In general the Great Lakes shores are always an eye opener for people from other parts of the country. They don't realize how it's more Inland Seas than what you'd think of as lakes. Each coastal area, nook and cranny has its own character, one nicer than the next, same for our friendly neighbors on the other side of the border.
And you can chill your beer in Lake Superior and huron ! Just so u all know,when that north west wind blows in winter,those eastern or downwind lakeshores get a nasty cold biting moisture filled and snow filled shoreline, when it gets colder ! Saul st Marie is between 3 different lakes,it gets a lot of snow,so does London ontario! Or western Michigan
As we peeps keep losing the climate crisis struggle the Great Lakes region looks more and more like a future place destination, in spite of the boom and bust Rust Belt legacy.
The statistics explain why it’s so beautiful and clean. The older population wants their town quite, clean, and free of drama. Makes for a charming place to visit and relax.
Oh I'm sure there is plenty drama about a lot of things that don't matter--lots of stink eye when you let your lawn grow 2 cm's past the required length and probably become an outcast if you had a democratic candidate signage on your front lawn.
@@davidlemons5650 Hardly, I'm 53 and I grew up partially in Northern WI, had a cousin in Ashland. Went back to the Duluth area for a bit in 2003. I love my friends who still reside in the midwest but I couldn't handle the outsized role christianity plays and the conservative values. I got back to the west coast were we freaks feel free. There is not one aspect of the republican agenda I'm good with aside from gun rights. So nope, not even with time, I actually feel I've become more liberal with age.
@@jeremyserwer2586 🤣🤣🤣 I can hear it now. “Fred, I noticed that your lawnmower didn’t have the grass catcher attached the last time you mowed.” I have pictures!
@@justpray365 This is the midwest so they most likely will never confront a person directly. It will play out in weird passive aggressive battles and then one day there will be a dead bird under your windshield wiper.
The first of the three houses in Ashland for sale is 804 9th Ave W. Price is $325,000. The second is 810 9th Ave W, and sold on July 17th for $128,000. The third house, 812 9th Ave W, is currently pending at $149,900.
As someone from Wisconsin originally you went to the most beautiful area in the state. Bay field has so much to do-even in winter with the ice caves. Next time you go should go over to Madeline island. So amazing
Yeah, Madeline Island is amazing, as a teen with some friends we visited the island several times, much to explore around the island, including secluded tiny towns of unknown origins, and the county beach next to the state park beach is worth several days of camping out. (Don't forget to bring the deep-woods off)
Skiing, snowmobiling, XC skiing, ice fishing, snowshoeing, hockey season for the kids, hunting, and even a car race out on the ice of Lake Superior. I spent more time out of doors in the fall and winters than I did the rest of the year.
I am on a month- long trip from Reno, Nevada to the mid- west. The farthest east I got was Two Rivers, Wisconsin. I am in Madison now. Wisconsin has impressed me with beautiful greenery everywhere, polite drivers and lots of things for tourists to see such as the National Mustard Museum, Great Lakes Maritime Museum and botanical gardens in Madison. The summer weather is great, but I am guessing that the winters are not so good. On the negative side many rural and city roads in Wisconsin and Iowa are horrible ( some freeways as well). There sometimes seem to be more patches than original road. All-in-all, I like Wisconsin very much. Oh, I forgot to mention the wonderful cheese.
I've lived every where.... Tennessee, Washington State... California for years, Japan... but Wisconsin has always drawn me back. It's a beautiful place.
Sorry to say, you missed what many of us in So. WI do and that's go up north to northern WI and the U.P. That's where a lot of the beauty is, especially along Lake Superior and all sides of upper Lake Michigan.
I enjoyed the tour of the Northern cities in WI. I have lived in WI for 16 years and have never traveled that far North. There are beautiful homes, quaint downtowns and gorgeous views of Lake Superior. Thank you for bringing the hidden gems of WI into the light!
Welcome to Wisconsin! We love sharing our beautiful state with others! Bayfield is definitely a tourist town. Ashland is our favorite town up in that area! We actually have not done much exploring in Iron River! Enjoyed the tours! 💙Terry and Terri
I've been all over the US and northern Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan is one of the most beautiful regions I've ever seen, especially in the fall. The coast along Lake Superior is spectacular, never seen water so blue. One of the more underrated and overshadowed regions of our nation in my opinion.
The peak 1910 population can be explained by something you saw, but may not have realized, on all the shoreline towns and will see in the UP as well. Ore docks. All the towns have the remains of the now almost water level ore docks jutting out into the lake which were used by the, then huge, labor intensive mining and railroad industries. Look for an old, intact one, when you get to Marquette. They are quite impressive.
These docks were used to load brown stone to be shipped to major cities to make their brown stone buildings. You can find several downtown Bayfield just like Chicago or New York.
True, but also logging. The ore in the Gogebic/Penokee range S and a bit E of Ashland is not easily accessed: they were trying to revive some of it NE of Mellen to near Marengo, or at least exploring it. Ashland used to have three rail lines and a yard on its south side, plus the Soo Line dock on the east (I guess this is now a park, per my lawyer up there) and the old Northwestern docks further east of there past the Wallys on Highway 2. Nice place to eat lunch but tons of gulls!
@@artsteadman2230 Ashland actually tore down the last ore dock years ago. There was a group that wanted to make it a historical landmark (or something similar) to preserve it.
Thank You for visiting our Great State of Wisconsin! There is a lot to see and experience. People are helpful and nice, and we wish to keep it that way. Hope you spend a lot more time checking into other towns, especially Eagle River, Minoqua area while you're up there. Other places not to miss are Door County, many towns in the Driftless Zone, and stop in to see House on the Rock and its museum in Spring Green! You won't be disappointed!
We will be back to Wisconsin for a more thorough look, most likely next spring. We're trying to get up into New England (where we're heading to now) before winter on this trip. :)
Door County is wonderful. I haven't been there in years. I have heard it has developed, I don't know if that is a good or bad thing. Door County/Egg Harbor as well is total tourist. Many folks from Ill. have "Summer homes" there.
My wife and I have been to Bayfield several times. We usually go in the fall when the leaves are changing and the numerous apple orchards in the area are harvesting. As you said, it''s a beautiful place, even more so in the fall. The Apostle Islands cruise is well worth looking into.
The last time I saw a true A&W that wasn't connected to another fast food chain was years ago when we would go to visit my aunt in Milwaukee Wisconsin. It was across the alley right behind her house. Man how I miss the good old days.
Hi Joe & Nic from a blustery, wet 16C south London, UK. Yep that Bayfield certainly looks like the kinda place to lay your hat in retirement. Here we have a town called Eastbourne on the south coast that has the nickname "God's waiting room" - it's mainly filled with the old folk!
Went to college there in late seventies, it was called Northland College. I saw the first star wars movie at the Bay Theater. Vaughn Street was the the nicest, my frat house was on McArthur, one block away.
Was wondering what Northland was like, I was in Ashland in the mid-'70s for 3 years and miss the town, of course, the economy left something to be desired.
Thank you for showing off beautiful parts of our state. These videos were taken when Lake Superior was peaceful and calm. But when the weather turns it gets rough. There is a part of US 2 that's right by the shore and 4 lanes. The last time we were there, waves were crashing over all 4 lanes.
Nice towns. Nice streets. Nice looking houses. Love those neighborhoods with all the big trees providing lots of shade. I could see myself living in these places.
@rridderbusch518 Totally false. People like you just come up with random dumb ideas then spread lies. All of Wisconsin is cold but Northern Wisconsin is brutal cold, especially the areas that also get the Lake Superior snow effect. In fact most of Canada ( 90%) lives within 100 miles of the US in much warmer places than Northern Wisconsin, not all but most. Think about statistics before you just throw stuff out there. Northern Wisconsin is brutal for 6 to 7 months a year.
I've visited 39 of the U.S. states and lived in 6, but I've never set foot in Wisconsin. By now it's unlikely I'll ever get there; so many thanks to you for this tour!! This region of Wisconsin looks nice
A friend from Texas told me he loves the state, but the winters can be brutal! I said yes that is true, but we preserve better! He said that was a warming thought! Lol Thank you Joe and Nic and congrats on another awesome tour! Safe travels!!!
Washburn is more enjoyable imo, less touristy and there is a bakery/restaurant (cafe coco) which is fantastic. Patsy's bar and grill is a must stop for drinks/burgers.
Bayfield has a huge Apple Festival in October. People go up there to see the fall colors and attend the festivities. Boating and sailing are the summertime sports along with golf. There's a course on Madeline Island, just a short ferry ride away.
We used to go to the apple festival every year and take home two bushels of apples. Then it got to be more popular and my mother stopped taking us. We loved going to the festival and having all those apples to snack on for the next month.
First time watching. I'm from Wisconsin and lived in Ashland County. Nice to see home. I'm in Alaska now. I don't remember northern Wisconsin being so affluent with well paying jobs. That's one reason why I moved away from northern Wisconsin. I do love it and miss it though.
I wouldn't bet on finding all those well-paying jobs most anywhere in northern Wisconsin. However, the cost of living in general is much more affordable in Northern Wisconsin, just don't try to buy a house or property in Bayfield city unless you are somehow independently wealthy.
Welcome to my home away from home!!! Summer and Spring are beautiful, Fall is Outstanding. Winter can be brutal, but if you like snowmobiling or skiing, it's great. In the winter when conditions are right, they drive across the lake to Madeline Island. If you look on Google Maps, it will show Ferry Line across the lake, which is actually County Road H. In the winter that same line becomes the Ice Road.
Welcome to Wisconsin. You will find some amazing places, especially up north there. As far as the A&W, we have over a dozen here in Wisconsin. If you get a chance, try the root beer!
There must be way more than that, just off the top of my head Superior, Iron River, Minong, Siren, Altoona, Phillips, Barron and Baldwin all have one, and all of those are just in the extremely rural northwestern corner of the state.
Great video guys, nicely maintained communities where folks have pride in maintaining their properties. A paradise in July and August after that time for the Winter gear. Cheers and safe travels!
These towns are pristine because the residents take care of their assets and expect their neighbors to do the same. Having been born in Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, I grew up on a farm. Left the home area and have worked in l lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Chicago, Colorado, Charleston, SC, and reside in Dallas for 46 years. The people of Wisconsin are simply outstanding, honest, hard working and reliable. Simply the best, like the way all people should be.
Lake Superior is so clean and beautiful. Always my favorite place. Prices will skyrocket. People from the hotter states with the $$$ are migrating up here . Stay safe and cool. Also you have got to try Culvers. Wisconsin classic.
Wisconsin... the state where every weekend the population increases by 50%. People trying to escape the Chicago area and I'm one of them. Love this area.
There are a lot of well to do Baby Boomers owning Summer homes in Bayfield, that may be why the income and home values are high. Up in NW Wisconsin, when you get away from Superior's shore, the towns get poorer for sure.
Bayfield is a tourist trap. Washburn is peaceful, has a nice wild park, a good neighborhood restaurant, and a hidden beach tucked away next to the marina. Bayfield is the "metropolis" of the area. Decent town. I try to come up here once or twice a summer, when it gets really hot here in the Twin Cities.
Washburn's motel isn't much better. My son and I did a golf trip after Labor Day last year and paid through the nose for basically a Motel 6 experience. We weren't warned that the scenic Apostle Highlands course would already have its greens "aerated" making them un-puttable. And they still socked us a premium price for playing. Not going back.
If you are into camping Big Rock Campground is just out of town to the northwest on the Sioux River. A smaller river runs on rock all the way out to the bay which is another fun day at the mouth of the Sioux and the bay.
We have spring here in Wisconsin. Last year it was on a Tuesday 😂. No but seriously, last year (2023) we broke two low temperature records in June. Spring here is generally just more winter minus the below zero temperatures.
@@katherinefuller5267 Spring on a Tuesday last year LMBO good one LoL 😂👍 I love the cold & can't stand heat I'm so glad I was born & still living in Wisconsin 🧀💚💛
My great-grandfather, Robert Jeffery, a crew member on the commercial schooner "Lucerne," died in November 1886 in that area on Lake Superior (all 9 crew members & captain perished). The Lucerne encountered a "blinding snowstorm and terrific gale wind" like the one memorialized in "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." An article said it was wrecked on Point Chequamegon on Lake Superior, 12 miles below Ashland. It had left Washburn or Ashland with a cargo of ore, destined for Cleveland, Robert's home. They ID'd him by 2 tattoos: shepherdess with a hook and ballerina!
I also lost a relative in the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan. My g-g-uncle was one of 6 crew members and only 20 years old. One of the crew members threw embers into the wind, landing on hay bales. Totally burnt. It was a small passenger ship from Manitowoc, WI to Waukegan, IL. Only one elderly couple made it to shore. What really gets me is that his parents came to America after they lost their first son as a worker on a North Sea ship. Neither were found. They moved inland after that :-(
A wonderful video, once again. Each of the towns was lovely, with some awesome holiday spots. Lots of gorgeous homes, and beautiful scenery. Lake Superior is amazing. Thanks so much, Joe and Nic, always enjoyable.😊💚
I recommend (when you’re ready to leave WI) on your next visit to take the Badger across Lake Michigan. It’s a historic ship that ferries your car across too. Plus Manitawoc is gorgeous, especially the back roads. And near Green Bay
A beautiful area. The Bayfield peninsula is known for their apple orchards. I wish you would've shown some of the beautiful murals around the city of Ashland. The big white building overlooking the marina is the Hotel Chequamegon. A lot of the big, beautiful homes were built by the lumbar barons and those in the mining and shipping industry in the late 1800's to early 1900's.
A lot of these beautiful huge homes built by logging and mining barrons,are expensive to heat and maintain. A lot are seeing the wrecking ball, unfortunately, yet the new homes are made out of pressed wood chips known as osb,and highly volatile glue is used to bond the chips together! Note I've burned some of this in my wood stove,it burns extremely hot when the glue is fairley new,but weathered osb is hard to burn. Osb=old shitty board you've hot 2 minutes to evacuate your house before it collapses in flames! Or you roast to death!
The murals are great! Unfortunately, the Golden Globe cafe is permanently gone now on Main St. near the city hall, big classic soda fountain greasy spoon, in classic '50 style and I think the unofficial real city hall. It was a fabulous '50 genre down to the employee decorations by their kids. Miss that hunk of the past.
What a treat, to ride along ! Through these United States, of the history and the colorful backgrounds, physically and culturally. I appreciate being informed, and the beauty you share. I am not able to travel myself, and the locations, interesting facts and information you share, are a blessing to me !
Been watching for a while now, awesome what you are doing to give your viewers a little taste of each of these cities. Im from Thunder bay Ontario, also on lake superior. We have been to Wisconsin many times. Always fun and nice people
It’s amazing what tourism can do for such a small town like Bayfield! The money made from it allows them to keep downtown well kept and taken care of. They obviously have a city council that cares about the city and knows how to spend their budget very well. Very impressive! Of course, being on Lake Superior certainly helps. So even as far north as Bayfield is, you could argue location does mean everything.
I happened to randomly come across this video and your channel. I love the videos, I added a bunch of them to my watch later playlist. You highlight many of the places most people overlook.
It's also known as La Tourista disease. If you stay for a weekend, make a reservation at a local hotel, if available, and bike or hike into town, very doable. Also, in fact, there are bike trails from Bayfield to Ashland, and for biking, Ashland is flat as a pancake many trails paved, right through town.
Another great video Joe. I’m not much of a northern person weather only nothing personal. LoL but those are some really nice towns especially the first one on the lake. Again for me it’s all the stats you take time to research and give us. Thanks for another great trip you’ve took me own. LoL have watched several other travel sites but you’re still my pick. You talk to us kinda like we’re just a friend sitting beside ya. LoL be safe my friend and travel on
You went through so many small little towns on the way over there. Port wing, herbster, cornucopia all of them are the small little towns you were looking. It's all some of the best tourist area in the state. Also by the way cornucopia is the highest town in Wisconsin.
Nice, you drove right past my guitar shop in Washburn. I am also from Flint, Michigan and watched your video from there. Definitely lots of familiar scenes in that video too. Cool video tour video series!
Heehee..! I can picture the uploader hitting Google quickly, thinking "What on earth are smelt runs and smelt feeds?" I should've eaten more of them when I was young. YUM! Now I'm too far away :-/
I love these videos because you'll see them from today but then you'll go to street view on Google Maps and the images haven't been updated since like 2008 so it's like a literal time capsule!
Just moved back to my home state, so I thank you for showing me some parts of the State that I might - or might not - ever get to see for myself. Though Bayfield is quite a northern beauty, a place I may need to make a beeline toward! ❤
I always enjoy these roadtrips. I was lucky enough to have an employer who sent me all over this country for 4 decades. We live in a great country. For those those think otherwise , please by all means travel outside the USA. Not Europe. Other places. It will open ypur eyes.
Thank you Nick for showing these beautiful and neat places and Also for showing the Hidden and not so popular places in USA. You are doing a nice Job. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I enjoy your videos so much !! I put your video on one screen and I put a map up on my other screen and when I zoom in on the streets, I can follow you and see where you are in the town and follow you. What a great channel that shows small town America in its beauty and blight. Thanks !!
Smoke and Whiskey are a local acoustic band in Iron River,loved their music,great metal covers! Very good bars in town too! Checked out the county fair while visiting friends there. Went tubing in Trego too!
I grew up in Marinette Wisconsin. One hour north of Green Bay on hyw 41. Its right on the shores of green bay which basically part of Lake Michigan. Marinette was in its day a shipping hub, the Menominee river empties into lake michigan, just go across the Interstate Bridge from Marinette and go into Menominee Michigan, the beginning of the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. Ship building is still big there, you can see it going over the bridge. Best place ever to grow up, its very beautiful there. Great for vacationing, camping, fishing, hunting etc.
In general the Great Lakes shores are always an eye opener for people from other parts of the country. They don't realize how it's more Inland Seas than what you'd think of as lakes. Each coastal area, nook and cranny has its own character, one nicer than the next, same for our friendly neighbors on the other side of the border.
You forgot to mention the water is ice cold even in the summer! Except in shallow bays I suppose.
And you can chill your beer in Lake Superior and huron !
Just so u all know,when that north west wind blows in winter,those eastern or downwind lakeshores get a nasty cold biting moisture filled and snow filled shoreline, when it gets colder !
Saul st Marie is between 3 different lakes,it gets a lot of snow,so does London ontario! Or western Michigan
As we peeps keep losing the climate crisis struggle the Great Lakes region looks more and more like a future place destination, in spite of the boom and bust Rust Belt legacy.
The drive around Lake Superior along the south shore of Wisconsin and the north shore in Minnesota is one of the country's best kept secrets.
It’s what dreams are made of.
Lake Superior is on the North Shore of WI., not the south
@@ziggy_bandicoot It's referred to as the south shore of Lake Superior, not the north shore of Wisconsin, Tom Petty.
SHUTUP! Don't blab our secret!
Yep, You Betcha
The statistics explain why it’s so beautiful and clean. The older population wants their town quite, clean, and free of drama. Makes for a charming place to visit and relax.
Oh I'm sure there is plenty drama about a lot of things that don't matter--lots of stink eye when you let your lawn grow 2 cm's past the required length and probably become an outcast if you had a democratic candidate signage on your front lawn.
@@jeremyserwer2586In time, you may agree 👍
@@davidlemons5650 Hardly, I'm 53 and I grew up partially in Northern WI, had a cousin in Ashland. Went back to the Duluth area for a bit in 2003. I love my friends who still reside in the midwest but I couldn't handle the outsized role christianity plays and the conservative values. I got back to the west coast were we freaks feel free. There is not one aspect of the republican agenda I'm good with aside from gun rights. So nope, not even with time, I actually feel I've become more liberal with age.
@@jeremyserwer2586 🤣🤣🤣
I can hear it now. “Fred, I noticed that your lawnmower didn’t have the grass catcher attached the last time you mowed.” I have pictures!
@@justpray365 This is the midwest so they most likely will never confront a person directly. It will play out in weird passive aggressive battles and then one day there will be a dead bird under your windshield wiper.
The first of the three houses in Ashland for sale is 804 9th Ave W. Price is $325,000. The second is 810 9th Ave W, and sold on July 17th for $128,000. The third house, 812 9th Ave W, is currently pending at $149,900.
Interesting info. Thanks 👍
325 000 for whaaaat?
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@@ilijapilipovicI agree !! Way to much for that house.
That's really inexpensive, especially given the really beautiful neighborhood they're in!
Thats the price I got 325000 here in San Diego would be way over 1.5 million maybe more that close to the water.
As someone from Wisconsin originally you went to the most beautiful area in the state. Bay field has so much to do-even in winter with the ice caves. Next time you go should go over to Madeline island. So amazing
They should go in winter when the ice road is open to the island. That is always an adventure.
Yeah, Madeline Island is amazing, as a teen with some friends we visited the island several times, much to explore around the island, including secluded tiny towns of unknown origins, and the county beach next to the state park beach is worth several days of camping out. (Don't forget to bring the deep-woods off)
Skiing, snowmobiling, XC skiing, ice fishing, snowshoeing, hockey season for the kids, hunting, and even a car race out on the ice of Lake Superior. I spent more time out of doors in the fall and winters than I did the rest of the year.
I am on a month- long trip from Reno, Nevada to the mid- west. The farthest east I got was Two Rivers, Wisconsin. I am in Madison now. Wisconsin has impressed me with beautiful greenery everywhere, polite drivers and lots of things for tourists to see such as the National Mustard Museum, Great Lakes Maritime Museum and botanical gardens in Madison. The summer weather is great, but I am guessing that the winters are not so good. On the negative side many rural and city roads in Wisconsin and Iowa are horrible ( some freeways as well). There sometimes seem to be more patches than original road. All-in-all, I like Wisconsin very much. Oh, I forgot to mention the wonderful cheese.
Wisc is very underrated
I've lived every where.... Tennessee, Washington State... California for years, Japan... but Wisconsin has always drawn me back. It's a beautiful place.
Sorry to say, you missed what many of us in So. WI do and that's go up north to northern WI and the U.P. That's where a lot of the beauty is, especially along Lake Superior and all sides of upper Lake Michigan.
An issue with the roads is our winters. Hard, deep frosts/freezes crack and buckle cement and asphalt.
Wisconsin has 2 seasons, winter and road construction.@@peterschreiner9245
I enjoyed the tour of the Northern cities in WI. I have lived in WI for 16 years and have never traveled that far North. There are beautiful homes, quaint downtowns and gorgeous views of Lake Superior. Thank you for bringing the hidden gems of WI into the light!
They really are hidden gems. Not at all what I expected!
I hail from WI. I grew up in Schofield.
Glad to see Midwest getting some love 😀
Right, we are not simply flyover country, we are actually a place to land.
Welcome to Wisconsin! We love sharing our beautiful state with others! Bayfield is definitely a tourist town. Ashland is our favorite town up in that area! We actually have not done much exploring in Iron River! Enjoyed the tours! 💙Terry and Terri
Iron river is always burning itself down. You’re not missing out
Hell yeah
I've been all over the US and northern Wisconsin and the UP of Michigan is one of the most beautiful regions I've ever seen, especially in the fall. The coast along Lake Superior is spectacular, never seen water so blue. One of the more underrated and overshadowed regions of our nation in my opinion.
The peak 1910 population can be explained by something you saw, but may not have realized, on all the shoreline towns and will see in the UP as well. Ore docks. All the towns have the remains of the now almost water level ore docks jutting out into the lake which were used by the, then huge, labor intensive mining and railroad industries. Look for an old, intact one, when you get to Marquette. They are quite impressive.
These docks were used to load brown stone to be shipped to major cities to make their brown stone buildings. You can find several downtown Bayfield just like Chicago or New York.
@IvyBuck1 If I recall properly Ashland WI is refurbishing the remnants of their ore docks
True, but also logging. The ore in the Gogebic/Penokee range S and a bit E of Ashland is not easily accessed: they were trying to revive some of it NE of Mellen to near Marengo, or at least exploring it. Ashland used to have three rail lines and a yard on its south side, plus the Soo Line dock on the east (I guess this is now a park, per my lawyer up there) and the old Northwestern docks further east of there past the Wallys on Highway 2. Nice place to eat lunch but tons of gulls!
@@artsteadman2230 Ashland actually tore down the last ore dock years ago. There was a group that wanted to make it a historical landmark (or something similar) to preserve it.
Thank You for visiting our Great State of Wisconsin! There is a lot to see and experience. People are helpful and nice, and we wish to keep it that way. Hope you spend a lot more time checking into other towns, especially Eagle River, Minoqua area while you're up there. Other places not to miss are Door County, many towns in the Driftless Zone, and stop in to see House on the Rock and its museum in Spring Green! You won't be disappointed!
We will be back to Wisconsin for a more thorough look, most likely next spring. We're trying to get up into New England (where we're heading to now) before winter on this trip. :)
People are not nice in our state like they used to be. In fact, you will find many friendlier states in America. Wisconsin is pretty judgmental too.
Especially Ashland, most unfriendly town in Wisconsin.
Door County is wonderful. I haven't been there in years. I have heard it has developed, I don't know if that is a good or bad thing. Door County/Egg Harbor as well is total tourist. Many folks from Ill. have "Summer homes" there.
My wife and I have been to Bayfield several times. We usually go in the fall when the leaves are changing and the numerous apple orchards in the area are harvesting. As you said, it''s a beautiful place, even more so in the fall. The Apostle Islands cruise is well worth looking into.
Thanks for another great video. I like northern Wisconsin ALOT. Beautiful.
The last time I saw a true A&W that wasn't connected to another fast food chain was years ago when we would go to visit my aunt in Milwaukee Wisconsin. It was across the alley right behind her house. Man how I miss the good old days.
Me as well. :)
A lot of the towns here in Wisconsin still have A&W restaurants.
@@markvonwisco7369 Maybe the small towns but here in the Milwaukee area the only one we have is in Hales Corners.
I watch this trucker on YT....travels almost every state....appears Wisconsin is the cleanest state....yards mowed, no trash laying around, etc
It really is.
Little Germany. The state with the highest percentage of German immigrant population.
It was nice and clean everywhere here in Wisconsin until the immigrants started moving in
@@earthmuffin28which ones?
@@kyleRS87all of them. We need to eliminate welfare
Hi Joe & Nic from a blustery, wet 16C south London, UK. Yep that Bayfield certainly looks like the kinda place to lay your hat in retirement. Here we have a town called Eastbourne on the south coast that has the nickname "God's waiting room" - it's mainly filled with the old folk!
Went to college there in late seventies, it was called Northland College. I saw the first star wars movie at the Bay Theater. Vaughn Street was the the nicest, my frat house was on McArthur, one block away.
Was wondering what Northland was like, I was in Ashland in the mid-'70s for 3 years and miss the town, of course, the economy left something to be desired.
Thank you for showing off beautiful parts of our state. These videos were taken when Lake Superior was peaceful and calm. But when the weather turns it gets rough. There is a part of US 2 that's right by the shore and 4 lanes. The last time we were there, waves were crashing over all 4 lanes.
When you drove into the U.P. you went right past the house I grew up in. It's still my family's house and I go there every summer. Heavenly!
I LOVE your videos. I feel as though I’m in the Bronco with you, enjoying the travels with the two of you. Thanks a lot!
Thank you, that's the goal!
Nice towns. Nice streets. Nice looking houses. Love those neighborhoods with all the big trees providing lots of shade. I could see myself living in these places.
They don't have any homeless people because they all froze to death.🥶
@@michaeldesilvio221 Northern Wisconsin is warmer than most of Canada, and they manage!
@rridderbusch518 Totally false. People like you just come up with random dumb ideas then spread lies. All of Wisconsin is cold but Northern Wisconsin is brutal cold, especially the areas that also get the Lake Superior snow effect. In fact most of Canada ( 90%) lives within 100 miles of the US in much warmer places than Northern Wisconsin, not all but most. Think about statistics before you just throw stuff out there. Northern Wisconsin is brutal for 6 to 7 months a year.
I've visited 39 of the U.S. states and lived in 6, but I've never set foot in Wisconsin. By now it's unlikely I'll ever get there; so many thanks to you for this tour!! This region of Wisconsin looks nice
A friend from Texas told me he loves the state, but the winters can be brutal! I said yes that is true, but we preserve better! He said that was a warming thought! Lol Thank you Joe and Nic and congrats on another awesome tour! Safe travels!!!
Washburn is more enjoyable imo, less touristy and there is a bakery/restaurant (cafe coco) which is fantastic. Patsy's bar and grill is a must stop for drinks/burgers.
I Live In Green Bay Wisconsin. 65 years, Born And Raised. Excellent Video. Never Been That Far North.
Bayfield has a huge Apple Festival in October. People go up there to see the fall colors and attend the festivities. Boating and sailing are the summertime sports along with golf. There's a course on Madeline Island, just a short ferry ride away.
We used to go to the apple festival every year and take home two bushels of apples. Then it got to be more popular and my mother stopped taking us. We loved going to the festival and having all those apples to snack on for the next month.
I'm always ready for Apple butter.
First time watching. I'm from Wisconsin and lived in Ashland County. Nice to see home. I'm in Alaska now. I don't remember northern Wisconsin being so affluent with well paying jobs. That's one reason why I moved away from northern Wisconsin. I do love it and miss it though.
I wouldn't bet on finding all those well-paying jobs most anywhere in northern Wisconsin. However, the cost of living in general is much more affordable in Northern Wisconsin, just don't try to buy a house or property in Bayfield city unless you are somehow independently wealthy.
Very picturese scenery by Lake Superior. Excellent video. Take care . Watching for next video.
Welcome to my home away from home!!! Summer and Spring are beautiful, Fall is Outstanding. Winter can be brutal, but if you like snowmobiling or skiing, it's great.
In the winter when conditions are right, they drive across the lake to Madeline Island. If you look on Google Maps, it will show Ferry Line across the lake, which is actually County Road H. In the winter that same line becomes the Ice Road.
Welcome to Wisconsin. You will find some amazing places, especially up north there. As far as the A&W, we have over a dozen here in Wisconsin. If you get a chance, try the root beer!
There must be way more than that, just off the top of my head Superior, Iron River, Minong, Siren, Altoona, Phillips, Barron and Baldwin all have one, and all of those are just in the extremely rural northwestern corner of the state.
Great video guys, nicely maintained communities where folks have pride in maintaining their properties. A paradise in July and August after that time for the Winter gear. Cheers and safe travels!
These towns are pristine because the residents take care of their assets and expect their neighbors to do the same. Having been born in Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, I grew up on a farm. Left the home area
and have worked in l lake Geneva, Wisconsin, Chicago, Colorado, Charleston, SC, and reside in Dallas for 46 years. The people of Wisconsin are simply outstanding, honest, hard working and reliable. Simply the best, like the way all people should be.
We love Sheboygan...we had to send sweatshirts down south with the name on it...
Tourist towns are better keep. Get out of them in the same area and it's different.
Most of those boats are being stored over the winter. Yes, there is like a repair facility as well. That is a storage yard.
Interesting.
That makes sense. You can’t keep a boat in a lake that freezes over in the winter.
Lake Superior is so clean and beautiful. Always my favorite place.
Prices will skyrocket. People from the hotter states with the $$$ are migrating up here .
Stay safe and cool.
Also you have got to try Culvers. Wisconsin classic.
I have had Culvers, many times. We have them in Texas!
Oh yes, it's good to see..."the big lake they called Gitche Gumee..."
Another great Video Joe and Nic. Thanks for the great coverage of the details along with the vids.
Thanks for the video, I'm an Australian who loves America 😅
Most Americans would love to visit Australia 🦘🌏🦘🌏🦘 All of the hipsters have didgeridoos :-)
@@baronesselsavonfreytag-lor1134 You are our main visitors
Cheers, mate!
@@oldskolacura9798 mainly southern California & some of the nice country side, Australia is peaceful but boring
I love Australia and those beautiful 🐨 koalas!!
Built during the iron ore boom.
Wisconsin... the state where every weekend the population increases by 50%. People trying to escape the Chicago area and I'm one of them. Love this area.
and you need to venture south to both Cable and Hayward.... my favorite spots
Right! Wisconsin is a great place to park your money when visiting, Oh, unless you are moving in don't forget to go home. I mean this in a nice way.
yet another amazing vid, and i gotta say, that is one beautiful town.. Looking forward for the next video.
What a beautiful location you brought in at our behalf!
It’s unbelievably beautiful. 😀
There are a lot of well to do Baby Boomers owning Summer homes in Bayfield, that may be why the income and home values are high. Up in NW Wisconsin, when you get away from Superior's shore, the towns get poorer for sure.
The wealthy always “own” the coasts, right?
Beautiful town. Wow 63 degrees, that feel good, it's been around 100 degrees here all month.
Bayfield is a tourist trap. Washburn is peaceful, has a nice wild park, a good neighborhood restaurant, and a hidden beach tucked away next to the marina. Bayfield is the "metropolis" of the area. Decent town. I try to come up here once or twice a summer, when it gets really hot here in the Twin Cities.
Washburn's motel isn't much better. My son and I did a golf trip after Labor Day last year and paid through the nose for basically a Motel 6 experience. We weren't warned that the scenic Apostle Highlands course would already have its greens "aerated" making them un-puttable. And they still socked us a premium price for playing. Not going back.
If you are into camping Big Rock Campground is just out of town to the northwest on the Sioux River. A smaller river runs on rock all the way out to the bay which is another fun day at the mouth of the Sioux and the bay.
They must have some wicked harsh winters there. So far north and right off the lake.
Yes, all those coastal areas easily get 100+ inches of snow per year.
Heck the spring is even wicked where they are traveling, but the summers and lovely Autumn days make it worth the sacrifice.
We have spring here in Wisconsin. Last year it was on a Tuesday 😂. No but seriously, last year (2023) we broke two low temperature records in June. Spring here is generally just more winter minus the below zero temperatures.
@@katherinefuller5267
Spring on a Tuesday last year LMBO good one LoL 😂👍
I love the cold & can't stand heat I'm so glad I was born & still living in Wisconsin 🧀💚💛
My great-grandfather, Robert Jeffery, a crew member on the commercial schooner "Lucerne," died in November 1886 in that area on Lake Superior (all 9 crew members & captain perished). The Lucerne encountered a "blinding snowstorm and terrific gale wind" like the one memorialized in "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." An article said it was wrecked on Point Chequamegon on Lake Superior, 12 miles below Ashland. It had left Washburn or Ashland with a cargo of ore, destined for Cleveland, Robert's home. They ID'd him by 2 tattoos: shepherdess with a hook and ballerina!
Interesting!
I also lost a relative in the Great Lakes, Lake Michigan. My g-g-uncle was one of 6 crew members and only 20 years old. One of the crew members threw embers into the wind, landing on hay bales. Totally burnt. It was a small passenger ship from Manitowoc, WI to Waukegan, IL. Only one elderly couple made it to shore. What really gets me is that his parents came to America after they lost their first son as a worker on a North Sea ship. Neither were found. They moved inland after that :-(
Another note on bayfield and area, there are a huuuge number of seasonal residents that skew the numbers. Many of the abberations come from that.
Come down to the great river road hwy.35 from Prescott to Alma wisconsin. It's really beautiful in the summer. 👍
How beautiful! Brings back happy memories when my parents and I went up there. I miss them. Ok thanks😊
We moved to southern Wisconsin last year. It's so nice to see these beautiful towns north from us. Thank you for your video, I truly enjoyed it.
To me, the first town was a dream! Thanks so much for sharing all of these scenic areas.
A wonderful video, once again. Each of the towns was lovely, with some awesome holiday spots. Lots of gorgeous homes, and beautiful scenery. Lake Superior is amazing. Thanks so much, Joe and Nic, always enjoyable.😊💚
Thanks, CL!! 👍😀❤️
I recommend (when you’re ready to leave WI) on your next visit to take the Badger across Lake Michigan. It’s a historic ship that ferries your car across too. Plus Manitawoc is gorgeous, especially the back roads. And near Green Bay
A beautiful area. The Bayfield peninsula is known for their apple orchards. I wish you would've shown some of the beautiful murals around the city of Ashland. The big white building overlooking the marina is the Hotel Chequamegon. A lot of the big, beautiful homes were built by the lumbar barons and those in the mining and shipping industry in the late 1800's to early 1900's.
A lot of these beautiful huge homes built by logging and mining barrons,are expensive to heat and maintain. A lot are seeing the wrecking ball, unfortunately, yet the new homes are made out of pressed wood chips known as osb,and highly volatile glue is used to bond the chips together! Note I've burned some of this in my wood stove,it burns extremely hot when the glue is fairley new,but weathered osb is hard to burn.
Osb=old shitty board you've hot 2 minutes to evacuate your house before it collapses in flames! Or you roast to death!
Hotel was knick named the white whale. It's a financial disaster and was sinking when built.
The murals are great! Unfortunately, the Golden Globe cafe is permanently gone now on Main St. near the city hall, big classic soda fountain greasy spoon, in classic '50 style and I think the unofficial real city hall. It was a fabulous '50 genre down to the employee decorations by their kids. Miss that hunk of the past.
What a treat, to ride along ! Through these United States, of the history and the colorful backgrounds, physically and culturally.
I appreciate being informed, and the beauty you share.
I am not able to travel myself, and the locations, interesting facts and information you share, are a blessing to me !
Fun fact, the cold waters of Lake Superior keep its dead intact because it's too cold for bacteria to live in.
Excellent series of videos. Really enjoy watching them
I really appreciate your time I learned alot and now I know many places that I never been physically because of you
Thanks
Winter and summer populations are very different 😊
Looks good for a nice little vacation. 👍
Been watching for a while now, awesome what you are doing to give your viewers a little taste of each of these cities. Im from Thunder bay Ontario, also on lake superior. We have been to Wisconsin many times. Always fun and nice people
Man this first place is beautiful
Thanks for the video, very interesting as usual. I love driving through the small towns of the USA.looking forward to your nest video, thanks you.
It’s amazing what tourism can do for such a small town like Bayfield! The money made from it allows them to keep downtown well kept and taken care of. They obviously have a city council that cares about the city and knows how to spend their budget very well. Very impressive! Of course, being on Lake Superior certainly helps. So even as far north as Bayfield is, you could argue location does mean everything.
Agreed. After seeing the stats, specifically the population loss, I expected it to look bad. Totally the opposite.
It is a support town for thousands of cabins and summer homes within 20 miles. A one day drive from 90 deg. Chicago to 65 deg. lake superior.
demographics. some people take pride in their communites.
@@kkarllwtJust like Traverse City Michigan.
Snow birds.
Also my grandparents would go back to Washburn. In summer for 4 weeks 😊.
I happened to randomly come across this video and your channel. I love the videos, I added a bunch of them to my watch later playlist. You highlight many of the places most people overlook.
Welcome aboard! 👍😀
Excited for this! Thanks Spoda!
I love that mural on that building,very cool.
Good videos! Sounds like there was a nail in your tire! Thanks for sharing!
The ONLY problem with Bayfield: On weekends, in the summer, the place is packed. There's no place to park. On my last trip there...I GAVE UP and left!
It's also known as La Tourista disease. If you stay for a weekend, make a reservation at a local hotel, if available, and bike or hike into town, very doable.
Also, in fact, there are bike trails from Bayfield to Ashland, and for biking, Ashland is flat as a pancake many trails paved, right through town.
Another great video Joe. I’m not much of a northern person weather only nothing personal. LoL but those are some really nice towns especially the first one on the lake. Again for me it’s all the stats you take time to research and give us. Thanks for another great trip you’ve took me own. LoL have watched several other travel sites but you’re still my pick. You talk to us kinda like we’re just a friend sitting beside ya. LoL be safe my friend and travel on
Thanks!!! 👍
I went there several times in 80s and 90s for the Bayfield Apple Festival! Wonderful!
Thanks for taking us on a plesant trip.
You went through so many small little towns on the way over there. Port wing, herbster, cornucopia all of them are the small little towns you were looking. It's all some of the best tourist area in the state.
Also by the way cornucopia is the highest town in Wisconsin.
I really enjoyed seeing Bayfield. Thanks for the information.
Beautiful area! Thanks for posting!!!
Another great tour.
Greetings from Lodi, CA... Birthplace of A&W root beer.
Nice, you drove right past my guitar shop in Washburn. I am also from Flint, Michigan and watched your video from there. Definitely lots of familiar scenes in that video too. Cool video tour video series!
My old stomping ground as a kid. Love Lake Superior area! A lot to see and do. Beautiful!
Lake Superior the inland ocean, so very beautiful but so deceptively dangerous. I just love this part of the country.
You can't do those towns without talking about the annual smelt runs, then the ensuing smelt feeds throughout the state.
It's after ice melt. Ashland bay by the power plant and warm water is where they come first after ice melt. Only lasts a week.
Heehee..! I can picture the uploader hitting Google quickly, thinking "What on earth are smelt runs and smelt feeds?" I should've eaten more of them when I was young. YUM! Now I'm too far away :-/
I love these videos because you'll see them from today but then you'll go to street view on Google Maps and the images haven't been updated since like 2008 so it's like a literal time capsule!
I know. When I look at the house that I sold in 2013 it's still from when I lived there.
another excellent journey great statistics and information and great video of the towns
I grew up near Barnes, WI... this is like a revisit of childhood memories!
Just moved back to my home state, so I thank you for showing me some parts of the State that I might - or might not - ever get to see for myself. Though Bayfield is quite a northern beauty, a place I may need to make a beeline toward! ❤
Another nice road trip thanks
I always enjoy these roadtrips. I was lucky enough to have an employer who sent me all over this country for 4 decades. We live in a great country. For those those think otherwise , please by all means travel outside the USA. Not Europe. Other places. It will open ypur eyes.
If you can see any of the Great Lakes, the housing cost goes crazy. A lot of those homes are seasonal.
Thank you Nick for showing these beautiful and neat places and Also for showing the Hidden and not so popular places in USA.
You are doing a nice Job. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks Joe and nic 😊
Bayfield is a very popular tourist destination because of the apostle islands.
Hope you had a great time in Wisconsin!
I enjoy your videos so much !! I put your video on one screen and I put a map up on my other screen and when I zoom in on the streets, I can follow you and see where you are in the town and follow you. What a great channel that shows small town America in its beauty and blight. Thanks !!
I like that! :)
Smoke and Whiskey are a local acoustic band in Iron River,loved their music,great metal covers!
Very good bars in town too!
Checked out the county fair while visiting friends there.
Went tubing in Trego too!
I grew up in Marinette Wisconsin. One hour north of Green Bay on hyw 41. Its right on the shores of green bay which basically part of Lake Michigan. Marinette was in its day a shipping hub, the Menominee river empties into lake michigan, just go across the Interstate Bridge from Marinette and go into Menominee Michigan, the beginning of the Upper Penninsula of Michigan. Ship building is still big there, you can see it going over the bridge. Best place ever to grow up, its very beautiful there. Great for vacationing, camping, fishing, hunting etc.
Wisconsin is beautiful thanks for the travel
Great video as always but can't believe you left Wisconsin so soon! Hope you will come back! Also looking forward to UP Michigan. 👍😸
We will be. :)
Good video! I grew up about 18 miles south of Ashland.
Nice Video 😀 Thank you!