Nobody really ever talks about the beautiful Saint Charles. I drive through downtown every day on the way to school. If you go into the public library, you can see some of the old newspapers back from the 1920’s! It means a lot as someone from Saint Charles to see something like this. 😂
I’ve watched 3 videos of yours so far, I subscribed halfway through the first one. You’re so respectful of the places you explore and I like that about you. Keep it up! I love your channel :)
Grew up here.. Still here... Arcada was a movie theater for a long time.. Before the movie started a piano and player would raise up from the ground in front of the screen and do a pre movie song or two... Also saw the original Ghostbusters movie and lightning hit the theater during the movie.... Crazy..
Do you guys live in Illinois? I’ve seen you do so many videos near the area and your one of the only people who say “Illinois” and not “illinoi” I live in the Chicago area so I was just curious.
Do Elgin! Downtown, the tower, casket factory, the armory, President Kennedy, the castle, the observatory, the watch factory, oldest cobblestone house, Elgins own currency, the mental health institute...You didn't discuss all the underground tunnels in St. Charles.
My parents used to own the casket factory in elgin! The whole building is incredibly creepy, we used to always joke that the haunted house that currently rents out space there could make more money by dropping people off deep in the building with a flashlight.
They owned the building after it was a factory, some of it is used for office space now, as well as a haunted house and a cabinet/wood carving facility. A large majority of it is empty though, and probably will stay that way until the building is eventually knocked down
I do remember walking through a room that was still set up as a casket showroom though, and I believe they had left some sort of framed certificate about how they had built one of the coffins for JFK, this was probably 10+ years ago though
1st off, congrats on crossing over 20,000 subscribers man! Your EP1 was informative & i learned alot about St. Charles, it's a beautiful place. I thought it was funny that you & your buddy were so amazed at the Coke-Cola bottle opener. Bring on EP2!
IF you want more historic pics of events in Saint Charles, go to the second floor of the 303 n 2nd st (Rt 31) there are some there hanging on the walls of the hallways. BTW, this is the first time I've ever seen your vids. Keep up the good work!
Hey, I live in st Charles. Nice video. The Idle hour theatre was recently bough by another theatre company and is open now. A lot of the development by the river is complete and should be finished later this summer.
@@jacobweber7078 Oh that thing. wouldnt have called that a grotto. People keep trying to graffiti it in "satanic" symbols but obviously never bother to look any ACTUAL satanic symbols before doing so.
If you want to go to a historical site: you should go to Old Abilene Town in Abilene, Kansas. Almost all of the historical restaurants, houses, and stores are in very good conditions and most of them are still up and running. There's even an old school that you can go look at. If you go to the historical Society there they have an old log cabin house you can go to, and the historical Society itself is FULL of amazing things. You can also take a tour of Dwight D. Eisenhower's childhood home.
ANOTHER TOWN with a lot of history would be Bisbee, Arizona. It's a beautiful town with A LOT of history. I've been there before as well and it's beautiful
And yet another town that had a lot of history behind it: Tombstone, Arizona. I have personally been to all of these places and they are all breathtakingly perserved
You should check out Elgin. It's huge and used the house the Elgin watch company and was a huge commercial and industrial hub in the past. Also, one interesting thing about the Hotel Baker is that it had a hydroelectric generator in the back to power itself and some of the nearby buildings back when it was built
Going from exploring Bandos to exploring Suburban towns! haha This is a neat series, dude. I'd really like to see where you go and how this series will development. I'd suggest seeing if you can get in touch with some historians from the towns you visit. Talk about the significance of the town and such. Also, a side note not really about the video, but I'd recommend looking into Open House Chicago. It's done every year in October and they open up a ton of buildings to the public all around Chicago, Oak Park and Evanston. I think you might really enjoy it. You can talk to me more about it if you want.
St. Charles is a gorgeous town. I'm sure you probably receive many Main Street suggestions, so here I go...Cedarburg, Wisconsin and Nashville, Indiana.
Make sure you check out Batavia as the "Tri-City" Western suburbs are all very unique...and Batavia is my personal fav' because it's also my home town, my parents home town, and it's where my grandparents settled down. btw, the Hotel Baker is where then Senator John F. Kennedy stayed in 1960 when running for President...I remember that time.
I love this. I am a little biased though because I am from here. You did some great shots on the inside. Definitely would have been more interesting if had mini interviews set up at the building(s). Another good idea: local historian to walk a little with you to explain the local history in relation to what you are doing. This would make this series definitely more interesting because the videography is great and you seem to know your stuff.
I live in st Charles I actually had a dance recital at the Arcada. They have a secret club that’s based of the 1920s with waitresses dressed as flappers. I went up when they were having an art show in the area
Cool video. Next time it would be interesting if you did a few interviews with some of the local old timers that would give you their perspective on what life was like there in the past
Love it bro! I also did something similar a while back. So far everything is great but my only tip which I also need to work on is b-roll. Dialog is great but maybe throw some cinematography of your flair. So far so good. Looking forward to next episodes!!! Cheers!
Actually - the runaway train { there were several, but only one made it onto Main Street } ran behind the old city building & continued south to where the Municipal building sits today and then crossed main street, blocking the trolley tracks & crashing into the storefronts near where 'Smitty's on the Corner' is now. It was a Chicago Great Western steam engine which came down off the mainline { where the old Fox River rail bridge is today } on a spur track which was very steep. This bit of a roller coaster track required good brakes to negotiate & several trains got away, causing the crash you described!
Yep - the old city building is on First Ave. behind the current Municipal Bldg. & it says, appropriately enough, 'City Building' on the front - it housed the fire dept. way back when as well.....
Nice vid, I don't know if you take suggestions, but you should do Dekalb, IL. There is tons of history including the fact that it is where barbed wire originated from!
I some tuning on the organ w jim shaffer..back in the late 1990s till he past away..i had funding lined up.t o do a full restore it..after he pasted from a private doner. ..i wanted glen taller..to do the work..but i was told catoe was covering the costs..of 2 hunderd thou..or so..the cost i thought it would take to do it..so im woundering if it got restored..i know somone cut up the piano...i have recorfing on tape of it..being played..it sounded wonerful..i just hope no one cut up the rest of it..we were going to add some pipes on the main side. 5 rank s of marr and colton. I had a train horn. Model t horn..but as i said catoe was handing it..i had funding ready to go..but as it go.s the catoe powers to be..owned it i was told..not the the a theatre..i. Hope its. Cared for.. I have recording s of it from over the yrs.played by Freddy arnish. From the 80 s and 90s..
Something about St. Charles you missed { in fact most of St. Charles current residents probably don't realize } is the huge connection to Texaco.....or should I say Texaco money! Nearby DeKalb became the barbed wire capital of the world { their high school team is still called the 'Barbs' to this day } and offered many opportunities for employment. A man named John Warne Gates { later nicknamed 'Bet-a-Million' Gates } was a sales rep & Texas was his territory. He was very good at his job & made good money which he used to start investments on the side - one of which was oil speculation. Well, he 'speculated' well & hit a gusher! A new business was formed - The Texas Company - aka 'Texaco'. Other business ventures were the steel industry & railroads. Gates died in Paris in 1911 leaving a fortune of around $40-50 million to his niece Dellora Angell Norris & his nephew Edward Baker, both from St. Charles. These two left a lasting legacy with gifts to the city, some of which you just visited such as the Arcada Theater, the Hotel Baker & the old St. Charles National Bank, to name but a few. Great video - you merely scratched the surface here, as far as history is concerned - do another one! Lots of subject matter remains! BTW - the 'Rocket Fizz' building was never a blacksmith shop....it's merely the location of a former blacksmith shop. The 'Rocket Fizz' building was built as a market. In 1943, the second 'version' of the Blue Goose supermarket moved in & stayed until a newer location opened up along the river & Illinois Ave. in 1963.....
Only if the state of Illinois would let you tour IYC saint charles lots of history in there many old buildings that they won't tear down due to the history
@@BrogodHuncho I know they would I was just an inmate there too lol I js wanted to see what people would say to that and if you you don't mind me asking what was the first 2 digits of your yin (just so I can see what time period u were there) mine is D50XXX just in case you wanted to know
This was on my recommend and I live in st. Charles!!😂
Same though
Same
Same here
Same
Gotta love my city! I don’t ever want to move away. Great video, definitely the best one about the city out there.
Exploring With Sloth my boy 🤝👵🏾
This city is great never have left it
Yooooooo
Creepy this was in my recommended and I live in Geneva IL and I've never watched one of your vids
Yeah, I live in Geneva, same thing..
I live in saint Charles and this popped up😂
Same
Same
Batavia for me lol. Same exact thing.
Glad you stopped by, but kind of a shame you did not walk down the river to Pottawatomie park where the gazebo was originally built in the late 1800s.
Nobody really ever talks about the beautiful Saint Charles. I drive through downtown every day on the way to school. If you go into the public library, you can see some of the old newspapers back from the 1920’s! It means a lot as someone from Saint Charles to see something like this. 😂
I live down here in St Charles!! That’s crazy!
I live here to that is crazy
Haha same bros
You have a gorgeous town :)
So much Fandoms same
Ahhh I love visiting St. Charles, it’s so beautiful in that area! I believe that’s where Walhburger’s is going as well!
I’ve watched 3 videos of yours so far, I subscribed halfway through the first one. You’re so respectful of the places you explore and I like that about you. Keep it up! I love your channel :)
Hanzie Bear Thank you so much ❤️ More to come
@frosty z Thanks dude!
Good to see a lot of shops are in business. Loved this episode, excited for more!
Grew up here.. Still here... Arcada was a movie theater for a long time.. Before the movie started a piano and player would raise up from the ground in front of the screen and do a pre movie song or two... Also saw the original Ghostbusters movie and lightning hit the theater during the movie.... Crazy..
Do you guys live in Illinois? I’ve seen you do so many videos near the area and your one of the only people who say “Illinois” and not “illinoi” I live in the Chicago area so I was just curious.
Do Elgin! Downtown, the tower, casket factory, the armory, President Kennedy, the castle, the observatory, the watch factory, oldest cobblestone house, Elgins own currency, the mental health institute...You didn't discuss all the underground tunnels in St. Charles.
My parents used to own the casket factory in elgin! The whole building is incredibly creepy, we used to always joke that the haunted house that currently rents out space there could make more money by dropping people off deep in the building with a flashlight.
They owned the building after it was a factory, some of it is used for office space now, as well as a haunted house and a cabinet/wood carving facility. A large majority of it is empty though, and probably will stay that way until the building is eventually knocked down
I do remember walking through a room that was still set up as a casket showroom though, and I believe they had left some sort of framed certificate about how they had built one of the coffins for JFK, this was probably 10+ years ago though
I grew up there. That theatre was amazing to go to. Then it cloesd for a long time. Road to perdition was shot there as well.
As a UK citizen with a friend who lives on the outskirts of St Charles, I found this fascinating,. So well done and thank you.
Saint Charles east gang where you at?
Right here dude
Ey what up nikka
Go North
Ayy represent
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Batavia IL downtown is actually pretty cool too. Lots of history.
The filling Station has amazing food! What an awesome town! Lived near there my whole life.
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The arcada theatre was built in 1926..it has a pipe organ in it still..in use to this day..its also hunted..a great place to see a concert
Whoa!!! Happened to be watching this today!!! Happy 2 year mark!!!
When I saw the beaver all I can think of is “who is justice beaver”😂
Emmy Minaya totally right same here😂
Another Awesome walkabout. 2:20 sounds so nice! I appreciate your skill and your passion it def shows thru! Loved it! 😍😍😍
Great video! Can’t wait for the rest of the series!!
It was so cool to see a perspective of my hometown from someone else. Sometimes I forget how pretty it is
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching
@@lordexplores Yeah, you even filmed some stuff I'd never noticed. Still have never been in Hotel Baker
Awww. That beaver @ 2:51 was so cute! Nice work on this video with just the right amount of historical relevance added in your dialogue. 😷👍 for ya.
I used to live at a place that looked exactly like that
OH MY GAWD DAT IS MY HOME TOWN
Love how much detail you included in this video. I grew up here, so this was cool to watch!
1st off, congrats on crossing over 20,000 subscribers man! Your EP1 was informative & i learned alot about St. Charles, it's a beautiful place. I thought it was funny that you & your buddy were so amazed at the Coke-Cola bottle opener. Bring on EP2!
There used to be a Coca Cola botling plant down East on North Avenue ( 64 ) before Pheasant Run, if its still there!
IF you want more historic pics of events in Saint Charles, go to the second floor of the 303 n 2nd st (Rt 31) there are some there hanging on the walls of the hallways. BTW, this is the first time I've ever seen your vids. Keep up the good work!
I came across your channel by accident
I got to say i don't regret it. Love your vids, good job
I love st Charles! I just had a dance performance at the arcada theater 2 weeks ago
I did too! I don’t know what company you’re from, but I’m sure you did an amazing job! All of the dances were amazing
Mörgaña I was from dreams dance academy
I know this town by heart
Try forever yougert it’s great
Hey, I live in st Charles. Nice video. The Idle hour theatre was recently bough by another theatre company and is open now. A lot of the development by the river is complete and should be finished later this summer.
You should come and check out Aurora il lots of rich history in this town
Exciting vids! Would love to join u guys. Haha. Moved here in IL recently (from The Philippines).
Do Geneva we have awesome history additional to a hidden grotto
@@jacobweber7078 what grotto? the place right at the bridge with the stupidly huge catfish or something else?
@@jacobweber7078 Oh that thing. wouldnt have called that a grotto. People keep trying to graffiti it in "satanic" symbols but obviously never bother to look any ACTUAL satanic symbols before doing so.
bro we are way more historic just saying when was geneva created defently not 1833
If you want to go to a historical site: you should go to Old Abilene Town in Abilene, Kansas. Almost all of the historical restaurants, houses, and stores are in very good conditions and most of them are still up and running. There's even an old school that you can go look at. If you go to the historical Society there they have an old log cabin house you can go to, and the historical Society itself is FULL of amazing things. You can also take a tour of Dwight D. Eisenhower's childhood home.
ANOTHER TOWN with a lot of history would be Bisbee, Arizona. It's a beautiful town with A LOT of history. I've been there before as well and it's beautiful
And yet another town that had a lot of history behind it: Tombstone, Arizona. I have personally been to all of these places and they are all breathtakingly perserved
I'll be in AZ soon so I will definitely look up those towns! Thanks for your knowledge and thank you for watching! :D
HEY SISTERS ITS ST. CHARLES HERE WELCOME BACK TO A NEW VIDEOOOO
You should check out Elgin. It's huge and used the house the Elgin watch company and was a huge commercial and industrial hub in the past. Also, one interesting thing about the Hotel Baker is that it had a hydroelectric generator in the back to power itself and some of the nearby buildings back when it was built
Nicely done...another great midwestern historic river town is Madison, IN. Largest contiguous historic district in the central US.
Awsome content in this video I have lived in st.charles il for 20years
Awesome 👍😊 I love your videos
Thank you!
Thanks, guys.
Amazing! Considering that I live here and all haha...
I also have never seen this guys channel before and had this video recommended to me as well. I also live in st Charles.
Yeah about 2 months ago I went here for a school field trip and watched a show
You forgot the part where they keep raising the property taxes.
Going from exploring Bandos to exploring Suburban towns! haha
This is a neat series, dude. I'd really like to see where you go and how this series will development. I'd suggest seeing if you can get in touch with some historians from the towns you visit. Talk about the significance of the town and such.
Also, a side note not really about the video, but I'd recommend looking into Open House Chicago. It's done every year in October and they open up a ton of buildings to the public all around Chicago, Oak Park and Evanston. I think you might really enjoy it. You can talk to me more about it if you want.
I dig this series so far bro! Great commentary.
St. Charles is a gorgeous town. I'm sure you probably receive many Main Street suggestions, so here I go...Cedarburg, Wisconsin and Nashville, Indiana.
I recommend going to ALLEY 64 in Saint Charles!!!!
This is a nice place to have cocktails and socialize...
Make sure you check out Batavia as the "Tri-City" Western suburbs are all very unique...and Batavia is my personal fav' because it's also my home town, my parents home town, and it's where my grandparents settled down. btw, the Hotel Baker is where then Senator John F. Kennedy stayed in 1960 when running for President...I remember that time.
St. Charles is awesome
Great information!
The new buildings are there now, love st Charles. I live one town over
I love this. I am a little biased though because I am from here. You did some great shots on the inside. Definitely would have been more interesting if had mini interviews set up at the building(s). Another good idea: local historian to walk a little with you to explain the local history in relation to what you are doing. This would make this series definitely more interesting because the videography is great and you seem to know your stuff.
You're so underated. Plus 1 sub!
Great video !!!
Hey I live there such a nice town very open and inviting that spire changes color when it gets dark out
Nice video! 👍
Nice video, live right up the river in Elgin, also a very interesting downtown.
my gran-papi owned a bicylce shop and harbored al capone when he'd slide thru the crib nahm sayin. check it out in Geneva called Capones Hideout
I love history and this great. you have the voice and character for excellent narration. I look forward to more.
You killed it! I would say get more geographical, north of 64, or 2 blocks west of 25, stuff like that.
I live in st Charles I actually had a dance recital at the Arcada. They have a secret club that’s based of the 1920s with waitresses dressed as flappers. I went up when they were having an art show in the area
Nice! Done just as well as your abandoned videos 👏👏👏
Cool video. Next time it would be interesting if you did a few interviews with some of the local old timers that would give you their perspective on what life was like there in the past
Hometown
My hometown 😍
Well my FBI agent is ON IT. I've been looking at moving to st. charles/batavia area and here we are in my recommended. thank you for the video!
I live in St Charles for 7 months it's a pretty town
How is st charles with longboarding? I'm visiting next week and was gonna use mine to cruise around.
Love it bro! I also did something similar a while back. So far everything is great but my only tip which I also need to work on is b-roll. Dialog is great but maybe throw some cinematography of your flair. So far so good. Looking forward to next episodes!!! Cheers!
You got more to see in Saint Charles. Our antique shop is located in a turn of the century hospital
did u know that the old st charles the OLD ONE the old city building always got hit with a train because there used to be traintracks on main street
Actually - the runaway train { there were several, but only one made it onto Main Street } ran behind the old city building & continued south to where the Municipal building sits today and then crossed main street, blocking the trolley tracks & crashing into the storefronts near where 'Smitty's on the Corner' is now. It was a Chicago Great Western steam engine which came down off the mainline { where the old Fox River rail bridge is today } on a spur track which was very steep. This bit of a roller coaster track required good brakes to negotiate & several trains got away, causing the crash you described!
oh i never knew where the old city building is i thought that its now smittys on the corner but its not
Yep - the old city building is on First Ave. behind the current Municipal Bldg. & it says, appropriately enough, 'City Building' on the front - it housed the fire dept. way back when as well.....
@@chooch1995 i already knew most of that
@@chooch1995 i knew 3 of 4 things that you said
I was at the same show at the Arcada!
drove through here for a job interview in geneva! cant wait to move out there
I used to live there and go to Bell Graham Elementary School
😃 That's where my family is from!! 😊
Love st.charles! Come to belleville!
how does this only have 462 views
What about Alton, IL ? 🤔 also they have great coffee in Alton.
Very Cool!
3:05 you chose to do this when it was raining so hard that it was up to almost the bridge
Should check out Elburn it’s pretty cool
5:37 St. Charles is NOT a small town, its more of a small CITY
You should next explore Main Street St. Albans Vermont in September. It's a gorgeous little town
Nice 👍🏽
You could add, for your St. Charles IL video, that the TV star Donny Walburg lives here.
Sandwich is amazing too
I find it cool but weird that you covered saint Charles probably just be I live around there
You guys should check out the SCI prison in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
Nice vid, I don't know if you take suggestions, but you should do Dekalb, IL. There is tons of history including the fact that it is where barbed wire originated from!
Ok. Next time I go, ima try getting a Coke and open it by the old Coca Cola machine! Please keep this coming!!!!
0:23 He litrally almost got ran over by a car 😱
Lol
I work there at Riverside Pizza & Pub
Chief Keef Sosa I just got a job there lol. At the new Batavia location.
Jäger From GSG9 wow that’s crazy small world we live in 😂
Chief Keef Sosa it really is.
I some tuning on the organ w jim shaffer..back in the late 1990s till he past away..i had funding lined up.t o do a full restore it..after he pasted from a private doner. ..i wanted glen taller..to do the work..but i was told catoe was covering the costs..of 2 hunderd thou..or so..the cost i thought it would take to do it..so im woundering if it got restored..i know somone cut up the piano...i have recorfing on tape of it..being played..it sounded wonerful..i just hope no one cut up the rest of it..we were going to add some pipes on the main side. 5 rank s of marr and colton. I had a train horn. Model t horn..but as i said catoe was handing it..i had funding ready to go..but as it go.s the catoe powers to be..owned it i was told..not the the a theatre..i. Hope its. Cared for.. I have recording s of it from over the yrs.played by Freddy arnish. From the 80 s and 90s..
Something about St. Charles you missed { in fact most of St. Charles current residents probably don't realize } is the huge connection to Texaco.....or should I say Texaco money! Nearby DeKalb became the barbed wire capital of the world { their high school team is still called the 'Barbs' to this day } and offered many opportunities for employment. A man named John Warne Gates { later nicknamed 'Bet-a-Million' Gates } was a sales rep & Texas was his territory. He was very good at his job & made good money which he used to start investments on the side - one of which was oil speculation. Well, he 'speculated' well & hit a gusher! A new business was formed - The Texas Company - aka 'Texaco'. Other business ventures were the steel industry & railroads. Gates died in Paris in 1911 leaving a fortune of around $40-50 million to his niece Dellora Angell Norris & his nephew Edward Baker, both from St. Charles. These two left a lasting legacy with gifts to the city, some of which you just visited such as the Arcada Theater, the Hotel Baker & the old St. Charles National Bank, to name but a few. Great video - you merely scratched the surface here, as far as history is concerned - do another one! Lots of subject matter remains! BTW - the 'Rocket Fizz' building was never a blacksmith shop....it's merely the location of a former blacksmith shop. The 'Rocket Fizz' building was built as a market. In 1943, the second 'version' of the Blue Goose supermarket moved in & stayed until a newer location opened up along the river & Illinois Ave. in 1963.....
Epic video
Only if the state of Illinois would let you tour IYC saint charles lots of history in there many old buildings that they won't tear down due to the history
Corey Renwick yeah but I used to be an inmate in there the inmates might just attack you state don’t want that on they hands
@@BrogodHuncho I know they would I was just an inmate there too lol I js wanted to see what people would say to that and if you you don't mind me asking what was the first 2 digits of your yin (just so I can see what time period u were there) mine is D50XXX just in case you wanted to know