Very interesting video! Dont change a thing, your tribe follows you because we enjoy what you do and how you do it! Keep on, keepin' on! Enjoyed this one very much! 👍
@@TravelwithaWiseguyYou even landed in a Bohemian area of Iowa. There use to be a Bohemian neighborhood in Cedar Rapids. There were many eastern European enclaves in Iowa back in the day. That was a good history teaching tool because we learned many old areas of Europe.
@@Nickifoster-hl3ux While I was still in Iowa, I had a boss who's family was Rumanian, another group from that area of Europe. And there were other small European states. Many of them now forgotten except those keeping family trees.
Yay! You went through my mom's hometown of Cascade. I have so many great memories from there. Was last there in January. Thanks for the great videos John!
Behind the scenes video was informative! For me, any footage of old buildings, especially churches and schools, and cemeteries are worth showing. Glad you include places you tried to find but couldn't. Safe travels
Great shots of the vintage gas pumps in the small towns. Bohemian cemetery could also mean a place where a lot of people of Czech ancestry are buried as there is one place in. Iowa that is the Czech capital of the state>
Very interesting journey. Alot left to make more videos in these area's. Enjoy watching behind the scenes . Thank s John for your commit to excellent video. 😊
Hi John, great to see a behind the scenes of the video's we have seen. Don't put yourself down, where you are talking is always interesting, irrespective of your preference.... kinda selfish of me I know, but I always enjoy them! Just a point of order, the picture 'Run to earth' was painted in 1892 by Heywood Hardy and is in a museum or gallery in Nuneaton. a market town in the Midlands of the UK. Run to earth as you said is correct, however in fox hunting parlance, the earth is the foxes lair and it means it has escaped the pack and gone underground (I used to follow a hunt in my younger days). Bohemia is also a region in Czechoslovakia, it would have been interesting to see some of the names at the cemetery, the original people resting there may have been truly Bohemian rather than avaunt guard artists. Honestly John, to hear your trials and tribulations of what appear to be easy runs on 'Ghost town' or 'Ten smallest' videos is interesting. You work hard on your TH-cam channel and its fascinating to see the 'nuts and bolts' of how the videos are made, thank you very much. Frank.
These "Behind-the-Scenes" videos are fascinating. Your regular videos have such a relaxed, effortless feel to them, so it's interesting to see just how much planning and forethought goes into creating your content. Thank you for what you're putting out here, I could spend hours daily watching.
There is surprisingly a lot to see in Iowa. People not from around here poo-poo it as boring, nothing but cornfields, but if you just look a little you'll find some cool things
I have watched both behind the scenes (if there’s others I have not made it through all your videos), and think it’s pretty great to see a personable side along with a little peak at what is involved in putting together the videos you do. It shows how much you enjoy doing what you do!! “Traveling. It leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”- Ibn Battuta
I am not sure how long you have been making videos as I am somewhat new here, but really love the places you go to and show us. We I was little, on the weekends we would get in the car and go explore. I loved that and still try to do that today.
As usual......that was outstanding and fun. Your doing a great job with your behind the scenes. Just keep being you, that's part of what makes it interesting and fun. And thank you for sharing.
I live in Southern Iowa-transplant from Des Moines. I love the smaller town and ghost town video's and learning the histories of the towns. You know there was a town in SE Iowa called New York, another called Bethlehem, High Point? Went with some friends and found New York cemetery, A tiny church at Bethlehem. I love exploring the area.
I checked to make sure of where I was talking about, but the Bohemian Cemetery is probably named that because the original settlers came from Bohemia, which is part of the Czech Republic in Europe. I knew it was around Germany somewhere because it played a factor in WW2.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy There used to be a logging company in Oregon named Bohemia. I knew a couple of the family (Stewart) through my wife's business interactions with them. I know the family purchased the company already named. The family is gone and I believe the company was absorbed by a larger company, probably Weyerhaeuser. Most of the companies holdings were based around Cottage Grove. Which, coincidentally is the covered bridge capital of Oregon. One walking covered bridge crosses the Coast Fork of the Willamette River which flows north, ultimately to Portland and the Columbia River. The bridge was constructed when we lived there in the late 1980s. It's just wide enough for walking and looks just like most covered bridges. I haven't seen your Bridges of Madison County video. Did you mention that John Wayne was born in Winterset?
Don't worry about what people want. Keep it real, keep it simple and just be your genuine self. After that everything will fall into place. The path to success is not seeking the approval of people you don't know. We watch your videos because we like your style. Stay true to that.
I spent some time living in Iowa. One year, I experienced snow at least once in 9 of the 12 months of the year. But the summers are quite nice, for the most part.
Great trip. Iowa seems like a friendly state, at least the only place you were ran out of is a cemetery. Love when you film the animals and such. Been a long time since I saw corn stalks stacked that way. I think you did great on behind the scenes #2. As long as I know you got to eat well and a good, safe,comfortable place to sleep I'm happy, thanks for including the prices. No need to see the food, lol I do like seeing the gas prices in all videos I watch, makes me a tiny bit happier with the prices in my area. I enjoy seeing your tee shirts, I'm a tee shirt person myself. Really enjoyed this and glad to see you had a great trip. Stay safe and GOD bless
Just watched a video on Iowa. I have lived in Iowa my entire life & had not heard of some of the towns you visited. A good video. Anxious to watch your videos.
Leon has a beautiful town hall/courthouse. I never tire of the terrain here in the Midwest. There’s a stark beauty there. Thank you again for taking us along for the ride.
I have traveled rather extensively through Iowa. Did a quick search and it does not look like you have been to Fairfield, Iowa yet. Google the story behind Maharishi University, interesting story. I was at the Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper crash site memorial on April 8th, 2024.👍
Another good video, which was no surprise to me. Grown use to the wonderful videos you produce. But this one made me very homesick for my native Iowa. Your videos of driving and see those beautiful rolling hills, with the sometimes winding road running through it. Cross country drives away from the beaten path is so rewarding in Iowa as well as most other states. It is the "world" rhat I prefer to see. Got a laugh at your comment about how dark it was in that one small town at dusk. Reminds me of rural Iowa back in the 1950's. We had manual yard lights that we shut off when we came in, no high powered night lights. Street lights in towns were dim enough you didn't see them till you were within a few miles of town. But rhe night sky was so beautiful back then, when all the lesser stars were visible. Fun fact on the jail cells. They are displayed now outside, but they were inside of town buildings when in use. In the small towns around where I grew up, if the police station was too dmall to include the cage, it might be in the fire station, city hall, or maintenance shed.. All in all, I feel your first Iiwa trip showed a very good representation of rural Iowa and it's small towns. Plenty of nice country roads, snall towns, and history One trip I have done parts of, but never got fully into before leaving Iowa was exploring Mississippi River towns on both sides of the River from St. Paul to St. Louis. Much beauty and history. Just wasn't disciplined enough to get it done.
Great info! It was a lot of fun driving around Iowa. Definitely reminded me of parts of Kansas and Nebraska - other states that people seem to think are boring. Not me! Thanks again!
If you come back to do a video about the day the music died, try Nashua, it has the little brown church, it's roughly 1/2 hour north of Waterloo. On this vid you went through or by Clarinda, birthplace of big band leader Glenn Miller.west central Iowa has Wall Lake, birth place of Andy Williams.also Winterset is the birth place of John Wayne. Just some ideas for you,also I enjoy your vids. PS Lake City- We have everything but a lake (my dads birthplace), they have a renowned organ building company there though.
Nice video, it looks like you got to see quite a bit in your short time. Some of the state parks here in Iowa are really great too. I grew up in North Iowa around the area of the Buddy Holly crash site. Highway 69 (nice) that you spent some time on runs through my hometown
Definitely enjoyed the behind the scenes, it adds more context to the overall trip. In regards to your various meals, for me it would be the unique ones. The ma and pa cafes and local restaurants only found in the out of the way places you visit. McDonald's etc. forget it! Thank you for all your efforts on producing these videos. Safe travels
I've ridden my bike through St. Donatus on an organized ride called TOMRV (Tour of the Mississippi River Valley) and St. Donatus is in interesting little town and very picturesque.
Just wanted to give you a thumbs up and an atta boy... I live in TX but grew up and own some farmland around the LeRoy and Garden Grove area. Still home to the wife and I with tons of family there. Thanks for the tour, those ole southern Iowa roads I swear I could drive em blindfolded 😂.
It was a very interesting look behind how it's all done. Love all the small town court houses, so grandiose. Ahh but Gravity, what a name and it's a law we can all live with. Good job John . Connor, yeah Colorado guy, my home state.
Hey coach.I have no criminal history,but if I ever had to do a stretch. that fine building @22:49 might make the time pass more easily, with a couple of blue spruces to boot, outside my window. As regards your channel, It 's good and a bit more drone wouldn't hurt. In closing, you are certainly not a click bait phony
Did you visit the axe house in Villisca? I would also recommend the neighboring town of Stanton and staying at the Stanton Inn Motel. There's a Casey's next to the motel and a really nice walking path across the street that wends its way around town.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Those states are pretty awful in the winter anyway. Google a town in South Dakota called "Scenic" I stumbled upon it outside The Badlands on a road trip and it has to be one of the coolest ghost town's I've seen.
Love IA. Stayed in Iowa City one summer with my uncle. Been to Ottumwa a few times and Des Moines. Stopped to see the American Gothic house on one trip.
I love your videos, the only thing I would like for you to do is when you find an old abandon church the if you can go in side that you would show a little more of it.
Field of Dreams is a tourist attraction that isn't real "touristy." What I mean by that is it's never really crowded with people. There is plenty of space
I’d like to see more “interesting” accommodations in your videos. I’m glad that you’re showing where you stay and what you’re spending, but the US 50 videos I particular could’ve used at least a few more unique places to stay. Loved the motor court-style motel for $67 a night!
I love your videos have watched all of them . Just a suggestion on smallest towns in Iowa if ever back that way lineville Iowa is my hometown and it sits on Missouri/Iowa line would love if you could do that town .
Your "site" is bigger than you think. I have no concern for what you eat (lol). Your growth, even since I started watching, has grown dramatically, and that's a fact. Very nice video, be good, be safe !!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I went through 1-12 in school there and learned to farm in the country there( growing up as a farm boy that was very easy and 2 older guys taught me how to build a house, oh the life in a small town) We lived 3 miles west of
Bohemia is a part of Germany, and the names I saw in the cemetery are German, and probably from Bohemia - The Kingdom of Bohemia is one of the biggest kingdom states that made up united Germany.
Adding video on the places you stay and eat would be nice. Everyone loves food we are always looking for that whole in the wall place that has top notch food.
You can tell me what you think of your meal. I like your historic comments. A movie or parts of being filmed in an area. I like the fact that videos are family freindly. It's interesting to listen and find out about repeated town names.
The way to see Iowa is hit the gravel roads. You don't get to see all our hills and small valleys on the flattened highways. Many gems here if you care to find them to see.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I was speaking in general to anyone that comes here. Nothing person or directed 100% to you sorry u took it that way. Guess i should have said Folks vs you. sorry
Enjoyed this one. Few comments: I do not mind seeing your mug on camera, can you get out of the car and record a short bit outside more? Stop stressing about recording every town in the same weather and light conditions - this adds variety and seeing what you encountered along the way is fun to watch. Plum thicket cemetery was likely behind the lake enclosed by the corn field. You can find the cemetery on FG and many have GPS coordinates to help find specific headstones. Take a few flying lessons before you go to Alaska. I think it could really enrich the experience of flying in the backcountry.
Thank you! Good info. I get out of the car whenever I do a profile in the regular videos. These drive-throughs I don’t have the time if I’m gonna get accomplished the main reason for the trip. But like I said I’d love to go back and revisit someday!
Well if you don’t have time to stop, perhaps there is a way you can edit in a bit more of the areas you are driving through than the interior of the car. However this may be easier said than done,lol. Okay I confess, the dirt spot on the back window was distracting.
@@elizabethmurray3221 I would love to stop and film more of all the towns, it's just not feasible with the amount of daylight. And yeah my back windows are always dirty hahaha
AN INTERESTING OVERVIEW OF YOUR EARLIER IOWA VIDEOS!! ONE YOU MIGHT DO IS FROELICH IOWA. THIS IS THE FIRST TOWN IN THE USA THAT THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF THE MODERN FARM TRACTOR WAS BUILT WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE! THIS TRACTOR ITSELF WAS A FAILURE, AND VERY SOON OTHERS TRIED THEIR HANDS AT IT AND SUCCEEDED! ALSO YOU MENTIONED ALASKA! I HAVE BEEN THER TWICE, DELIVERING LARGE CRANE TRUCKS, ONE TO ANCHORAGE, THE OTHER TO FAIRBANKS, FROM OLATHE KS. ANY TRIP TO ALASKA REALLY BEGINS AT DAWSON CREEK, BRITISH COLUMBIA! WILL BE GLAD TO SHARE THE ADVENTURES AND ADVICE WITH YOU !!
I usually only stop and eat dinner on these trips as breakfast and lunch are done quickly or at the hotel. Only one was the Stuart bar and grill. Nice place!
They mean the song, :) " Have You Ever Seen the Rain? Lyrics: Someone told me long ago / There's a calm before the storm / I know, it's been comin' for some time / When it's over, so they say / It'll rain a sunny day /...@@TravelwithaWiseguy
That painting is fox hunting. Still looks the same today unfortunately. "Run to earth" means you've forced the prey to literally "go to ground" i.e as in the painting, the pack of hunting dogs have chased a fox back to it's den, in the earth. Rich dudes on horses will now send in terriers, the fox will be ripped apart, successful hunt bravo. Ahhh the beauty of English tradition 😕. Wonderful video, tho 😊 thanks.
There are very good Motel 6 motels in the country. It is likely the knowledge of the best Motel 6 motels come as a result of a word of mouth. Ironic some immature rotten apples treat any Motel 6 as if it was a place to trash. In other words, they do not care.
No pictures of food! I went to Antarctica last year and before I went I tried looking at TH-cams. You go all the way to Antarctica and all you show is your food, the airport, the bus taking you to the shop, etc etc etc. Useless! But oh, the girl was pretty so I guess that's why the hundreds of thousands of likes.
Well this is a behind the scenes video so it’s more about the making of the video and not the destinations. This type of video has been requested by several people. I appreciate you watching other videos too 😊
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Here's all my previous videos from Iowa! th-cam.com/play/PL4jqwLUrhjNSOhDwmDdYYgXnjzJWiBZVC.html
Very interesting video! Dont change a thing, your tribe follows you because we enjoy what you do and how you do it! Keep on, keepin' on! Enjoyed this one very much! 👍
Thank you! Will do! Much appreciated 😊
Bohemia is/ was a small country in Europe. There were people who came to the US from there. The book My Antonia has Bohemians in it.
Ahh interesting!
@@TravelwithaWiseguyYou even landed in a Bohemian area of Iowa. There use to be a Bohemian neighborhood in Cedar Rapids. There were many eastern European enclaves in Iowa back in the day. That was a good history teaching tool because we learned many old areas of Europe.
My grandmother lived in Oklahoma at that time ... she told me about Bohemians. I think they were from the Czech Republic area in today's terms.
@lisareed5669 I had to look up where bohemia was and you're right it is part of the Czech Republic.
@@Nickifoster-hl3ux While I was still in Iowa, I had a boss who's family was Rumanian, another group from that area of Europe. And there were other small European states. Many of them now forgotten except those keeping family trees.
Always really love to watch your BTS video's. Its cool for us to see in Europe, how the hotels/motels are, the roads, breakfasts and so on 😊
Thanks so much! I’ll try to have more of these in the future 😊
Yay! You went through my mom's hometown of Cascade. I have so many great memories from there. Was last there in January. Thanks for the great videos John!
Awesome! Cascade looked like a great town! I definitely want to go back there someday!
Behind the scenes video was informative! For me, any footage of old buildings, especially churches and schools, and cemeteries are worth showing. Glad you include places you tried to find but couldn't. Safe travels
Thank you! I’m still trying to figure out exactly how I want to do these types of videos. Your input is helpful!
Your small town series are the best. Thanks for having me along.
Very nice of you to say! Thanks so much!
Great shots of the vintage gas pumps in the small towns. Bohemian cemetery could also mean a place where a lot of people of Czech ancestry are buried as there is one place in. Iowa that is the Czech capital of the state>
Thank you!!
I love your videos! Your no the only one who likes ghost towns! I like them two!
Nice! Welcome to the group - there are several of us haha
Very interesting journey. Alot left to make more videos in these area's. Enjoy watching behind the scenes . Thank s John for your commit to excellent video. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you! Great state to explore.
Hi John, great to see a behind the scenes of the video's we have seen. Don't put yourself down, where you are talking is always interesting, irrespective of your preference.... kinda selfish of me I know, but I always enjoy them! Just a point of order, the picture 'Run to earth' was painted in 1892 by Heywood Hardy and is in a museum or gallery in Nuneaton. a market town in the Midlands of the UK. Run to earth as you said is correct, however in fox hunting parlance, the earth is the foxes lair and it means it has escaped the pack and gone underground (I used to follow a hunt in my younger days). Bohemia is also a region in Czechoslovakia, it would have been interesting to see some of the names at the cemetery, the original people resting there may have been truly Bohemian rather than avaunt guard artists. Honestly John, to hear your trials and tribulations of what appear to be easy runs on 'Ghost town' or 'Ten smallest' videos is interesting. You work hard on your TH-cam channel and its fascinating to see the 'nuts and bolts' of how the videos are made, thank you very much. Frank.
Thank you! Good info with the Run to Earth and Bohemian Cemetery. Appreciate the kind words!
thank you for being honest with your videos and not trying to deceive with your thumbnails
I try! 😊
These "Behind-the-Scenes" videos are fascinating. Your regular videos have such a relaxed, effortless feel to them, so it's interesting to see just how much planning and forethought goes into creating your content. Thank you for what you're putting out here, I could spend hours daily watching.
Thank you! Yeah I try to make the regular ones seems easy going so they’re easy watching 😂
@@TravelwithaWiseguy 🤣
You do make it look effortless. 😊
There is surprisingly a lot to see in Iowa. People not from around here poo-poo it as boring, nothing but cornfields, but if you just look a little you'll find some cool things
Absolutely agree!
I have watched both behind the scenes (if there’s others I have not made it through all your videos), and think it’s pretty great to see a personable side along with a little peak at what is involved in putting together the videos you do.
It shows how much you enjoy doing what you do!!
“Traveling. It leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.”- Ibn Battuta
Wow, thank you very much! Appreciate that!
I am not sure how long you have been making videos as I am somewhat new here, but really love the places you go to and show us. We I was little, on the weekends we would get in the car and go explore. I loved that and still try to do that today.
Thank you! This is about 3 years now 😊
As usual......that was outstanding and fun. Your doing a great job with your behind the scenes. Just keep being you, that's part of what makes it interesting and fun. And thank you for sharing.
Much appreciated comment! Thank you!
Seeing the Iowa videos makes me miss living there. Iowa will always be in my heart.
Great Job John
From a point of view of your question you asked about how did we like the behind-the-scenes, you nailed it this time.
Awesome thank you!!
If you have opportunities to have a conversation with people, I enjoy hearing comments from "locals."
I definitely try to, unfortunate often they don’t want to be on camera or I’m somewhere few people are.
one thing i like in iowa is the old court house buildings in the town squares. you don't see architecture like that anymore.
Very beautiful indeed!
I live in Southern Iowa-transplant from Des Moines. I love the smaller town and ghost town video's and learning the histories of the towns. You know there was a town in SE Iowa called New York, another called Bethlehem, High Point? Went with some friends and found New York cemetery, A tiny church at Bethlehem. I love exploring the area.
I checked to make sure of where I was talking about, but the Bohemian Cemetery is probably named that because the original settlers came from Bohemia, which is part of the Czech Republic in Europe. I knew it was around Germany somewhere because it played a factor in WW2.
Thank you!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy There used to be a logging company in Oregon named Bohemia. I knew a couple of the family (Stewart) through my wife's business interactions with them. I know the family purchased the company already named. The family is gone and I believe the company was absorbed by a larger company, probably Weyerhaeuser. Most of the companies holdings were based around Cottage Grove. Which, coincidentally is the covered bridge capital of Oregon. One walking covered bridge crosses the Coast Fork of the Willamette River which flows north, ultimately to Portland and the Columbia River. The bridge was constructed when we lived there in the late 1980s. It's just wide enough for walking and looks just like most covered bridges.
I haven't seen your Bridges of Madison County video. Did you mention that John Wayne was born in Winterset?
Don't worry about what people want. Keep it real, keep it simple and just be your genuine self. After that everything will fall into place. The path to success is not seeking the approval of people you don't know. We watch your videos because we like your style. Stay true to that.
I appreciate that!
I spent some time living in Iowa. One year, I experienced snow at least once in 9 of the 12 months of the year. But the summers are quite nice, for the most part.
Great trip. Iowa seems like a friendly state, at least the only place you were ran out of is a cemetery. Love when you film the animals and such. Been a long time since I saw corn stalks stacked that way. I think you did great on behind the scenes #2. As long as I know you got to eat well and a good, safe,comfortable place to sleep I'm happy, thanks for including the prices. No need to see the food, lol I do like seeing the gas prices in all videos I watch, makes me a tiny bit happier with the prices in my area. I enjoy seeing your tee shirts, I'm a tee shirt person myself. Really enjoyed this and glad to see you had a great trip. Stay safe and GOD bless
Thank you so much! Notes on gas prices! More new t-shirts to come 😂😂
Fun trip! Next time you are in Winterset check out John Wayne's childhood home.
Thanks! I showed his childhood home in the Bridges of Madison County video!
Wow I even watched that video and totally missed it. Thanks for the rewind.
Cool to see you stay in Maquoketa. That's where I was born. Raised in small town Grand Mound until 8th grade, then moved to Denver.
Denver, IA or Denver, CO? Haha
Not sure how old you are, but did you know any of the Mosiers? Steve is 62 and Brad is 61
@@PB-hr8tg Colorado
@@orthohawk1026, I may not, but someone in my family probably does. LOL! I'll have to ask
Just watched a video on Iowa. I have lived in Iowa my entire life & had not heard of some of the towns you visited. A good video. Anxious to watch your videos.
Thank you very much!
the Bohemian cemetery is for the settlers that came from Bohemia I would assume.. I think it's in Czechia/Germany?
Thanks!
Have you checked out Independence yet? Not a ghost town but a smaller town with great history.
I’ve been there but haven’t made a video yet!
Leon has a beautiful town hall/courthouse. I never tire of the terrain here in the Midwest. There’s a stark beauty there.
Thank you again for taking us along for the ride.
Couldn't agree more! Thank you!
I have traveled rather extensively through Iowa. Did a quick search and it does not look like you have been to Fairfield, Iowa yet. Google the story behind Maharishi University, interesting story.
I was at the Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper crash site memorial on April 8th, 2024.👍
Sounds good I’ll check it out 👍🏼
Don't change a thing. Love what you do . In Maquoketa you should check out the Historic. Dexter House.
Another good video, which was no surprise to me. Grown use to the wonderful videos you produce. But this one made me very homesick for my native Iowa. Your videos of driving and see those beautiful rolling hills, with the sometimes winding road running through it. Cross country drives away from the beaten path is so rewarding in Iowa as well as most other states. It is the "world" rhat I prefer to see.
Got a laugh at your comment about how dark it was in that one small town at dusk. Reminds me of rural Iowa back in the 1950's. We had manual yard lights that we shut off when we came in, no high powered night lights. Street lights in towns were dim enough you didn't see them till you were within a few miles of town. But rhe night sky was so beautiful back then, when all the lesser stars were visible.
Fun fact on the jail cells. They are displayed now outside, but they were inside of town buildings when in use. In the small towns around where I grew up, if the police station was too dmall to include the cage, it might be in the fire station, city hall, or maintenance shed..
All in all, I feel your first Iiwa trip showed a very good representation of rural Iowa and it's small towns. Plenty of nice country roads, snall towns, and history
One trip I have done parts of, but never got fully into before leaving Iowa was exploring Mississippi River towns on both sides of the River from St. Paul to St. Louis. Much beauty and history. Just wasn't disciplined enough to get it done.
Great info! It was a lot of fun driving around Iowa. Definitely reminded me of parts of Kansas and Nebraska - other states that people seem to think are boring. Not me! Thanks again!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Those who see these states as boring are purely not actually seeing what is there. Culture blindness maybe?
If you come back to do a video about the day the music died, try Nashua, it has the little brown church, it's roughly 1/2 hour north of Waterloo.
On this vid you went through or by Clarinda, birthplace of big band leader Glenn Miller.west central Iowa has Wall Lake, birth place of Andy Williams.also Winterset is the birth place of John Wayne.
Just some ideas for you,also I enjoy your vids.
PS Lake City- We have everything but a lake (my dads birthplace), they have a renowned organ building company there though.
PSS Forgot about The Everly Brothers, I believe they were born in Shennendoah (sp?).
really cool you got to see the covered bridges festival. I had always intended on going to that but just haven't
Nice video, it looks like you got to see quite a bit in your short time. Some of the state parks here in Iowa are really great too. I grew up in North Iowa around the area of the Buddy Holly crash site. Highway 69 (nice) that you spent some time on runs through my hometown
Thank you! Very fun little adventure in Iowa!
Great video, I enjoyed it a lot. I especially enjoyed the clip when you played the air guitar. Thanks for sharing.
Haha thanks! I do that a lot off camera 😂
Definitely enjoyed the behind the scenes, it adds more context to the overall trip. In regards to your various meals, for me it would be the unique ones. The ma and pa cafes and local restaurants only found in the out of the way places you visit. McDonald's etc. forget it! Thank you for all your efforts on producing these videos. Safe travels
Thank you! Fortunately I never eat at McDonalds 😂😂
St Donatus, if it's still there, is south of Dubuque. I was told that it was an old Luxembourger settlement.
I've ridden my bike through St. Donatus on an organized ride called TOMRV (Tour of the Mississippi River Valley) and St. Donatus is in interesting little town and very picturesque.
@@stpnwlf9 I've done TOMRV many times, and St. Donatus is a scenic little place. Bellevue is a pretty little town too.
Just wanted to give you a thumbs up and an atta boy... I live in TX but grew up and own some farmland around the LeRoy and Garden Grove area. Still home to the wife and I with tons of family there. Thanks for the tour, those ole southern Iowa roads I swear I could drive em blindfolded 😂.
Awesome! Thank you! It was a fun trip!
It was a very interesting look behind how it's all done. Love all the small town court houses, so grandiose. Ahh but Gravity, what a name and it's a law we can all live with. Good job John . Connor, yeah Colorado guy, my home state.
Gravity was great! So many cool little towns in Iowa. Connor is awesome too 😂
Hey coach.I have no criminal history,but if I ever had to do a stretch. that fine building @22:49 might make the time pass more easily, with a couple of blue spruces to boot, outside my window. As regards your channel, It 's good and a bit more drone wouldn't hurt. In closing, you are certainly not a click bait phony
Thank you for the input! I try to use the drone quite a bit but not overdo it. It certainly helps give a great perspective!
Did you visit the axe house in Villisca? I would also recommend the neighboring town of Stanton and staying at the Stanton Inn Motel. There's a Casey's next to the motel and a really nice walking path across the street that wends its way around town.
Thanks for the tips - I did not visit the axe house!
I would love to see some videos of ghost towns or small towns of eastern Colorado
Would love to do some of those someday!
Beautiful countryside and towns ! Thanks John wonderful video like always !
Many thanks! 😊
It's always interesting seeing everything you do, food, resturants and nteresting things you do Mr Wise.
Thank you!
Thanks for sharing this. I love your videos. Keep doing what you do. I always look forward to them.
I appreciate that! Thank you very much!
My favorite videos of your are the ghost towns of Kansas and the Oregon Trail series, but certainly have enjoyed them all.
Thanks so much!
I really enjoy seeing all of the small towns in your videos.
Thank you very much!
Any plans to do Minnesota and The Dakotas at some point?
Would love to, hard to get there for at least the next 6 months though.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy Those states are pretty awful in the winter anyway. Google a town in South Dakota called "Scenic" I stumbled upon it outside The Badlands on a road trip and it has to be one of the coolest ghost town's I've seen.
@@akaglty Nice! Would love to visit that place!
Nice scenic drive. Love the old building s on main street in the towns.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love IA. Stayed in Iowa City one summer with my uncle. Been to Ottumwa a few times and Des Moines. Stopped to see the American Gothic house on one trip.
Nice! Unfortunately I missed that one!
😂😂🤣🤣 Loved the two ?? bending into the hood of the truck!! 👏👏👍😉
Thanks for mentioning my home town of Maquoketawhere u spent the night to bad the weather was so bad
Nice town!
I love your videos, the only thing I would like for you to do is when you find an old abandon church the if you can go in side that you would show a little more of it.
I try not to tresspass and often they have those signs there. Also they are often locked up even if they are abandoned. I'll try when I can though!
Field of Dreams is a tourist attraction that isn't real "touristy." What I mean by that is it's never really crowded with people. There is plenty of space
Very true. I really enjoyed it!
I’d like to see more “interesting” accommodations in your videos. I’m glad that you’re showing where you stay and what you’re spending, but the US 50 videos I particular could’ve used at least a few more unique places to stay.
Loved the motor court-style motel for $67 a night!
I definitely try to stay in ones that are interesting as long as they fit my budget!
You passed thru my old stomping ground, Redfield, Iowa
I love your videos have watched all of them . Just a suggestion on smallest towns in Iowa if ever back that way lineville Iowa is my hometown and it sits on Missouri/Iowa line would love if you could do that town .
I had it on my to-do list this trip but unfortunately ran out of time!
You need to do another water tower video at some point
Haha yes! Love water towers 😊
Your "site" is bigger than you think. I have no concern for what you eat (lol). Your growth, even since I started watching, has grown dramatically, and that's a fact. Very nice video, be good, be safe !!
I appreciate that! It feels small when seeing others, but I know it’s a process and I really am thankful for people like you!
I still can't say "Eisenhower Airport." I have always known it as Mid-Continent Airport and that is probably what I will always call it.
I was so impressed , you went to my home town of Americus
Nice town!
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I went through 1-12 in school there and learned to farm in the country there( growing up as a farm boy that was very easy and 2 older guys taught me how to build a house, oh the life in a small town)
We lived 3 miles west of
oh Clarinda, if you're not familiar with old NBC Tournament history Clarinda used to make annual apperances in that tournament ever year
I didn’t know about that!
Bohemia is a part of Germany, and the names I saw in the cemetery are German, and probably from Bohemia - The Kingdom of Bohemia is one of the biggest kingdom states that made up united Germany.
I love your small town videos.
I really love watching your videos
Much appreciated 😊
Maybe some of the small town dives/floozies? Dunno, I'm reachin'
I like it!
Don't really need another cooking ch, just keep doing what doing please
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Thank you for another great video. I loved it😊
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
Adding video on the places you stay and eat would be nice. Everyone loves food we are always looking for that whole in the wall place that has top notch food.
Noted!
What I would like to see.... just say the direction you're going n s e w and maybe what highway or county rd you're on. Thanks😂
Thanks! With the maps I try to show where I’m going 😊 This one was a little more generic
My brother lives in Cedar Falls.😮
Great town! Been there many times!
You can tell me what you think of your meal. I like your historic comments. A movie or parts of being filmed in an area. I like the fact that videos are family freindly. It's interesting to listen and find out about repeated town names.
Thank you!!
The way to see Iowa is hit the gravel roads. You don't get to see all our hills and small valleys on the flattened highways. Many gems here if you care to find them to see.
You obviously haven’t seen many of my other videos because gravel/dirt roads is what I mostly do.
@@TravelwithaWiseguy I was speaking in general to anyone that comes here. Nothing person or directed 100% to you sorry u took it that way. Guess i should have said Folks vs you. sorry
Enjoyed this one. Few comments: I do not mind seeing your mug on camera, can you get out of the car and record a short bit outside more? Stop stressing about recording every town in the same weather and light conditions - this adds variety and seeing what you encountered along the way is fun to watch. Plum thicket cemetery was likely behind the lake enclosed by the corn field. You can find the cemetery on FG and many have GPS coordinates to help find specific headstones. Take a few flying lessons before you go to Alaska. I think it could really enrich the experience of flying in the backcountry.
Thank you! Good info. I get out of the car whenever I do a profile in the regular videos. These drive-throughs I don’t have the time if I’m gonna get accomplished the main reason for the trip. But like I said I’d love to go back and revisit someday!
Well if you don’t have time to stop, perhaps there is a way you can edit in a bit more of the areas you are driving through than the interior of the car. However this may be easier said than done,lol. Okay I confess, the dirt spot on the back window was distracting.
@@elizabethmurray3221 I would love to stop and film more of all the towns, it's just not feasible with the amount of daylight. And yeah my back windows are always dirty hahaha
Nice this is America small town very good reviews
Will you be doing iowa small towns that continue in the future i know your busy planning but was just asking you
I don’t have any immediate plans to be back in Iowa, but I’m definitely going to go back there again. Hopefully soon!
Quite interesting 😽❤️
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I like all your videos. I especially like the smallest towns in nebraska because I live In nebraska.
That was a great trip! Thank you!
AN INTERESTING OVERVIEW OF YOUR EARLIER IOWA VIDEOS!!
ONE YOU MIGHT DO IS FROELICH IOWA.
THIS IS THE FIRST TOWN IN THE USA THAT THE FIRST EXAMPLE OF THE MODERN FARM TRACTOR WAS BUILT WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE!
THIS TRACTOR ITSELF WAS A FAILURE, AND VERY SOON OTHERS
TRIED THEIR HANDS AT IT AND SUCCEEDED!
ALSO YOU MENTIONED ALASKA!
I HAVE BEEN THER TWICE, DELIVERING LARGE CRANE TRUCKS,
ONE TO ANCHORAGE, THE OTHER TO FAIRBANKS, FROM OLATHE KS.
ANY TRIP TO ALASKA REALLY BEGINS AT DAWSON CREEK, BRITISH COLUMBIA!
WILL BE GLAD TO SHARE THE ADVENTURES AND ADVICE WITH YOU !!
Awesome thank you! Yeah I’ll be looking for tips maybe next summer 😊
did you eat any cool, small town places that you recommend?
I usually only stop and eat dinner on these trips as breakfast and lunch are done quickly or at the hotel. Only one was the Stuart bar and grill. Nice place!
By any chance did you run in to Cousin Eddie 😊
Unfortunately (or fortunately) not 😂😂
Have you ever seen a rain 😊
Rain?
They mean the song, :) " Have You Ever Seen the Rain? Lyrics: Someone told me long ago / There's a calm before the storm / I know, it's been comin' for some time / When it's over, so they say / It'll rain a sunny day /...@@TravelwithaWiseguy
Very interesting video,
Thanks!
Jotn Wayne from Winterset
11:30. I laughed.
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The history of towns reviews if plzce to stay a lot of town have better stays than cities food too
Agreed
You were hanging around in Maquoketa and didn't go see the caves??
Unfortunately didn’t have time on this trip with the others places I needed to go
Why no wind mill
Where was the windmill I missed?
As soon as it starts getting crowded i would leave.
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I would rather be there than in New York.
That painting is fox hunting. Still looks the same today unfortunately. "Run to earth" means you've forced the prey to literally "go to ground" i.e as in the painting, the pack of hunting dogs have chased a fox back to it's den, in the earth. Rich dudes on horses will now send in terriers, the fox will be ripped apart, successful hunt bravo. Ahhh the beauty of English tradition 😕. Wonderful video, tho 😊 thanks.
Thank you!!
Am from perry
There are very good Motel 6 motels in the country. It is likely the knowledge of the best Motel 6 motels come as a result of a word of mouth. Ironic some immature rotten apples treat any Motel 6 as if it was a place to trash. In other words, they do not care.
For sure! I find ratings on websites like booking.com are helpful in finding the good ones!
No pictures of food! I went to Antarctica last year and before I went I tried looking at TH-cams. You go all the way to Antarctica and all you show is your food, the airport, the bus taking you to the shop, etc etc etc. Useless! But oh, the girl was pretty so I guess that's why the hundreds of thousands of likes.
Haha the pretty girl always wins 😂
I watched your videos before and I've enjoyed them. But this one you just kept telling us where you were but never showed us anything.
Well this is a behind the scenes video so it’s more about the making of the video and not the destinations. This type of video has been requested by several people. I appreciate you watching other videos too 😊
Okay I get it now. I will continue to watch your videos I've always enjoyed him
That's stupid, you have to go south to go north
I didn't know what you were talking about when I first read this, but I'm guessing its about flying south to Dallas then going north to Iowa.
Yes, flying to Dallas. Sorry. I would think it's more efficient to do a layover in KC but what do I know?@@TravelwithaWiseguy
Definitely more efficient but Dallas has more options I guess and was cheaper. Pretty quick flight from Wichita to Dallas. Less than an hour.