rural America!
THE STREETS ARE VERY CLEAN ! ! !
hello adam , yet another cool interesting relaxing video , 11.59 i love how the real windows are part of the painting lol , really well done and thank you :)
The peacefulness and beauty video of small town North Dakota was excellent. These Americans here were hard at work during the day, and at night mostly with their families. I hope these towns and their businesses can survive.
These are my favorite videos that you do. Love the small towns
The siren was an old Civil Defense air raid siren. It was commonly used at many rural, volunteer fire departments. The department in our community had one for nearly 40 years until it was disassembled. With upgraded, digitalized communication and public alert systems they're really no longer needed although some are still in use. I think they sound cool as @#$%! and they were loud.
Mott’s siren was by the water tower and would sound off everyday at 12pm and 6pm…. As far as I remember to the early 2000’s - I don’t know about now. All family has passed on. I still miss the siren. Except when I lived there I got used to it -- which was fine cause if it went off at a weird time you knew to get in the basement tornados coming!!! Lol
Now I live in Louisiana- a few years back I was shopping at Target or somewhere in town-( 50,000 ppl in town).
And there was… I swear I heard a tornado siren!!!
But I did not hear or see tornado… the sky didn’t look like tornado sky greenish yellow, nothing on my phone…..
Once I got back home I found out a tornado siren did indeed go off - and a tornado did indeed touch down (no one hurt with that one). I had absolutely no idea there was a tornado siren in the area and still have no clue where it is located but it sure sounded off and did get my my attention! Once I knew everyone was relatively fine and minimal damage I smiled knowing they still use them. Phones, radios, TV, etc devices- I’d take a siren anyway over it for initial warning bc half the time my phone is dead or doesn’t go off or I’m at work so everything is turned off, etc. I do love radar though and how easily accessible it is (usually).
Welll……. Maybe the siren that went off here …. Is at a fire station 🤔 lol
I suppose when I’m out and about I will have to search put and look at all the fire stations to see if I can find it!!!
I only knew of the one that I grew up hearing- by our water tower in mott)
Thank you for the information about fire stations:)
I love such remote places (country, suburbs, small towns, farms, etc). One of the bucket lists to visit such places
Tremendously, enjoy your small town and/or Americana type videos, Adam. The history of our country, if you will.
Keep Keepin On, Caffeinated Gent!👍☕
Thanks for sharing your adventures...
Cool little town's. Pretty much like where I grew up and still live near. Courthouse on the square, one traffic light.
Very enjoyable video. North dakota scenery is very pleasant, great time of the year to visit this wonderful state. Adam is constructing a video scrapbook of Americana right now!
When I was in the Air Force , early 70s, I was stationed in
N. Dakota. As I look back it was a wonderful place. I didn't think so at the time. One I recall is every little town had a Bowling Alley/Restaurant. The people were great. My wife &I spent alot of our weekends driving around.
Thanks Adam, very awesome video log, or blog, love these, out of the way, back road, type documentaries, 👍✌
Some of these towns are still on an active rail line, big factor on how well they can thrive.
Great video I remember traveling in 1980 with my girlfriend and her sister to Buffalo north Dakota on a Greyhound bus. We were just teens in the day. Thanks for bringing back memories for me Adam. 👍👍🤙🤙😎😎
Thank you Adam for visiting North Dakota, especially my hometown of Mott. Please come again when you can stay longer. Much more to see and do.
Much more? You sure about that?
Absolutely gorgeous. I never knew there was so many beautiful places to visit in the USA. Hubby and I really enjoy watching you’re videos we’ve been to Disney 6 times. New York was a 4 day trip. Before 9/11 really loved visiting them places. But seeing the places you’ve traveled to in this series has given me itchy feet to travel again to USA. Thank you so much 😊 🙏🏻
Geez...where are all the people? Laid back is no joke! That old truck was awesome!!! Thanks again for the ride.
Thank you so much for showing these little towns- they aren’t dead and love how you showed the architecture (REXALL DRUG in Mott-- behind it you can see the old “Playhouse Theater” Marquee - I hope you were able to see it:)
(Note: New Leipzig … is pronounced more like
“New Lipe-szeg”
It’s those German/Russians I tell ya lol😉)
Gained a new subscriber and man I just really loved the whole video. I am sharing with my husband also!
Thank you for sharing with us:)
lived in ND for 7 years. Moved there for college, from California. What a great place.