I like that you got out of the vehicle a little longer, for a closer look. I really like the factual objectivity, yet friendly and personable voice. Really a fresh vibe on RUclips!
My father played basketball for Anselmo High in that community building. It was one of the better gyms in the county at that time. Howard Smets ran the cafe for years and his wife, Lucile, taught eighth grade in Anselmo and Merna. She was an excellent and caring teacher.
Its sad to see abandoned homes that maybe once housed a family with love and laughter. Also abandoned cars make me think of when they were brand new and someone went excitedly into a showroom and bought it. Who knows what adventures it took them on.
@@johnking8896 Us in rural towns usually make a big drive once or twice a months to bigger towns/cities. Some folks go more or less than that. Buy items in bulk.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Farming = Food. Feeding America is everything.....hence I don't understand your remark that "there was never much out there".
First off, I want to say you two are doing a GREAT job! I love seeing all the small towns and communities you are showcasing. You have a nice, soft spoken voice which is easy to listen to and very enjoyable. I appreciate that you do such in-depth research on the areas you are showing, it helps give a good overall picture of the area. I also want to say how much I appreciate the fact that you move slowly with your camera. I have seen so many travel videos where the camera person moves so quickly, I get dizzy and barfy and can no longer watch. So, thank you! Thank you for taking it slow! I am also grateful you don’t play irritating background music! That’s just annoying. I want to hear what is going on outside…the birds, the cars, the wind, whatever sounds are happening. Keep up the good work!
My sister met a NE boy in CA. They married and moved to Henderson. They moved to Palmer and finally settled in Grand Island. Every summer we visited and went to the Hall Co fair. Good memories.
Fun fact about Anselmo! That sod house there was built in the 60s for Nebraska’s centennial celebration. The small wooden building next to it was actually the jail of the town (no longer in use, of course.) The grocery store there is also the only grocery store for 20 miles, so it brings in a lot of people from the surrounding area. It actually almost closed in 2021, until someone bought it Also, in Brewster, the white building on the left at 23:56 is an church that just this year celebrated their 125th anniversary!
Joe, i can't tell you how much i enjoy these videos. I am past my traveling days and i really love watching these videos. Thank you for doing this. Kind of sad seeing these old towns dying out.
My wife and I stayed at Uncle Buck's Lodge a few years back. Lots of interesting western decor and pictures in there. It really is out in the middle of nowhere.
Hey Joe, just watched your video in Nebraska. We live in Vancouver, Washington but lived in the small town of Ritzville for 7 years. About 1600 people, it’s the county seat and has the original 1800’s county courthouse, it also has a golf course, swimming pool, a restored working Carnegie library, a beautifully restored 1937 movie theater still running movies on the weekends,a hospital, a family doctor on Main Street, and a pharmacy. Since you love finding small towns all across the country, we know you’ll love the small town of Ritzville, Washington. We look so forward to your videos! Thanks, Monty and Lorrie
I grew up in a middle class muslim family in Karnataka India watching American cartoons on TV. My entire childhood was taken over by Flinstones, Scooby Doo, Richie Rich, Woody Woodpecker, Ed Edd n Eddy, Dexter's Lab, Hey Arnold, Cat Dog, and oh so many American cartoons. And i always want to see America in reality but couldn't due to financial reasons. Thanks to your videos, I'm seeing places I wouldn't otherwise ❤
@@Kellz58 Absolutely, I wouldn't have imagined I'd see so much of the world and it's all thanks to the internet. They say if you really like something, it will come to you and I happened to stumble upon this channel out of nowhere and I'm so glad I discovered it.
@@ganiwaseem9210 perhaps one day you can visit the US, my traveling days are over. I've only made it to Mexico in the 80s, otherwise this is my way too of seeing the world at this point in life. Your country is beautiful too from what I can see ❤️
wow this is so relatable im also from india . i was born in 90s and i totally relate to you because i love so much watching Cartoon at that time and these cartoon(Flinstones, Scooby Doo, Richie Rich, Woody Woodpecker, Ed Edd n Eddy, Dexter's Lab, johnny bravo, powerpuff girls , duck tales etc) feel the image that how the America was lookalike , richness , fantasies , prosperity about America , everything looks good and developed , the things that in "happening in America" that you will not find in rest of world, i always used to learn and memorize from the map of America that how much states are their , what a great culture they have,people live their best lives , no any fanatic religion, stereotype tradition, terrorism ,you can live you life as the way you are live, everything that trend in America about technology ,music, engineering medical field , education or that we see or experience in our day to day life it comes from this absolutely amazing nation and it really makes me to visit or you can say a dream to visit America once in a lifetime . this is so true and i think most of Indians who are in their 30s will relate to your this comment. thank you to god and gratefulness that we see and experience in this internet era , due that we can see the united states of America.
The Sandhills of Nebraska with Highway 2 are a very scenic area. Most of the towns along Highway 2 were established by the CB&Q railroad as it pushed northwest all the way to Billings, MT. The train you showed was an empty, double coal train headed back to the mines near Gillette, WY. That train was about 3 miles long. These trains are supplying power plants south and east as far as Georgia and Alabama.
I lived in Gering, then in Scottsbluff. I love the Sandhills. This was in the early to mid 1970s. The farmers in the Sandhills were still raising and useing draft horses, mostly in winter, because they can get around and work when the cars & trucks cannot. 😊
@@NoNameNoFace-rr7li But who would you buy it from? The guy who parked it could have died 40 years ago and it has gone through and estate or two. How would you find the person who actually owns it? The town or county probably own the lot for back taxes. I wonder if they could sell it as abandoned property? Probably quicker and cheaper to buy the lot for back taxes than trying to buy the car. What have you built?
When my fiancee and I had traveled through Nebraska in '88 we traveled through many towns that had population signs stating as much as 300 and some at less than a 100, one or two with less than twenty. They were exactly as this video portrays; at times we would be stared at as we were from another planet. These little towns were on the brink of extinction even then.
There were never really big towns out that way. As another poster has said, most of the populations of these areas live on nearby farms. It's always been that way.
There are many small towns out in the sandhills of Nebraska still doing well and lost hardly any population... I live in Ord Neb. we maintained a population of 2300 and we been at that same population for at least 40 years... Ord is just over an hour east of Anselmo...
@@RobertColfack Ord sounds familiar. We were asked to video tape a wedding. They put us up in a bed and breakfast in the country. Neat place. About 20 years ago.
You should have went into the lodge in Brewster! You would be amazed!! Also, the memorial on the church in Dunning is for my brother. We live between Dunning and Brewster!
Hey Joe I’m fan of yours . I’m from manila Philippines. You have a nice content . Very relaxing & chill everytime I watch your vlogs . Keep it up take care
The USA has over 2500 small dying towns that could take 3000 refugee families for a 10 to 15 year resettlement sustainable living resettlement programs They are lying when they say America does not have room. It is the races of the refugees that is the issue
@@jedmlnabsolutely and also the efforts of content creators. Writing From India. Stayed in USA for 5 years. But always on job. Was a dream to explore. But his videos are making me satisfied.
Wow, so this is what happens to the "All American towns" they disappear gracefully. How sad and haunting this is. So many houses just left, cities disappear, so much open space for everyone and yet so beautiful. Thanks for sharing and have a great day with safe travels
some gracefully....many not so much. The school closes (no kids to fill it)...the grocery store closes (not enough revenue to make a living)... mechanized farming means less labor needed......sad facts....
Im surprised that more people dont grow french intensive organic vegetables there. Or grow and make value added products to sell through the internet. Im suprised to not see big vegetable gardens either.
I graduated from Brewster High School in 1964. There were only 10 kids in the 12th grade, only 1 in the 11th grade. Registered for the draft in the County seat there. I hardly recognized much of the town. You did not show the school. Turner Garage was where I left my uncle's car after the radiator froze up on a cold winter's day.
@@TOCC50I don't know exactly what you're referring to, but I don't think I've ever heard a disrespectful word come out of Joe's or Nicole's mouth. I'm sorry you felt that way and I'm sure they would be, too.
As I clicked o this video I wondered if Anselmo would be in this video and was happy to see it was. I just watched this video and my mother was born in Anselmo, NE and we still have a few relatives there. The sod building by the veterans memorial is owned by relatives of mine and the wooden building used to be a jail, a long time ago.
I'm from the hot California valley where every summer reaches 114 degrees. We get over 300 days of sunshine a year and 19 inches of less per year. I certainly take cooler weather over this oven.
Great video Joe really appreciate it. Thanks for the ride along. These small and extremely small towns are my favorites. Where others see desolation and decay I see peace and quiet. The first town you showed I imagine that was an old Soddy house. Where they literally cut sod out of the prairie and stacked it like brick to make a house. With wood on the prairie being scarce. And the other towns with that population you could indeed say…. I know everyone in town. LoL. I can’t help it I just love these places. They still have a beauty to me. And on a last note. The last town with 12 souls you just have to love a place like that. And I’m glad you will actually take time to go to them. All the stats are great appreciate you always doing them, they’re one of my favorite parts. The last town with the average age of 81.5 is one of the oldest I can remember you having on here maybe I missed somewhere else but I don’t remember it. The only reason I can think of for the houses there to be more expensive is maybe it’s the lifetime home of these older people and it’s the sentimental price considering the age of the folks that live there. Just me saying. Looking forward to your next video. Safe travels my friend, keep videoing and I’ll keep watching.
Dodge - Jay Leno says, "We find an old car in a barn or on the desert, take it back to the shop, put $100,000 into it, and Congratulations! You've got yourself a $40,000 automobile!"
.....That you probably couldn't sell for even 30K after storing, maintaining, and advertising it for a decade or so! Unfortunately, it is such a shame to see something so, so glorious weathering away as it's presently just too costly to transport to safe storage.
@@northernbohemianrealist I have to agree with him. My two best friends are car guys and own a garage. They’re into the hi performance jobs and own a couple of dragsters they race and like they said no matter what you finally sell it for you’ll never get your money back. LoL and I’ve been with em when they have laid out a lotta money. LoL
Almost bought a home in a small town in Nebraska. It was a two-story, two-bedroom, with a stand-alone 1 1/2 car garage, on 2/3 of a acre, for 26,000 7 years ago but insurance on the home was 2,684 a year. Home had hardwood floors, new roof, new storm windows, and new metal siding. Would have been my retirement home as my income this year is $1234 a month. Nearest store, gas and banking was in a town 12 miles away. The town's population at the time was 63.
You could really get a good picture of these small towns by being in the rural area of each one. The sandhills is the main income which is why there are more cattle in Nebraska than people.. lol Great places to grow up!
Grew up in omaha , spent 30 years in the army , retired and moved back to Nebraska ( small town) people who have never lived in nowhere dont get the peacefulness and the quiet!! If more than 2 cars drive by the house, its a traffic jam!!!
I grew up in a small town in Nebraska . The population was 250 people which was also the population of the schools. What you are not taking into account when you see these towns at the lot of them the majority of the population is in the outlying Farms which do not count in the town population but that's where the majority of the people live in these towns.
@@Joseph70663 Not really. They haven't since the car became popular. These towns were platted by the rail roads. Their market consisted of the people that lived in the area that one could travel to and fro in a day. Even then people would travel even further on week long trips to shop. They did this because the prices were cheaper in the large areas. Plus the farmer actually had more time than money so the economics worked for them. Then came the car and people started going more to the county seats because of variety and price. Then better roads and cars and people started going to the more regional centers to shop. What people forget is one company changed retail in America. Sears Roebuck. Farmers could order from the catalogue and have it delivered cheaper than they could buy it locally. Amazon? I have a history degree from the University of North Dakota. Great-great-grandparents homesteaded.
@@erikthorne I would imagine the same thing that made these towns also helped spell their downfall. Trains, driving through all hours of the day and night. That would be unsettling to be jarred awake by the noise and vibration every evening. These towns would be very quiet until they're not.
@@DonariaRegia Eh...I've lived all over the place and you're never all that far from railroad tracks. In most of the places I've lived, I could hear trains.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717exactly I’ve lived in California pretty much my whole life and the only place I never heard a train was across the border in Mexico when I lived there last year
I’ve been in big city in all my life, It’s amazing to me how simple life is out there. No schools, supermarkets, gas stations and stores, Do they even have TV, internet 🛜 or what they do for entertainment? Wow!
lol yes there’s internet out here and satellite tv…quiet and easy going living….traveling to a bigger town for supplies once a week….crime comes in to town from elsewhere though….ive never been to a big city…biggest was Denver but quite awhile ago….idk how people can live in a big city….overwhelming to me
Living in the country is great, better with woods. If you are in the middle of the nation (almost anywhere) out in the country with woods, the wildlife is abundant, you will see it everyday. And, chances are you will have your own animals. I like horses, and live right by a 7,000 acre state park, with a 3,000 acre cattle ranch across the road. 8 miles to small city, 25 miles from outer suburbs, 65 miles to all the city problems anyone could ever want, or a Major League Baseball game, large Art Museum, large Zoo, etc. Never go there unless I have to, prefer Gods world and the animals around me. Two beautiful grey foxes came through right behind the house at dusk, probably coming to hunt the rabbits that come out of the woods to eat grass & clover.
That's some pretty wide open country. I can't help thinking that there's people in these lonely old towns that would rather live there than anywhere else. As I get older, I've come to relate to that.
I'm a rural Nebraskan who lives about an hour and 15 minutes east of the first town he showed in a town named Ord... There are some towns in rural Nebraska still doing well like my town, and many others he showed some of the hardest hit small towns... I do remember those towns he showed use to be bigger back 40 to 50 years ago...But people die off and kids leave town and this is what happens...
@user-hd3dq1wj1c I think a lot more has to do with the nature of modern agricultural enterprises. Not as many people needed and the ability to travel longer distances for services.
Joe, try to find and talk to the people in those small town or you may arrange to meet with them before you even go their town. They will give you some ideas about their town. Thanks
I worked in Nebraska on the railroad and drilling rigs back in 1981. There are some lively towns. When you get into the corn. the pheasant hunting is great.
No matter where in the world, abandoned houses and towns make me sad. A history, an experience is ending. My own country, Turkey, was once a country with a rural population and beatiful villages, but even in my country the villages were abandoned.
Unfortunately the drinking water in Nebraska is not great mostly due to the large amount of agriculture and mishandling of infrastructure. I was surprised. Lived in major cities prior and ended up here and was surprised by that fact
My son's buried (along with most of my husband's family) in Austin Cemetery right down the road from Anselmo between Loup City and Rockville. We'll be traveling to Merna next month with my other son's football team.
that was your best decision to visit this place .i love it all .every second i watched it make me feel fueling myself .i love to see such abandoned places . thank u very much to visit it ❤
I am really enjoying your military service and thank you for your service to your country. The years sure go by fast and we fin̈d ourselves so much older now. Lots of those good memories to look back on. Thank you for your story.😊
Thank you, from England, for showing us these beautiful towns in your videos. We don't really have any towns/villages quite like this in the UK, in England anyway. In fact village life is disappearing rapidly as the villages get housing estates built around them (occasionally in gaps within them). There are still some villages around Somerset where we live but usually in more (for England) inaccessible places. It is fascinating to see these, in so many ways, sad, old towns with some attractive buildings still but as you say, dying and maybe in 20 years time, empty and dead. What amazes me is the space you have, I mean the wide-open spaces even around and in/among towns like these. I suppose many of them for various reasons have had their day, like most of the towns and cities in Siberia also. But thank you for showing us a selection of them before (as others say) nature takes its course.
yes, as the kiwi son of an Englishman, that spaciousness of the USA was quite striking compared to England, which felt quite cramped by comparison. Iinfrastructure isn't easily rebuilt, I wonder how long it will take to re-colonise these areas of the USA?
I hope everyone understands that most people in these towns work and do business in Broken Bow. Also the farms and ranches which could cover a 60-70 mile radius of these small towns do business there
Dunning's population never exceeded 300 and yet at some point somebody chose to block that garage instead of parking literally any where else on that empty street.
Watching from the UK- this is the kind of roadtrip I’ve always wanted to do! We have a lot of historical places here but there is something very unique about these towns and a lot of this is just stuff you wouldn’t see here. Fascinating
I used to live in Omaha back in 1968 to 1972 we moved to Florida 🥵. In one town we lived in as kids we would walk a couple of blocks to a ranch and see and pet the ponies as we sat on the fence. The only thing I don't miss is the winter weather 🌡️
That old Dodge would be spectacular if restored! I was so glad to see you had posted this morning. Anselmo is a good-looking little town to have lost so much population. I fit right into Brewster! lol Uncle Buck's Lodge is a working cattle ranch. It offers a lot of amenities. Thanks a bunch.
Wow what lovely quiet towns they have in Nebraska & Iowa.. i wish i could visit there one day.. ☺️. I wish we have this quiet in my country. I live in an overpopulated island in the Mediterranean sea. Lots of noise & traffic! Great videos btw 😊
all along highway 2.....one of the most desolate roads I've ever driven. done it several times going from Grand Island up to South Dakota. Basically once you leave Grand Island, almost all the towns look like this and theyre far far apart. I'm from the city and it was so surprising to see such emptiness. South Dakota felt like a crowded metropolis after being along this highway for 8 hours!
Such a nice tour! Tellyuh, almost any of these places would be good to be in whenever "it hits the fan." They're quiet, peaceful, well cared for, probably as safe as one could find anywhere....not bad at all! Thanks from a Hoosier fan in Australia!
If you want to eat and drink,and have heat, after the 💩hits the fan, you are better off making sure you have woods✅ and a pond✅, and…it doesn’t hurt to have a 7,000 acre state park on one side with a river✅, a 3,000 acre cattle ranch on the other side of the road✅, horses✅, a rural electric CoOp that the people own✅and Amish near by✅. Home sweet home.🥰 *And more guns per capita than normal (after all, hunting is a tradition here, and you can hear that almost every weekend.) *And my next door neighbor is a highway patrolman. *And in a bizarre twist, I have underground high speed cable internet, county sewer, county water, and underground electricity, so all underground utilities. Can’t get much better than this!
Wow, Joe! You have no idea how happy you've made me. I was NOT thrilled when hubby had us move from Lake Tahoe to Omaha (Due to work). And I haven't been thrilled since. I'm NOT a city girl. I've lived all over the world. BUT, I'm just like you. I love , love the old, small towns. I really do. And your videos have really made me appreciate how wonderful our country is, with these beautiful small towns with fantastic history. So many stories to tell. You always make it so special. When I'm feeling blue, I watch your videos and I'm happy again. You and Nic are so special. Thank you so much xxooxx
Yrs ago we took the kids to Colorado to see family, when we left we cut through part of Nebraska going to SD. And somewhere on that side of that state we needed to stop, and there seemed to be a ghost town too. Abandoned like this, I wish I remembered exactly where. But we left quick, it was too eerie and uncomfortable to see if anyone was still there! This gave me dejavu big time!
Born and raised in Nebraska until middle school. Town i grew up in was 400 people and still is. But they are building a dozen new houses at the edge of town.
My ancestors came from Poland to here in Kansas in the 1870s. They lived close to the Malbork castle. They were Mennonite. I believe a Catholic congregation has the church where our ancestors are buried.
@gosbeskidu1929: Poland: a great President and a great country. Your President is sorely needed in the USA, Canada and Australia in order to save these nations like he has saved Poland.
American Legion Post 323, Brewster, Nebraska - original charter application Nov 1919 - that's the origin year of the American Legion itself. Active Post 323 is now in Lehigh Acres, Florida.
Went thru some towns there I didn't even know existed, and I live on the eastern side of Nebraska. Don't get to the middle of the state often. Thanks for the video.
Uncle Buck's Lodge has a website! It is a 10,000 acre working ranch where, apparently, you can stay in one of their 8 double rooms or bunkroom. That was in 2005 (not much more on the website that I can find apart from photos) and the latest review on YELP is 2023! So there you go.
Awesome car treasure you found! I was in the Midwest in the Army. I miss the beauty! My wife had me move back to Georgia! She is from a farm8ng town in Iowa. We still clash,lol
Joe an Nic, Anselmo seem like such a nice little, so sad to see it dying, such good vibes. Dunning is even sadder, yikes! Brewster!!! Really Joe ,this is too much, county seat or not. This is like beating a dead horse. It makes me shake my head in sadness.
There's a popular WW2 RUclips channel called "WW2 Wayfinder". He goes back to cities in Europe that have soldiers in the pictures during WW2. He then takes pictures of the same spot today and lays the pictures over each other for the then/now effect 80 years later. The pictures are fascinating and powerful. Every time I watch your videos of dying or close to abandoned old towns, I always think how cool it would be if you could do the same. Find old pictures of the town (if they exist) to show a then and now comparison. I know that could be a lot of work for you to find old pictures from back in the day of a particular small town but I think it would add another layer to the whole nostalgic feeling of these videos. Just a thought. Keep up the good work!
That would be really cool. They would have to be more like journalists to do that, contacting town/county officials and elders to get more photographic history. Lots of work just to dig up the photos, we just went through some of my father’s in 2022, he died at age 96. Great pictures taken right after WW2 when he and his brothers came home. Three brothers, all made it back, the stories are great, got my dad’s WW2 experiences on cassette, transcribed, and a typed up final history paper for college…somewhere in the basement for my kids to find and clear out when I die!🤣
I went to college in Hastings and some of these small towns were amazing even back then because it was interesting that these small communities existed. You had to really do some work to remain in them. I remember a friends mother telling me she had to drive 40 miles to the grocery store and an hour to her job. But everybody knew everybody and kids played outside.
Joe, would be interesting to visit Monowi, Nebraska. Population: 1. The smallest incorporated community in the USA. There are some other very small incorporated towns nearby as well.
Good stuff here, I really like the off freeway places. If this gets to you before you leave Nebraska, you should go to Alliance and checkout Carhenge. Stay safe and enjoy the travels.
I remember Uncle Bucks Lodge. Hadn't thought of it in years. Maybe all 12 people live there. It was in operation when I was there but that's been several years now. I would have to guess that some of those property values are a little off. I live in a very small Nebraska town, and our values aren't anywhere near that. Thank you for not making derogatory comments about these towns. I have seen many youtubers just slam us. There are reasons why we stay in these little old places. Slower pace, quiet, family, and friends. It can be hard on younger people. I'm retired, and it's my intention to never leave. Safe travels to you.
@stevedammann9858 yeah, I was never able to work in my town. I was lucky I could drive truck. Had to drive about 80 miles to the truck terminal every week and drive back from it on the weekend. Picked up groceries and stuff before I came home. Just a different way of living. Obviously, most people just have to leave.
All these houses and buildings that are empty in these videos, thousands by now, yet on real estate sites like Zillow, not one house or building is for sale...I have not found one yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! oops I take that back..that building in Brewster sold for $65,000...it was nice inside.....great deal
Lol...I live in a town similar to this. We aren't abandoned and we don't want more people. Everyone falls into their role quire nicely and the money might be less but so the cost of living. I know everyone's name. We notice cars driving through town, we have many many friends because when everyone knows everyone the whole town is cordial. We raise kids, we grill out, we boat on the local dam, and we basically have our own secret paradise. We own planes and fly to anywhere I wanna go. Keep your congested streets and loud noises. Our kids are safe and they grow up. Leave town, and go be successful people. But 3 or 4 of every generation Stays and farms or does the local construction and we make a fuggin town out of it. We love it.
For those of us whose traveling days are over, these trips of yours are like us being there! Great video and commentary. Thanks, and praise to you.
And also for those of us who live half the globe away.
Btw, I watch these from India
I like that you got out of the vehicle a little longer, for a closer look. I really like the factual objectivity, yet friendly and personable voice. Really a fresh vibe on RUclips!
@@amyschmidt1113 Thank you!! 👍😀
My father played basketball for Anselmo High in that community building. It was one of the better gyms in the county at that time. Howard Smets ran the cafe for years and his wife, Lucile, taught eighth grade in Anselmo and Merna. She was an excellent and caring teacher.
Its sad to see abandoned homes that maybe once housed a family with love and laughter. Also abandoned cars make me think of when they were brand new and someone went excitedly into a showroom and bought it. Who knows what adventures it took them on.
It was NOT all love and laughter.
hi guys i am gene thompson from long beach ca iam 81 years old i watch your videos all the time i love your work
I admire you, sir!
The silence/lack of noise in these towns is amazing.
Elderly people who probably stay in their homes and don't make noise. Wonder where they get groceries?
@@johnking8896 Most likely a delivery service of some sort.
Cars are usually the noisemakers. Not many there. Must be nice.
Ghosts dont make much noise, only a whispering hoo, hoo, only at night and in the cellar of empty houses.
@@johnking8896 Us in rural towns usually make a big drive once or twice a months to bigger towns/cities. Some folks go more or less than that. Buy items in bulk.
Thanks for another great video Joe, it’s sad to see the plains and western communities dying and vanishing.
There was never much out there. In the past, I guess there was more farming there. Never any real industries.
Sorry that's Plains state😂 not west
@@mikehocking4836He said plains…
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 Farming = Food. Feeding America is everything.....hence I don't understand your remark that "there was never much out there".
@@jens7898 I meant there was never much development and/or other industries besides farming out there.
"A lot of beautiful decay." I love that phrase.
First off, I want to say you two are doing a GREAT job! I love seeing all the small towns and communities you are showcasing. You have a nice, soft spoken voice which is easy to listen to and very enjoyable. I appreciate that you do such in-depth research on the areas you are showing, it helps give a good overall picture of the area. I also want to say how much I appreciate the fact that you move slowly with your camera. I have seen so many travel videos where the camera person moves so quickly, I get dizzy and barfy and can no longer watch. So, thank you! Thank you for taking it slow! I am also grateful you don’t play irritating background music! That’s just annoying. I want to hear what is going on outside…the birds, the cars, the wind, whatever sounds are happening. Keep up the good work!
My sister met a NE boy in CA. They married and moved to Henderson. They moved to Palmer and finally settled in Grand Island. Every summer we visited and went to the Hall Co fair. Good memories.
Fun fact about Anselmo! That sod house there was built in the 60s for Nebraska’s centennial celebration. The small wooden building next to it was actually the jail of the town (no longer in use, of course.) The grocery store there is also the only grocery store for 20 miles, so it brings in a lot of people from the surrounding area. It actually almost closed in 2021, until someone bought it
Also, in Brewster, the white building on the left at 23:56 is an church that just this year celebrated their 125th anniversary!
Thank you for the facts, my friend.
Thanks! I loved the sod house!
Does anyone grow and sell organic grain or buck wheat hulls?
I’d like to see you speak to some of the residents in these small, dying towns to get their perspective on what it’s like to live there .
If he could find anyone!
Yep in county hause , talk to one person !!! the guy of the video miss a great opportunity !!
Brewster has a TON of resilience. There are local legends that put a ton of time and effort to keep it going.
Joe, i can't tell you how much i enjoy these videos. I am past my traveling days and i really love watching these videos. Thank you for doing this. Kind of sad seeing these old towns dying out.
The slowliness of your videos gives me so much peace! Greetings from Germany!
My wife and I stayed at Uncle Buck's Lodge a few years back. Lots of interesting western decor and pictures in there. It really is out in the middle of nowhere.
Hey Joe, just watched your video in Nebraska. We live in Vancouver, Washington but lived in the small town of Ritzville for 7 years. About 1600 people, it’s the county seat and has the original 1800’s county courthouse, it also has a golf course, swimming pool, a restored working Carnegie library, a beautifully restored 1937 movie theater still running movies on the weekends,a hospital, a family doctor on Main Street, and a pharmacy. Since you love finding small towns all across the country, we know you’ll love the small town of Ritzville, Washington. We look so forward to your videos! Thanks, Monty and Lorrie
I'll check it out!
My husband has been through Ritzville many many times on his way from Portland to Spokane.
I currently live in Ritzville. A lot of nice people live here along with a lot of charming older homes and buildings.
@@shanecombs-ts2wo It’s a great little town, we made a lot of nice friends. Hope Joe goes there and does a video.
@@shanecombs-ts2wo I agree!
I grew up in a middle class muslim family in Karnataka India watching American cartoons on TV. My entire childhood was taken over by Flinstones, Scooby Doo, Richie Rich, Woody Woodpecker, Ed Edd n Eddy, Dexter's Lab, Hey Arnold, Cat Dog, and oh so many American cartoons. And i always want to see America in reality but couldn't due to financial reasons. Thanks to your videos, I'm seeing places I wouldn't otherwise ❤
That's how some of us here feel about India ❤ isn't it great we can see so much on the internet, at least one good thing came from it. ✌️
@@Kellz58 Absolutely, I wouldn't have imagined I'd see so much of the world and it's all thanks to the internet. They say if you really like something, it will come to you and I happened to stumble upon this channel out of nowhere and I'm so glad I discovered it.
@@ganiwaseem9210 perhaps one day you can visit the US, my traveling days are over. I've only made it to Mexico in the 80s, otherwise this is my way too of seeing the world at this point in life. Your country is beautiful too from what I can see ❤️
We were shown all those shows too. Greetings from Canada!
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wow this is so relatable im also from india . i was born in 90s and i totally relate to you because i love so much watching Cartoon at that time and these cartoon(Flinstones, Scooby Doo, Richie Rich, Woody Woodpecker, Ed Edd n Eddy, Dexter's Lab, johnny bravo, powerpuff girls , duck tales etc) feel the image that how the America was lookalike , richness , fantasies , prosperity about America , everything looks good and developed , the things that in "happening in America" that you will not find in rest of world, i always used to learn and memorize from the map of America that how much states are their , what a great culture they have,people live their best lives , no any fanatic religion, stereotype tradition, terrorism ,you can live you life as the way you are live, everything that trend in America about technology ,music, engineering medical field , education or that we see or experience in our day to day life it comes from this absolutely amazing nation and it really makes me to visit or you can say a dream to visit America once in a lifetime . this is so true and i think most of Indians who are in their 30s will relate to your this comment. thank you to god and gratefulness that we see and experience in this internet era , due that we can see the united states of America.
The Sandhills of Nebraska with Highway 2 are a very scenic area. Most of the towns along Highway 2 were established by the CB&Q railroad as it pushed northwest all the way to Billings, MT. The train you showed was an empty, double coal train headed back to the mines near Gillette, WY. That train was about 3 miles long. These trains are supplying power plants south and east as far as Georgia and Alabama.
I lived in Gering, then in Scottsbluff. I love the Sandhills. This was in the early to mid 1970s. The farmers in the Sandhills were still raising and useing draft horses, mostly in winter, because they can get around and work when the cars & trucks cannot. 😊
That's a 1942 Dodge, very limited production before the auto plants shut down in early Feb 1942 to manufacture war material.
It would be hard to buy though. Good luck finding the legal owner.
That train was amazing! It had 6 DPUs. Must have been a coal train from Wyoming. ❤
@@erikthorne a title would be easy to get ...i restore old cars and could get a title issued easily
@@glennakendall6155Wonder if it made its way east through La Plata?!😊
@@NoNameNoFace-rr7li But who would you buy it from? The guy who parked it could have died 40 years ago and it has gone through and estate or two. How would you find the person who actually owns it? The town or county probably own the lot for back taxes. I wonder if they could sell it as abandoned property? Probably quicker and cheaper to buy the lot for back taxes than trying to buy the car. What have you built?
When my fiancee and I had traveled through Nebraska in '88 we traveled through many towns that had population signs stating as much as 300 and some at less than a 100, one or two with less than twenty. They were exactly
as this video portrays; at times we would be stared at as we were from another planet. These little towns were on the brink of extinction even then.
There were never really big towns out that way. As another poster has said, most of the populations of these areas live on nearby farms. It's always been that way.
There are many small towns out in the sandhills of Nebraska still doing well and lost hardly any population... I live in Ord Neb. we maintained a population of 2300 and we been at that same population for at least 40 years... Ord is just over an hour east of Anselmo...
@@RobertColfack Ord sounds familiar. We were asked to video tape a wedding. They put us up in a bed and breakfast in the country. Neat place. About 20 years ago.
I always look at abandoned homes and try and imagine the excitement of its 1st residents. When it was the newest house in town…
You should have went into the lodge in Brewster! You would be amazed!! Also, the memorial on the church in Dunning is for my brother. We live between Dunning and Brewster!
Hey Joe I’m fan of yours . I’m from manila Philippines. You have a nice content . Very relaxing & chill everytime I watch your vlogs . Keep it up take care
Awesome! Thank you!
I'm watching Rural Nebraska from Mysuru, Karnataka, India. Thanks for helping me live my dream virtually ❤
chennai here !😁
The USA has over 2500 small dying towns that could take 3000 refugee families for a 10 to 15 year resettlement sustainable living resettlement programs
They are lying when they say America does not have room. It is the races of the refugees that is the issue
Interesting, because I watch videos of India and I'm from Nebraska. The wonder of the internet, huh?
@@jedmlnabsolutely and also the efforts of content creators. Writing From India.
Stayed in USA for 5 years. But always on job. Was a dream to explore. But his videos are making me satisfied.
I know Arthur.
Wow, so this is what happens to the "All American towns" they disappear gracefully. How sad and haunting this is. So many houses just left, cities disappear, so much open space for everyone and yet so beautiful. Thanks for sharing and have a great day with safe travels
some gracefully....many not so much. The school closes (no kids to fill it)...the grocery store closes (not enough revenue to make a living)... mechanized farming means less labor needed......sad facts....
Im surprised that more people dont grow french intensive organic vegetables there.
Or grow and make value added products to sell through the internet. Im suprised to not see big vegetable gardens either.
I graduated from Brewster High School in 1964. There were only 10 kids in the 12th grade, only 1 in the 11th grade. Registered for the draft in the County seat there. I hardly recognized much of the town. You did not show the school. Turner Garage was where I left my uncle's car after the radiator froze up on a cold winter's day.
Another great Saturday morning! Love getting on RUclips to see another video by Joe & Nicole. Especially these small Midwest towns….
I feel disrespected watching this
@@TOCC50 How?
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717 I live on one of those streets and he wasn’t very nice to us!
@@TOCC50I don't know exactly what you're referring to, but I don't think I've ever heard a disrespectful word come out of Joe's or Nicole's mouth. I'm sorry you felt that way and I'm sure they would be, too.
It happens. We're all humans afterall
Great to see you drive through Brewster. I have a lot of dead relatives buried there in the cemetery.
As I clicked o this video I wondered if Anselmo would be in this video and was happy to see it was. I just watched this video and my mother was born in Anselmo, NE and we still have a few relatives there. The sod building by the veterans memorial is owned by relatives of mine and the wooden building used to be a jail, a long time ago.
If Nebraska didn't have such harsh weather, I'd definitely be living there. But I hate winter and 80mph winds!!
Beats the heat
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winter and 80mph winds?
sounds a lot like Scotland... the nature is nothing like it though
I'm from the hot California valley where every summer reaches 114 degrees. We get over 300 days of sunshine a year and 19 inches of less per year. I certainly take cooler weather over this oven.
Just get a house with fireplace n have lots of wood n u can make it thru winter. Have all plumbing and pipes well insulated to withstand the cold..
Some beautiful areas out there. Peace and quiet.
Great video Joe really appreciate it. Thanks for the ride along. These small and extremely small towns are my favorites. Where others see desolation and decay I see peace and quiet. The first town you showed I imagine that was an old Soddy house. Where they literally cut sod out of the prairie and stacked it like brick to make a house. With wood on the prairie being scarce. And the other towns with that population you could indeed say…. I know everyone in town. LoL. I can’t help it I just love these places. They still have a beauty to me. And on a last note. The last town with 12 souls you just have to love a place like that. And I’m glad you will actually take time to go to them. All the stats are great appreciate you always doing them, they’re one of my favorite parts. The last town with the average age of 81.5 is one of the oldest I can remember you having on here maybe I missed somewhere else but I don’t remember it. The only reason I can think of for the houses there to be more expensive is maybe it’s the lifetime home of these older people and it’s the sentimental price considering the age of the folks that live there. Just me saying. Looking forward to your next video. Safe travels my friend, keep videoing and I’ll keep watching.
Great comment, I agree with everything you said.
Dodge - Jay Leno says, "We find an old car in a barn or on the desert, take it back to the shop, put $100,000 into it, and Congratulations! You've got yourself a $40,000 automobile!"
.....That you probably couldn't sell for even 30K after storing, maintaining, and advertising it for a decade or so! Unfortunately, it is such a shame to see something so, so glorious weathering away as it's presently just too costly to transport to safe storage.
It looks good though.
I know Leno is right about that, but if someone was looking for a project car, that one would be a good one.
@@northernbohemianrealist I have to agree with him. My two best friends are car guys and own a garage. They’re into the hi performance jobs and own a couple of dragsters they race and like they said no matter what you finally sell it for you’ll never get your money back. LoL and I’ve been with em when they have laid out a lotta money. LoL
That's how he's a millionaire 😂
Almost bought a home in a small town in Nebraska. It was a two-story, two-bedroom, with a stand-alone 1 1/2 car garage, on 2/3 of a acre, for 26,000 7 years ago but insurance on the home was 2,684 a year. Home had hardwood floors, new roof, new storm windows, and new metal siding. Would have been my retirement home as my income this year is $1234 a month. Nearest store, gas and banking was in a town 12 miles away. The town's population at the time was 63.
Except for the insurance, it sounds wonderful!
@@jorgejiminez-rk1uu That's true.
What town? I lived with my aunt in Anselmo for about a yr. Grew up in Alda
@@dog-thebackwardgod Broadwater is located ESE of Scottsbluff on the north side of the North Platte River.
@@jamesstrickland517 OK, I know it. My brother lived in Scottsbluff till he died of ALS
it will be a good experience to sit down & talk to some local residents
You could really get a good picture of these small towns by being in the rural area of each one. The sandhills is the main income which is why there are more cattle in Nebraska than people.. lol Great places to grow up!
Grew up in omaha , spent 30 years in the army , retired and moved back to Nebraska ( small town) people who have never lived in nowhere dont get the peacefulness and the quiet!! If more than 2 cars drive by the house, its a traffic jam!!!
I grew up in a small town in Nebraska . The population was 250 people which was also the population of the schools. What you are not taking into account when you see these towns at the lot of them the majority of the population is in the outlying Farms which do not count in the town population but that's where the majority of the people live in these towns.
So the outlying areas don't support the towns?
@@Joseph70663 Not really. They haven't since the car became popular. These towns were platted by the rail roads. Their market consisted of the people that lived in the area that one could travel to and fro in a day. Even then people would travel even further on week long trips to shop. They did this because the prices were cheaper in the large areas. Plus the farmer actually had more time than money so the economics worked for them. Then came the car and people started going more to the county seats because of variety and price. Then better roads and cars and people started going to the more regional centers to shop. What people forget is one company changed retail in America. Sears Roebuck. Farmers could order from the catalogue and have it delivered cheaper than they could buy it locally. Amazon? I have a history degree from the University of North Dakota. Great-great-grandparents homesteaded.
@@erikthorne I would imagine the same thing that made these towns also helped spell their downfall. Trains, driving through all hours of the day and night. That would be unsettling to be jarred awake by the noise and vibration every evening. These towns would be very quiet until they're not.
@@DonariaRegia Eh...I've lived all over the place and you're never all that far from railroad tracks. In most of the places I've lived, I could hear trains.
@@the_gilded_age_phoenix8717exactly I’ve lived in California pretty much my whole life and the only place I never heard a train was across the border in Mexico when I lived there last year
I am amazed how clean and cute Brewster is! It's obvious residents take pride in it. Beautiful! Kudos! Thank you for opening my eyes! ❤👍🏆👏❤️
Thanks!
Thank you!!!
I’ve been in big city in all my life, It’s amazing to me how simple life is out there. No schools, supermarkets, gas stations and stores, Do they even have TV, internet 🛜 or what they do for entertainment? Wow!
lol yes there’s internet out here and satellite tv…quiet and easy going living….traveling to a bigger town for supplies once a week….crime comes in to town from elsewhere though….ive never been to a big city…biggest was Denver but quite awhile ago….idk how people can live in a big city….overwhelming to me
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Living in the country is great, better with woods. If you are in the middle of the nation (almost anywhere) out in the country with woods, the wildlife is abundant, you will see it everyday. And, chances are you will have your own animals. I like horses, and live right by a 7,000 acre state park, with a 3,000 acre cattle ranch across the road. 8 miles to small city, 25 miles from outer suburbs, 65 miles to all the city problems anyone could ever want, or a Major League Baseball game, large Art Museum, large Zoo, etc. Never go there unless I have to, prefer Gods world and the animals around me. Two beautiful grey foxes came through right behind the house at dusk, probably coming to hunt the rabbits that come out of the woods to eat grass & clover.
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this is great and really underrated content. We need more places like this in America to thrive
That's some pretty wide open country. I can't help thinking that there's people in these lonely old towns that would rather live there than anywhere else. As I get older, I've come to relate to that.
I'm a rural Nebraskan who lives about an hour and 15 minutes east of the first town he showed in a town named Ord... There are some towns in rural Nebraska still doing well like my town, and many others he showed some of the hardest hit small towns... I do remember those towns he showed use to be bigger back 40 to 50 years ago...But people die off and kids leave town and this is what happens...
@user-hd3dq1wj1c I think a lot more has to do with the nature of modern agricultural enterprises. Not as many people needed and the ability to travel longer distances for services.
Joe, try to find and talk to the people in those small town or you may arrange to meet with them before you even go their town. They will give you some ideas about their town.
Thanks
I worked in Nebraska on the railroad and drilling rigs back in 1981. There are some lively towns. When you get into the corn. the pheasant hunting is great.
...but, when you're "into the corn," you prolly should avoid the children.
Железная дорогаWhat are the salaries on the railway? How much do you spend on living per month?
No matter where in the world, abandoned houses and towns make me sad. A history, an experience is ending. My own country, Turkey, was once a country with a rural population and beatiful villages, but even in my country the villages were abandoned.
Why. The earth quakes?? Curious
@@rosalindalay4499 Not earthquakes. Like the US or other countries. People are looking for ''better'' lives and new opportunities.
This is happening all over the world.
This is my kind of town as long as it has a good cellular signal and internet, I could live here comfortably and a town nearby for supplies and such
❤ me too
Same here!
I want good gardening or farming soil and non toxic drinking water and soil. Clean place to swim is nice too!
so true so true and don't forget the 100% .....maybe more young girl !!
Unfortunately the drinking water in Nebraska is not great mostly due to the large amount of agriculture and mishandling of infrastructure. I was surprised. Lived in major cities prior and ended up here and was surprised by that fact
Wow. Sooooo deserted! Strange little towns in Nebraska! Great explore Joe!😊😊😊
My son's buried (along with most of my husband's family) in Austin Cemetery right down the road from Anselmo between Loup City and Rockville. We'll be traveling to Merna next month with my other son's football team.
WE might be related. Grandfather had dryland farm north of Rockville, south of Loup City.
@@jamesb7651 What's the last name?
Brewster is kept so clean Beautiful little spot for 12 people ❤
that was your best decision to visit this place .i love it all .every second i watched it make me feel fueling myself .i love to see such abandoned places .
thank u very much to visit it ❤
I am really enjoying your military service and thank you for your service to your country. The years sure go by fast and we fin̈d ourselves so much older now. Lots of those good memories to look back on. Thank you for your story.😊
This was absolutely fantastic! I love this kind of content. Thank you so much for bringing it to us
Thank you, Scott!
Thank you, from England, for showing us these beautiful towns in your videos. We don't really have any towns/villages quite like this in the UK, in England anyway. In fact village life is disappearing rapidly as the villages get housing estates built around them (occasionally in gaps within them). There are still some villages around Somerset where we live but usually in more (for England) inaccessible places. It is fascinating to see these, in so many ways, sad, old towns with some attractive buildings still but as you say, dying and maybe in 20 years time, empty and dead. What amazes me is the space you have, I mean the wide-open spaces even around and in/among towns like these. I suppose many of them for various reasons have had their day, like most of the towns and cities in Siberia also. But thank you for showing us a selection of them before (as others say) nature takes its course.
yes, as the kiwi son of an Englishman, that spaciousness of the USA was quite striking compared to England, which felt quite cramped by comparison. Iinfrastructure isn't easily rebuilt, I wonder how long it will take to re-colonise these areas of the USA?
I hope everyone understands that most people in these towns work and do business in Broken Bow. Also the farms and ranches which could cover a 60-70 mile radius of these small towns do business there
Awesome video man. These small quiet towns give me the chills but same time relaxing lol😂
Dunning's population never exceeded 300 and yet at some point somebody chose to block that garage instead of parking literally any where else on that empty street.
I liked the door on the second story of that home. Reminded me of an episode of Bewitched. 😂
I have a friend who lives in Dunning not far from Halsey national forest...
Sadly I can say that somebody did. And it was probably somebody they knew but just didn't like. Small town life you know
thart is a very mid west thing. passive aggressive obstructionist. 😂 tourists from the Midwest wear signs identifying them as plague
Watching from the UK- this is the kind of roadtrip I’ve always wanted to do!
We have a lot of historical places here but there is something very unique about these towns and a lot of this is just stuff you wouldn’t see here.
Fascinating
I used to live in Omaha back in 1968 to 1972 we moved to Florida 🥵. In one town we lived in as kids we would walk a couple of blocks to a ranch and see and pet the ponies as we sat on the fence. The only thing I don't miss is the winter weather 🌡️
Hey Joe & Nic it’s so good to be back, been down for t(e count having my 6th spinal surgery. Take care guys good to be back watching the videos.
I was eating during the toilet scene! Thanks a lot! 😂
I enjoy the show reminds me of the road trips me and my late wife did back in the day . I would love to do it again but it’s not much fun by my self .
That old Dodge would be spectacular if restored! I was so glad to see you had posted this morning. Anselmo is a good-looking little town to have lost so much population. I fit right into Brewster! lol Uncle Buck's Lodge is a working cattle ranch. It offers a lot of amenities. Thanks a bunch.
Wow what lovely quiet towns they have in Nebraska & Iowa.. i wish i could visit there one day.. ☺️. I wish we have this quiet in my country. I live in an overpopulated island in the Mediterranean sea. Lots of noise & traffic! Great videos btw 😊
all along highway 2.....one of the most desolate roads I've ever driven. done it several times going from Grand Island up to South Dakota. Basically once you leave Grand Island, almost all the towns look like this and theyre far far apart. I'm from the city and it was so surprising to see such emptiness. South Dakota felt like a crowded metropolis after being along this highway for 8 hours!
Such a nice tour! Tellyuh, almost any of these places would be good to be in whenever "it hits the fan." They're quiet, peaceful, well cared for, probably as safe as one could find anywhere....not bad at all! Thanks from a Hoosier fan in Australia!
If you want to eat and drink,and have heat, after the 💩hits the fan, you are better off making sure you have woods✅ and a pond✅, and…it doesn’t hurt to have a 7,000 acre state park on one side with a river✅, a 3,000 acre cattle ranch on the other side of the road✅, horses✅, a rural electric CoOp that the people own✅and Amish near by✅.
Home sweet home.🥰
*And more guns per capita than normal (after all, hunting is a tradition here, and you can hear that almost every weekend.)
*And my next door neighbor is a highway patrolman.
*And in a bizarre twist, I have underground high speed cable internet, county sewer, county water, and underground electricity, so all underground utilities.
Can’t get much better than this!
Wow, Joe! You have no idea how happy you've made me. I was NOT thrilled when hubby had us move from Lake Tahoe to Omaha (Due to work). And I haven't been thrilled since. I'm NOT a city girl. I've lived all over the world. BUT, I'm just like you. I love , love the old, small towns. I really do. And your videos have really made me appreciate how wonderful our country is, with these beautiful small towns with fantastic history. So many stories to tell. You always make it so special. When I'm feeling blue, I watch your videos and I'm happy again. You and Nic are so special. Thank you so much xxooxx
Thank you for the kind words!!!
Yrs ago we took the kids to Colorado to see family, when we left we cut through part of Nebraska going to SD. And somewhere on that side of that state we needed to stop, and there seemed to be a ghost town too. Abandoned like this, I wish I remembered exactly where. But we left quick, it was too eerie and uncomfortable to see if anyone was still there! This gave me dejavu big time!
Thanks!! Really appreciate and enjoy your vids Joe. Keep up the good work. God Bless!! Andy, Vero BeachFL.
Thanks!!! 👍
Such a shame theres so many people in the cities and suburbs. Packed, and theres so many places like this that could make a beautiful life for them.
Great Nebraska in Middle of Nowhere🤠
Born and raised in Nebraska until middle school. Town i grew up in was 400 people and still is. But they are building a dozen new houses at the edge of town.
I love those (near) ghost towns you're visiting. Best thing about your channel 👍
I enjoy seeing inside business that are no longer operating.
Greetings for you guys. We watch you in Poland, and we love your channel. Very interesting things we have found out. Keep up the good work.
Are you located in Warsaw or Katowice ?
My ancestors came from Poland to here in Kansas in the 1870s. They lived close to the Malbork castle. They were Mennonite. I believe a Catholic congregation has the church where our ancestors are buried.
@@keithwiebe1787 I spent a. Day exploring that castle in 1980with my new Polish bride
@gosbeskidu1929: Poland: a great President and a great country. Your President is sorely needed in the USA, Canada and Australia in order to save these nations like he has saved Poland.
I enjoy it when you stop and walk around the downtown areas
American Legion Post 323, Brewster, Nebraska - original charter application Nov 1919 - that's the origin year of the American Legion itself. Active Post 323 is now in Lehigh Acres, Florida.
Went thru some towns there I didn't even know existed, and I live on the eastern side of Nebraska. Don't get to the middle of the state often. Thanks for the video.
Cars, buildings but no people walking around. So sad, beautiful country. Thank you!
I live in India and if I see no people walking around, I'll be the happiest person alive 😅
Uncle Buck's Lodge has a website! It is a 10,000 acre working ranch where, apparently, you can stay in one of their 8 double rooms or bunkroom. That was in 2005 (not much more on the website that I can find apart from photos) and the latest review on YELP is 2023! So there you go.
Awesome car treasure you found! I was in the Midwest in the Army. I miss the beauty! My wife had me move back to Georgia! She is from a farm8ng town in Iowa. We still clash,lol
Joe an Nic,
Anselmo seem like such a nice little, so sad to see it dying, such good vibes.
Dunning is even sadder, yikes!
Brewster!!!
Really Joe ,this is too much, county seat or not.
This is like beating a dead horse.
It makes me shake my head in sadness.
Dunning has the consolidated HS, Sandhills. There’s less than 50 students for 4 grades.
Yes baby a more close up look at things 🚽😝. This is so damn good on 4K 📺👍🏼. Unlike anything else Joey 📹👦🏼👧🏻👜
What an interesting channel. Brings back fond memories of life in the midwest. I was born in 1956 in Kansas. Thank you for being respectful.
There's a popular WW2 RUclips channel called "WW2 Wayfinder". He goes back to cities in Europe that have soldiers in the pictures during WW2. He then takes pictures of the same spot today and lays the pictures over each other for the then/now effect 80 years later. The pictures are fascinating and powerful.
Every time I watch your videos of dying or close to abandoned old towns, I always think how cool it would be if you could do the same. Find old pictures of the town (if they exist) to show a then and now comparison.
I know that could be a lot of work for you to find old pictures from back in the day of a particular small town but I think it would add another layer to the whole nostalgic feeling of these videos. Just a thought.
Keep up the good work!
That would be really cool. They would have to be more like journalists to do that, contacting town/county officials and elders to get more photographic history. Lots of work just to dig up the photos, we just went through some of my father’s in 2022, he died at age 96. Great pictures taken right after WW2 when he and his brothers came home. Three brothers, all made it back, the stories are great, got my dad’s WW2 experiences on cassette, transcribed, and a typed up final history paper for college…somewhere in the basement for my kids to find and clear out when I die!🤣
I went to college in Hastings and some of these small towns were amazing even back then because it was interesting that these small communities existed. You had to really do some work to remain in them. I remember a friends mother telling me she had to drive 40 miles to the grocery store and an hour to her job. But everybody knew everybody and kids played outside.
Good timing for that train crossing in Anselmo, Joe. No way you could have planned that!
And no stupid graffiti on it! Amazing!!
I really enjoy your road trips. Very cool
Good find on the car.... love it
Thank you for making these videos. Relaxing after a hard week.
Joe, would be interesting to visit Monowi, Nebraska. Population: 1. The smallest incorporated community in the USA. There are some other very small incorporated towns nearby as well.
Kara and Nate who have a RUclips channel have visited there and documented the experience
I've owned an unimproved lot in Anselmo since 1982. Taxes are about $12.00 per year!
Good stuff here, I really like the off freeway places. If this gets to you before you leave Nebraska, you should go to Alliance and checkout Carhenge. Stay safe and enjoy the travels.
I remember Uncle Bucks Lodge. Hadn't thought of it in years. Maybe all 12 people live there. It was in operation when I was there but that's been several years now. I would have to guess that some of those property values are a little off. I live in a very small Nebraska town, and our values aren't anywhere near that.
Thank you for not making derogatory comments about these towns. I have seen many youtubers just slam us. There are reasons why we stay in these little old places. Slower pace, quiet, family, and friends. It can be hard on younger people. I'm retired, and it's my intention to never leave. Safe travels to you.
If i was living on my own and i had a job there i would live there
@stevedammann9858 yeah, I was never able to work in my town. I was lucky I could drive truck. Had to drive about 80 miles to the truck terminal every week and drive back from it on the weekend. Picked up groceries and stuff before I came home. Just a different way of living. Obviously, most people just have to leave.
I really enjoy your videos. I like it when you talk to people in the towns.
Your videos are very interesting and enjoyable. Thanks
All these houses and buildings that are empty in these videos, thousands by now, yet on real estate sites like Zillow, not one house or building is for sale...I have not found one yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oops I take that back..that building in Brewster sold for $65,000...it was nice inside.....great deal
I was wondering what that sold for!
Lol...I live in a town similar to this. We aren't abandoned and we don't want more people. Everyone falls into their role quire nicely and the money might be less but so the cost of living. I know everyone's name. We notice cars driving through town, we have many many friends because when everyone knows everyone the whole town is cordial. We raise kids, we grill out, we boat on the local dam, and we basically have our own secret paradise. We own planes and fly to anywhere I wanna go. Keep your congested streets and loud noises. Our kids are safe and they grow up. Leave town, and go be successful people. But 3 or 4 of every generation Stays and farms or does the local construction and we make a fuggin town out of it. We love it.
Fascinating and sad. Beautiful countryside. I could watch these small towns all day.