It's amazing that some of these abandoned towns are so well cared for, with the grass being trimmed even around buildings. I really appreciate your respect for No Trespassing signs, because I've seen a number of people on youtube who don't. Watching from BC, originally from Saskatchewan. Thanks, Chris!
Watching from Ukraine. A lot of people don't understand how can abandoned places be beautiful? But they have some special aesthetics. I like to watch your videos late in the evening with cup of strong black tea or even bottle of nice beer, when everyone in the flat already sleeping and it is absolutely quiet outside.
As an old pastor of a small country church nearing his final days it’s heart-warming seeing someone comes and mows the grounds of these long abandoned churches.
Temple: 04:52 only became a ghost town in 2015 when the two people, who lived and worked there for the state (rangers) retired and moved away a few months later. They informed the state 2 years before in 2013 that they would leave the town after their retirement and that they were the last inhabitants of Temple. A few months after they had left the county discontinued the power supply of Temple and officially dissolved the town and incorporated the area in the also fast shrinking town of "Golden Valley". Golden Valley has about 200 people.
Have explored more than a few ghost towns in Colorado and California and enjoyed them all. Watching your videos from Cincinnati, Ohio. Keep up the good work.
I just moved to Williston the same time you posted this video from Springfield, Illinois. It's crazy how much of these old abandoned towns are around me. Thank you for showing this
Viewer from Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴 here. I lived in Tennessee in the 1980s, used to travel in the back country to explore the southern states to see and explore the true country. I never got to cross the Mississippi River to see the mid and western states. I made it through 22 states in the midsouth-north west and east parts. Love your videos
I'm watching from Poland, I probably won't be able to see with my own eyes what you show... although in August 2025 I will be in the USA, but closer to New York. Thank you for what I see. Greetings from Poland, Jarek
Can you imagine going into some of these old abandoned places with a weed wacker and rebuilding and restoring them, then living peacefully and quietly away from the crazy? lol! My dad was from Kulm ND. Visited the old farmstead in the 80s and felt the ghosts of the way things were way back when. Thank you Chris for the tour! ❤
A Weed Wacker and lots of bucks. Start with that second big building on the west side of the street in Marmoth, a gem.I've passed through some of those places. North Dakota is a haunting place.
It's amazing how so many of these Ghost Town buildings are well manicured. Zero population yet the grass is cut nicely, amazing. Now on the inner cities where people still live on the block, there are abandoned homes with a lot of overgrown grass.
That’s the pride of North Dakota for you. It really is the best state in the nation. Shhh don’t tell anyone, we like it quiet and peaceful around here.
Watching from Tasmania We have a few abandoned towns but nothing like those amazing churchs have not been to Canada or USA love watching your videos thanks for Sharing with us places and buildings that would have gone unnoticed and forgotten and love the extra info beside the town and history
This was a wonderful video. We're from Miles City, MT but now live in Wyoming. My Mom was born in Mose, ND which has long been a true ghost-town. It's known as "The Town That Blew Away" as a tornado devastated the place many years ago. I last visited about 30-years ago, and all that remained were a few foundations and the church steeple laying in a field. My siblings and I actually retain title to several lots located on the site. We were contacted recently about possibly selling. I don't think we'll become millionaires but it may be worth a few bucks. Keep up the great work!
@@chuckbowen5024 Go East from McHenry toward Binford. About halfway there, go north on 9th Ave. NE to 98th Ave NE. It's right there...or should I say "was".
I'm watching from Ohio in the U.S. I've never been to either North or South Dakota. I loved this tour, so many interesting places, and so much beauty along the way. Thanks for sharing!
Also, Ohio here. I once landed in Sioux Falls, S.D. when rhe Omaha, NE, airport closed and we were running low on fuel. I have a high school classmate living in western N. Dakota. He's been there a few decades.
Yantabulla, north west of Bourke has a few derelict houses, an abandoned workshop and a still used hall and I think an RFS station. It's pretty remote though.
Loved this video! Born and raised in North Dakota and I think I only know one of those town names! I am in Mound, MN now. This makes me homesick! The wide open spaces!!
I was watching this from Cochrane, Ab. I would really like to explore North Dakota at some point. My Grandfathers Family immigrated to Harvey, ND in 1903 before moving to Alberta in 1905. Would be interesting to see where they lived once first coming to North America from Norway. Looks like lots of interesting spots to check out down there. Thanks for sharing a few of them.
Born and raised in ND -- Pembina and Walsh counties. Left in 1977. Love my beautiful home state, but sadly there's just nothing to keep young people in those areas unless they farm. My parents left in 2020. So many from California and other faraway states moving to remote small towns in those counties and bringing the drug trafficking with them. Last time I was there, I didn't recognize any surnames. It's heartbreaking. Great video -- you did a wonderful job. Makes me homesick. But, to quote Thomas Wolfe, you can't go home again.
My grandparents were founding members of the Immanuel Lutheran (30:20) congregation; Grandpa was one of the men who built the church in 1923. The congregation was disbanded in 1945.
Greeting from West Java, Indonesia. North Dakota remains me of two thing. 1) Fargo both The Movie and The Series. 2) Far Cry 5, absolutely in good ways 😊... I hope you'll made another great video like this sir... great job 👌👍
Half of my family was from Groningen and the other half from down south. I always forget the name. They came to the south Chicago area between 1890s-1910s. Tom TenHove
i live in Hawaii, so seeing how vast and empty the mainland its really peaceful. everything is pretty cramped here so it must be nice to have room to stretch your arms out with all that open space.
When I drove across The Big Island, through pineapple and coffee plantations, I felt there was a lot of quiet wide-open space there. I believe that is rather different from the other Hawaiian islands.
@fabrikk60 as a tourist yeah I can see why you'd think that that but when you live here, you're constantly reminded that your surrounded by water. It doesn't compare to what's in the vid.
Watching from Concordia, Kansas. Dying little towns , like these, can be found all over the Great Plains. Explored dozens myself. Friendly folks; always fascinating. Mom was from Odin, Kansas----home of free roaming peacocks.
Following you from Montréal. Love the desolation and peacefulness of the prairies and Great Plains. Travelled extensively throughout Canada, but have not yet been to Saskatchewan. I’ll move it to the top of my road trip bucket list. Salut!
Can't understand how vast, yet small, maybe nothing larger than a small patch, where someone long ago lived out of their life. I grew up in that area has a Norwegian and though sometimes sad, it's quite captivating, at least for me.. World is a beautiful place!
I'm from Barcelos, Portugal! I really hope to visit Saskatchewan and Montana someday, although that seems like impossible for me due to money problems. Your channel and others on youtube do give me hope though!
Get a work and travel visa for canada. That way you can pay for your travels and likely make much more money here. Construction in Alberta is almost always hiring
@@panamericaco are there non immigrant work visas, which do you recommend? Are there only construction jobs in the prairie side of Canada? Construction isnt really my thing
@@auburn.JoaoDuarte the work and travel visa would be the easiest and simplest to get non-immigrant visa. There's all kinds of jobs, just that construction is usually the best paying. I've heard of people working in restaurants and other service industries. If you have a specific skill you can always apply for jobs in the area. Canada is easy for hiring, a lot of jobs you walk in and can start tomorrow unlike europe where you'll apply for a job that starts on a 1st of a month in 3 months type thing.
Please don't ever change a thing. Honestly one of the best parts is hearing the gravel crunching under your shoes. Makes it feel like I'm walking right along side. Like the fact you are expanding your travels. Small towns don't necessarily have to be abended to be interesting. Although I understand the theme of your travels. More content the better as far as I'm concerned. Is that where you got the bug to travel and do this from your Dad because of the way he was and working obligations? Like to know more about that time. Why would the wife get mad about flying your drone into that church? Was it a present from her? Keep up the good work. Always to long between episodes. 😀
Thoroughly enjoyed your Video! You are a fantastic narrator. And so many beautiful abandoned buildings. Ahhhh! If only we could go back in time. I am from England, now living in Washington State.
Chris, excellent work! We might have JUST missed each other at Arena. I agree with you that St. John's might not be standing much longer. Thank you for pointing out trespassing signs - I feel this is often overlooked by ghosttowners or curious adventure seekers and they are there for good reason. Thanks again for the video.
The desolation of these places possess a stark beauty all their own. I now note your other videos and intend to watch those as well. Well done and thank you, Chris.
living in england we live on a very cramped island with more and more illegalls flooding in..roads are chaotic houses built closer and closer together ..i love the idea of big open spaces with few people around ..the idea of living there with all that space and freedom to shoot my bow ..buy a gun somewhere to store my vintage tractor ..a porch to sit on to look at the skys..and buy a pickup 4x4..im 65 and have just realised im living in the wrong place ..
I'm watching from Northern Allegheny mountains in Pennsylvania, I've never been out west, it's on my bucket list for sure, thank you for showing us these,beautiful little towns, I find it so interesting that even at a peak population of 150, they had the need for Banks and such however I guess it was a large rural population also and the railroads etc. a totally different way of life, I live in a rural area where 3000 or less is considered small not 300 or less
I live in Texas and have a camper van that has been out of comission with an engine swap for the last 18 months or so. These videos are so valuable to me right now! I've been all the way up to the canada border by Glacier but I've never been east of that,
I love watching your videos from anchorage alaska as i grew up on a wheat farm near great falls montana. I did not appreciate the beautiful and peaceful open spaces until neighbors. Thank you 😊😊😊😊
The brick fireplace was a barbecue and oven for outdoor cooking, there was one in my backyard when I was a kid. I'm in Montana came from north dakota when I was a kid, great videos.
Love your work. RUclips gods blessed me with your recommendation and discovering your channel for the first time. From the UK but live in Thailand. There's just something epicly stupendously wonderful about the endless stretches of roads, plains and old towns that built America. Strangely fascinating to watch and imagine living in a town of only XX number of people with no bars, shops, restaurants, endless miles of road and beautiful countryside to the nearest Market/Supermarket/Town with amenities. Keep up your awesome work!
I'm watching from India. Love your videos , especially the way you narrate. I like watching small towns surrounded by nature far away from hustle and bustle.
My dad was born in North Dakota in 1924 and lived there until the start of World War II. He would have loved these videos. In addition to being a university administrator he was a musician of some renown and played music jobs in many of these towns back when they were in their prime. Weddings, dances, funerals the list was endless. He did over 6,000 of them. We used to drive around on the weekends and he would point out all of these towns and make a comment such as "Iplayed a job there." He loved coming back to North Dakota his entire life, us kids not so much. I was born in North Dakota but grew up in Montana, so that was my state. Funny how that works.
I am from long beach CA and I moved to Rugby ND a year ago and it is ok here there are clicks here if you are not born here they don't like you here in ND and some of the stupid people here will even try to make up shit about you here I bought my house for 92 thousand so I don't have a mortgage my house is paid for and it was hard to get a job here because they don't like people from California and here in Rugby ND they like to hire more women then men and that's ok soon I am going to buy one of these businesses and I am going to fire all the women here and hire all men and yes I have the money to do it it is so bad here if you are from California that I am a certified welder and they won't give me a job here because I am from California and that's ok too because I know the secret to making money and I have a lot of it so slowly I am going to buy all of the businesses here and get people from California to work for me here and I am going to buy a lot of the houses here and rent them out for cheap and bring people from California to live here and have a great life and all because the people here are shitty and petty and they are really stupid here they don't know anything outside there box in ND I am also very good at research
Great videos.. Like. Watching videos on ghost towns.. Sure is pretty in north dakota.. Like watching your videos. It's almost like going on vacation, but I don't have to drive nowhere. Again great videos keep up the good work.. Until I see you in the next video.Great job..👍🙏🏻🙂
I’m watching from Czar, Alberta. Your videos have got me out on some trips and checking out some small towns. I was recently in Saskatchewan and got to check out a couple of Ukrainian churches. They were amazing.
Viewing this RUclips video of "Abandoned Towns and Places" on this date: 8-26-2024. My residence is in Atlanta, Georgia for over 45 years of my 74 years. I find the Dakotas are quite interesting in that not many people live there yet, the landscape and its old buildings are fantastic to take a "vacation tour" of these sites. I would imagen there are certain months one would avoid due to weather. These sites are paint artists great locations to capture the history of the past.
@@chrismcgill America as a whole has a very low population density mate, my English county (Hertfordshire) is only 634 square miles and has a little over 1.2 million permanent residents and yet while that's the second largest shire county population in England it is still regarded as a largely rural county. The whole of England itself is about 10% smaller than NYS with around 3 times the population, for context.
Shout out from Lowry City, Missouri. Haven't been to North Dakota yet. Pretty amazing place, definitely gonna check it out. I did come across an abandoned church in rural Nebraska on my way to Wyoming. Thanks for the roadtrip. 😊
The Burt bar had an attached hall and had roller skating on saturday nights until the mid 1960’s. The Nothern Pacific had passenger rail service to Mott ( seven miles away) for 25 cents.
I’m from south Louisiana but I have lived overseas and been to many foreign countries but the most beautiful country is North America. In 1993 my family and I headed North. I fell in love with The Rocky Mountains. South Dakota was definitely a favorite. Wyoming as well. Glacier National Park was the goal but my stepdad became ill and we began having vehicle problems. So we turned around and headed back home to Louisiana.
Another good one Chris. Grew up in North Dakota. Did lots of hunting in a lot of these areas. My dad sold a lot of farm machinery in the Regan and Arena area.
I’m in East Lothian and would love to be able to come back to the states and see all these beautiful places. I lived in San Francisco in the early 90’s ……..
If you go on the other side of the highway in Crystal Springs, you can find the old spring, remnants of the old gas station, and a few other abandoned houses.
It's amazing that some of these abandoned towns are so well cared for, with the grass being trimmed even around buildings. I really appreciate your respect for No Trespassing signs, because I've seen a number of people on youtube who don't. Watching from BC, originally from Saskatchewan. Thanks, Chris!
The grass is taken for the farm animals. that is why is trimmed. It is cheap food for cattle, dried and and stored appropriate.
Black forest, south Germany here. Highly appreciate your videos and your way of narrating, thank you!
Thank you!
Strauss,plus, countless other people
Watching from Ukraine. A lot of people don't understand how can abandoned places be beautiful? But they have some special aesthetics. I like to watch your videos late in the evening with cup of strong black tea or even bottle of nice beer, when everyone in the flat already sleeping and it is absolutely quiet outside.
Thanks for watching!
As an old pastor of a small country church nearing his final days it’s heart-warming seeing someone comes and mows the grounds of these long abandoned churches.
It is amazing how many of those Churches still have people caring for them.
Temple: 04:52 only became a ghost town in 2015 when the two people, who lived and worked there for the state (rangers) retired and moved away a few months later. They informed the state 2 years before in 2013 that they would leave the town after their retirement and that they were the last inhabitants of Temple.
A few months after they had left the county discontinued the power supply of Temple and officially dissolved the town and incorporated the area in the also fast shrinking town of "Golden Valley". Golden Valley has about 200 people.
Thanks for sharing that. Pretty sure I was in that town in 1982.
Watching the video from Romania, Europe. As a person that has never been in North America i find it very fascinating.
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Have explored more than a few ghost towns in Colorado and California and enjoyed them all. Watching your videos from Cincinnati, Ohio. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for watching!!
I'm watching from Scotland. Thank you for taking the time to produce these videos - great work.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the video Chris. I love seeing remote places in North Dakota and Montana explored like you do. Keep up the great work.
Thank you so much!
I just moved to Williston the same time you posted this video from Springfield, Illinois. It's crazy how much of these old abandoned towns are around me. Thank you for showing this
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Nottingham UK, we don't have anything like this here, very interesting. Thank you for the time you put into this and for sharing.👍
Thanks!!!
Just love this, the crickets, poor old town
Viewer from Oslo, Norway 🇳🇴 here. I lived in Tennessee in the 1980s, used to travel in the back country to explore the southern states to see and explore the true country. I never got to cross the Mississippi River to see the mid and western states. I made it through 22 states in the midsouth-north west and east parts. Love your videos
Thanks! I have not been to that area of country yet.
Watching from ND! I’ve been here for over 40 years, and I haven’t heard of many of these towns!
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6:29 😢 you make me cry when I see churches like this. It’s heartbroken.
I live in ND and you drive in any direction and see tons rundown and collapsing churches
Me, too...😢😢😢
I'm from Nottingham UK, these places fascinate me
Carlton here, hello neighbour.
Thanks for watching!
ND born & raised here. Very well done. Nice work.
Glad you enjoyed it
I'm watching from Poland, I probably won't be able to see with my own eyes what you show... although in August 2025 I will be in the USA, but closer to New York. Thank you for what I see. Greetings from Poland, Jarek
Thank you!
@@attrellI live in North Dakota I’ve only been here a year and a half but I didn’t know all this was here thank you!
Only as we dream can we acheive.
Ei dann steht das nächste Reise Ziel doch schon Fest
There is a lot to see in New York, too.
Can you imagine going into some of these old abandoned places with a weed wacker and rebuilding and restoring them, then living peacefully and quietly away from the crazy? lol! My dad was from Kulm ND. Visited the old farmstead in the 80s and felt the ghosts of the way things were way back when. Thank you Chris for the tour! ❤
Yes I would love to do that.
A Weed Wacker and lots of bucks. Start with that second big building on the west side of the street in Marmoth, a gem.I've passed through some of those places. North Dakota is a haunting place.
Thanks, Chris.
That’s the dream!
Most or 95% are unrestoreable.
It's amazing how so many of these Ghost Town buildings are well manicured. Zero population yet the grass is cut nicely, amazing.
Now on the inner cities where people still live on the block, there are abandoned homes with a lot of overgrown grass.
That’s the pride of North Dakota for you. It really is the best state in the nation. Shhh don’t tell anyone, we like it quiet and peaceful around here.
brilliant videos. the churches are amazing. sending love from London, England. truly impressive how nature takes over so quickly
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Watching from Tasmania We have a few abandoned towns but nothing like those amazing churchs have not been to Canada or USA love watching your videos thanks for
Sharing with us places and buildings that would have gone unnoticed and forgotten and love the extra info beside the town and history
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This was a wonderful video. We're from Miles City, MT but now live in Wyoming. My Mom was born in Mose, ND which has long been a true ghost-town. It's known as "The Town That Blew Away" as a tornado devastated the place many years ago. I last visited about 30-years ago, and all that remained were a few foundations and the church steeple laying in a field. My siblings and I actually retain title to several lots located on the site. We were contacted recently about possibly selling. I don't think we'll become millionaires but it may be worth a few bucks. Keep up the great work!
Where was Mose located?
@@chuckbowen5024 Go East from McHenry toward Binford. About halfway there, go north on 9th Ave. NE to 98th Ave NE. It's right there...or should I say "was".
@@matthewlove6985 okay I been up in that country.
I'm watching from Ohio in the U.S. I've never been to either North or South Dakota. I loved this tour, so many interesting places, and so much beauty along the way. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!
Also, Ohio here. I once landed in Sioux Falls, S.D. when rhe Omaha, NE, airport closed and we were running low on fuel.
I have a high school classmate living in western N. Dakota. He's been there a few decades.
Brisbane,Australia here.Stunning video.I don't travel widely,but I don't think Australia has many ghost towns.
Yantabulla, north west of Bourke has a few derelict houses, an abandoned workshop and a still used hall and I think an RFS station.
It's pretty remote though.
Loved this video! Born and raised in North Dakota and I think I only know one of those town names! I am in Mound, MN now. This makes me homesick! The wide open spaces!!
Such a pretty state, had we stayed in Sidney, I would have ended up in Williston for sure.
It's underrated for sure, I love the wide open spaces and natural beauty of ND.
I used to live on Phelps island.
@@attrellWilliston ND , that’s where I live!
@@tristen14robloxofficalMy parents got married in Williston in 1950. Dad was from Watford City.
I was watching this from Cochrane, Ab. I would really like to explore North Dakota at some point. My Grandfathers Family immigrated to Harvey, ND in 1903 before moving to Alberta in 1905. Would be interesting to see where they lived once first coming to North America from Norway. Looks like lots of interesting spots to check out down there. Thanks for sharing a few of them.
Thanks for watching! It is a great place!
Still studying geo
Great work, Chris. I love these old rural places.
Thanks!
Born and raised in ND -- Pembina and Walsh counties. Left in 1977. Love my beautiful home state, but sadly there's just nothing to keep young people in those areas unless they farm. My parents left in 2020. So many from California and other faraway states moving to remote small towns in those counties and bringing the drug trafficking with them. Last time I was there, I didn't recognize any surnames. It's heartbreaking. Great video -- you did a wonderful job. Makes me homesick. But, to quote Thomas Wolfe, you can't go home again.
Watching from Norway, a lot of Norwegian history here! Great video.
Thanks for watching!
No joke
My grandparents were founding members of the Immanuel Lutheran (30:20) congregation; Grandpa was one of the men who built the church in 1923. The congregation was disbanded in 1945.
Oh wow! Thanks for posting!
Greeting from West Java, Indonesia. North Dakota remains me of two thing. 1) Fargo both The Movie and The Series. 2) Far Cry 5, absolutely in good ways 😊... I hope you'll made another great video like this sir... great job 👌👍
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Gloomy, melangolic and beautiful... from Drenthe, Netherlands
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Half of my family was from Groningen and the other half from down south. I always forget the name. They came to the south Chicago area between 1890s-1910s. Tom TenHove
Hello Chris, watching your video from North Yorkshire, England UK 🇬🇧👋
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i live in Hawaii, so seeing how vast and empty the mainland its really peaceful. everything is pretty cramped here so it must be nice to have room to stretch your arms out with all that open space.
North Dakota has LOTS of wide open spaces!!
When I drove across The Big Island, through pineapple and coffee plantations, I felt there was a lot of quiet wide-open space there. I believe that is rather different from the other Hawaiian islands.
@fabrikk60 as a tourist yeah I can see why you'd think that that but when you live here, you're constantly reminded that your surrounded by water. It doesn't compare to what's in the vid.
@@AwfulWaffle8474 Island Fever can be a real thing. Beautiful place to have it, though.
From Williston North Dakota and my grate grate grandparents used to own that service station in flaxton with the car behind it
Oh wow I like that town! Thanks for watching!
Watching from Concordia, Kansas. Dying little towns , like these, can be found all over the Great Plains. Explored dozens myself. Friendly folks; always fascinating. Mom was from Odin, Kansas----home of free roaming peacocks.
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My gg grandfather farmed 400 acres in Ward County ND. 1900 to 1927
Watching from Sweden 😊, like youre videos 🙏🏻
Awesome! Thank you!
Love your videos. Being a Black & White photographer, I could spend months photographing. Hi from Sandpoint, Idaho USA.
Wow yes if you are B & W photographer, this stuff in fall or just after winter would be amazing. I do that in Saskatchewan a lot. Thanks for watching!
Following you from Montréal.
Love the desolation and peacefulness of the prairies and Great Plains. Travelled extensively throughout Canada, but have not yet been to Saskatchewan. I’ll move it to the top of my road trip bucket list. Salut!
Wow thank you!!
Moving back to Antler, North Dakota this summer, my hometown...
Can't understand how vast, yet small, maybe nothing larger than a small patch, where someone long ago lived out of their life. I grew up in that area has a Norwegian and though sometimes sad, it's quite captivating, at least for me.. World is a beautiful place!
I'm from Barcelos, Portugal! I really hope to visit Saskatchewan and Montana someday, although that seems like impossible for me due to money problems. Your channel and others on youtube do give me hope though!
Get a work and travel visa for canada. That way you can pay for your travels and likely make much more money here. Construction in Alberta is almost always hiring
@@panamericaco are there non immigrant work visas, which do you recommend? Are there only construction jobs in the prairie side of Canada? Construction isnt really my thing
@@auburn.JoaoDuarte the work and travel visa would be the easiest and simplest to get non-immigrant visa. There's all kinds of jobs, just that construction is usually the best paying. I've heard of people working in restaurants and other service industries. If you have a specific skill you can always apply for jobs in the area. Canada is easy for hiring, a lot of jobs you walk in and can start tomorrow unlike europe where you'll apply for a job that starts on a 1st of a month in 3 months type thing.
Please don't ever change a thing. Honestly one of the best parts is hearing the gravel crunching under your shoes. Makes it feel like I'm walking right along side. Like the fact you are expanding your travels. Small towns don't necessarily have to be abended to be interesting. Although I understand the theme of your travels. More content the better as far as I'm concerned.
Is that where you got the bug to travel and do this from your Dad because of the way he was and working obligations? Like to know more about that time.
Why would the wife get mad about flying your drone into that church? Was it a present from her?
Keep up the good work. Always to long between episodes. 😀
Hey thank you! My wife watched me wreck sa drone once. ha ha! I got the bug for ghost towns when I moved to Saskatchewan.
Sad to see the state of those beautiful buildings
Thoroughly enjoyed your Video!
You are a fantastic narrator.
And so many beautiful abandoned buildings. Ahhhh! If only we could go back in time.
I am from England, now living in Washington State.
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Chris, excellent work! We might have JUST missed each other at Arena. I agree with you that St. John's might not be standing much longer. Thank you for pointing out trespassing signs - I feel this is often overlooked by ghosttowners or curious adventure seekers and they are there for good reason. Thanks again for the video.
Hey wow that would have been funny to be there at same time. And thank you!!!
The desolation of these places possess a stark beauty all their own.
I now note your other videos and intend to watch those as well. Well done and thank you, Chris.
Thank you!!!
I watch your videos from Austria 🇦🇹
it's like time has stopped and i'm just exploring places with peace through your videos, its a kind of therapy tbh, thanks for making this!
Thanks for watching!
😮 how interesting..
we do have ghost towns in Italy as well ...lots of greetings
Bet those ghost towns are much older than the ones in North Dakota :)
living in england we live on a very cramped island with more and more illegalls flooding in..roads are chaotic houses built closer and closer together ..i love the idea of big open spaces with few people around ..the idea of living there with all that space and freedom to shoot my bow ..buy a gun somewhere to store my vintage tractor ..a porch to sit on to look at the skys..and buy a pickup 4x4..im 65 and have just realised im living in the wrong place ..
I'm watching from Northern Allegheny mountains in Pennsylvania, I've never been out west, it's on my bucket list for sure, thank you for showing us these,beautiful little towns, I find it so interesting that even at a peak population of 150, they had the need for Banks and such however I guess it was a large rural population also and the railroads etc. a totally different way of life, I live in a rural area where 3000 or less is considered small not 300 or less
Thanks for giving these tours. Lots of good reference for drawing. Probably never be able to visit these places on my own.
I live in Texas and have a camper van that has been out of comission with an engine swap for the last 18 months or so. These videos are so valuable to me right now! I've been all the way up to the canada border by Glacier but I've never been east of that,
At least you made it to the best part of Montana! Love that area.
I love watching your videos from anchorage alaska as i grew up on a wheat farm near great falls montana. I did not appreciate the beautiful and peaceful open spaces until neighbors. Thank you 😊😊😊😊
Thanks for sharing
Documenting what's left or these towns is of great historic value. Thank you!
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I am watching from Kingman AZ. I like to watch you guys videos this way I do not have to travel myself. Thanks you guys!
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From stanley nd. Love seeing our state get love
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The brick fireplace was a barbecue and oven for outdoor cooking, there was one in my backyard when I was a kid. I'm in Montana came from north dakota when I was a kid, great videos.
Thanks!
Love your work. RUclips gods blessed me with your recommendation and discovering your channel for the first time. From the UK but live in Thailand. There's just something epicly stupendously wonderful about the endless stretches of roads, plains and old towns that built America. Strangely fascinating to watch and imagine living in a town of only XX number of people with no bars, shops, restaurants, endless miles of road and beautiful countryside to the nearest Market/Supermarket/Town with amenities. Keep up your awesome work!
Thank you!!
I'm watching from India. Love your videos , especially the way you narrate.
I like watching small towns surrounded by nature far away from hustle and bustle.
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I worked in Stanley for a year and traveled around on my days off exploring some of these places in 2012. I'm going to have to go back this summer.
My dad was born in North Dakota in 1924 and lived there until the start of World War II. He would have loved these videos. In addition to being a university administrator he was a musician of some renown and played music jobs in many of these towns back when they were in their prime. Weddings, dances, funerals the list was endless. He did over 6,000 of them. We used to drive around on the weekends and he would point out all of these towns and make a comment such as "Iplayed a job there." He loved coming back to North Dakota his entire life, us kids not so much.
I was born in North Dakota but grew up in Montana, so that was my state. Funny how that works.
Great video! Living in the Northeast, it's fascinating to see all the land and history.
Thank you. Love your work. From California
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I am from long beach CA and I moved to Rugby ND a year ago and it is ok here there are clicks here if you are not born here they don't like you here in ND and some of the stupid people here will even try to make up shit about you here I bought my house for 92 thousand so I don't have a mortgage my house is paid for and it was hard to get a job here because they don't like people from California and here in Rugby ND they like to hire more women then men and that's ok soon I am going to buy one of these businesses and I am going to fire all the women here and hire all men and yes I have the money to do it it is so bad here if you are from California that I am a certified welder and they won't give me a job here because I am from California and that's ok too because I know the secret to making money and I have a lot of it so slowly I am going to buy all of the businesses here and get people from California to work for me here and I am going to buy a lot of the houses here and rent them out for cheap and bring people from California to live here and have a great life and all because the people here are shitty and petty and they are really stupid here they don't know anything outside there box in ND I am also very good at research
Watching from sunny Perth western Australia
Thanks for the cool images. I am watching in Cincinnati Ohio
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Always love your work, Chris.
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Great vid Chris👍,Andover,Hampshire,England.
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That is a windmill foundation. Such windmills were used to pump water from wells or reservoirs until they dried up.
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@attrell You're very welcome sir.
Watching here from Philadelphia Pa! Our city is so big I love seeing ghost towns like these.
Watching from New Zealand
Watching from Maryland. Love the video.
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These are so awesome, I've been doing alot of work north of Alamo ND. I see so many old old buildings and churches.
Awesome channel, great footage and narration. This channel makes me want to move away from the East Coast.
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Watching from the London area UK, it's always fascinating to see soooo many abandoned towns and buildings.
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Watching videos on ghost towns.. Sure is pretty in north dakota.. Like watching your videos. It's almost like going on vacation, but I don't have to drive nowhere. Again great videos keep up the good work.. Until I see you in the next video.Great job..👍🙏🏻🙂
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watching from sedro woolley Washington thanks love these shows.
The" brick"you asked about I believe that it 3was a "garbage burner, to prevent the wind blowing burningg embers about & starting a Prairie fire.
Oh thank you!
I’m watching from Czar, Alberta. Your videos have got me out on some trips and checking out some small towns. I was recently in Saskatchewan and got to check out a couple of Ukrainian churches. They were amazing.
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I also live in saskatchewan. I haul grain for a living so I see ghost town and abandoned places every day
Thanks so much, Chris. You have given me inspiration for a road trip in mid October!!
Have fun!
Really enjoying your work from here in The Bahamas.
Watching from South Carolina , love your videos. I would love to visit your part of the world, I'll bet the stars at night are beautiful.
Thanks for watching! Yes SW Saskatchewan is super dark, great for night photography!
I just enjoy watching abandoned towns.... from Romblon Romblon Philippines.
Very respectful and informative exploring. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it
I live in Northern Italy ... I really love your videos on US ghost towns.
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Enjoyed your video. Thank you for sharing your travels. I love the old churches
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Thank you for doing these videos Chris.
Watching from Houston Texas
Thanks for watching! I lived there briefly in the 80's.
Watching from high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, California...former resident of Canada- Ontario and British Columbia...very enjoyable video.
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Viewing this RUclips video of "Abandoned Towns and Places" on this date: 8-26-2024. My residence is in Atlanta, Georgia for over 45 years of my 74 years.
I find the Dakotas are quite interesting in that not many people live there yet, the landscape and its old buildings are fantastic to take a "vacation tour" of these sites. I would imagen there are certain months one would avoid due to weather.
These sites are paint artists great locations to capture the history of the past.
Yes Dec - early March, not a good time to visit here :)
May through September.
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America as a whole has a very low population density mate, my English county (Hertfordshire) is only 634 square miles and has a little over 1.2 million permanent residents and yet while that's the second largest shire county population in England it is still regarded as a largely rural county. The whole of England itself is about 10% smaller than NYS with around 3 times the population, for context.
Shout out from Lowry City, Missouri. Haven't been to North Dakota yet. Pretty amazing place, definitely gonna check it out. I did come across an abandoned church in rural Nebraska on my way to Wyoming. Thanks for the roadtrip. 😊
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The Burt bar had an attached hall and had roller skating on saturday nights until the mid 1960’s. The Nothern Pacific had passenger rail service to Mott ( seven miles away) for 25 cents.
Wow roller skating? Neato!
I’m from south Louisiana but I have lived overseas and been to many foreign countries but the most beautiful country is North America. In 1993 my family and I headed North. I fell in love with The Rocky Mountains. South Dakota was definitely a favorite. Wyoming as well. Glacier National Park was the goal but my stepdad became ill and we began having vehicle problems. So we turned around and headed back home to Louisiana.
Thanks for watching, I agree it is amazing country!
Watching from Ray, ND
My fav time to explore is in winter, but sadly not all roads are driveable. I wish I could see them like you describe.
@@attrell yeah I've had to park quite a distance away to trek in the snow and take pictures.
Another good one Chris. Grew up in North Dakota. Did lots of hunting in a lot of these areas. My dad sold a lot of farm machinery in the Regan and Arena area.
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I’m in East Lothian and would love to be able to come back to the states and see all these beautiful places. I lived in San Francisco in the early 90’s ……..
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If you go on the other side of the highway in Crystal Springs, you can find the old spring, remnants of the old gas station, and a few other abandoned houses.