10 Most Charming Small Towns in the United States
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- Опубликовано: 18 июн 2024
- 10 Most Charming Small Towns in the United States
Have you ever fallen in love with a town just by how it looks? Maybe you saw some charming town in a romantic comedy? Maybe on a road trip.
And now you want to buy some small-town real estate.
There is something about cute towns.
Today we are looking at some of the cutest towns I know of or have been to. These are the type of towns you can fall in love with on looks alone. Sort of like the sports-illustrated swimsuit cover model but a town.
We won’t be getting into crime rates, or cost of living, or things like that. We are going off the charm alone. That being said, keep in mind if it is a good-looking town it is probably expensive.
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All good.
Portsmouth NH is a gem of a small town too.
YES! 🙌 it's the best
Maine represented!! The Bar Harbor locals won’t win out. They do this every couple of years and it’s just the vocal minority. Most residents welcome tourism with open arms. They get it’s necessary for businesses and a seasonal hazard.
True!!!
🥰 love Maine
Castine is nice
@@carolhudson1732 Not for living for visiting ..lol
@@moobrien1747 I relocated to Maine a few years ago & absolutely love it.
We just came back from an amazing place. Mackinac Island, Michigan. Although a tourist town (only about 400-500 year round residents), we found it to be an incredible place!!
You can only access the island by a 15 minute ferry ride. There are no cars. All transportation is by horse, bicycle or walking. It truly feels like a throwback in time. 80% of the island is state park and it basically closes down from October thru April. Movies were made at the Grand Hotel on the island. Check it out.
I love Mackinac---been there 3 times!
Mackinac is on my bucket list.
My friend's mother has just come back from a trip there. I'll take this as a specific sign to get my butt there as well.
We went there in 2014 and I wanted to go since I saw the movie Somewhere in Time. We stayed at the opposite end of the island from The Grand Hotel (too expensive) and it turns out the movie crew stayed at our hotel.
You missed Durango Colorado. Fantastic mountains, unbelievable outdoor activities, close to many national parks and a charming downtown with great shops and restaurants.
Durango is awesome. But I wouldn’t necessarily call it “charming.”
@@PM2024- too touristy
I'd go with Salida over Durango, personally.
Speaking of Colorado, I live in the Springs right now and I've visited Manitou couple of days ago. That's a charming little town.
I'd pick Ouray
Always love when you mention New England because we moved there from Oklahoma after my husbands orders ended. We risked a lot and it was tough to move from a cheaper state but always being reminded how amazing NE is and worth it
I live in the PNW but I'm thinking I want to move to NE for the charm and amazing fall colors.
I'm from OKC and moved to New England. Agree with you - the move is totally worth it!
@@cathyu.1487 Oh that's awesome! What made you move to the area? My husband and I always say it feels like a different country to us!
@@andrewsld it really is amazing!
@@andrewsld I live in NE and want to move to PNW lol
Leavenworth, Washington. A nice historic barvarian style vivllaeg. East of Seattle on other side of Cascade.
Charming small town: Coupeville on Whidbey Island, Washington State. Population of about 2,000 it sits on the edge of Penn Cove, where Penn Cove Mussels are grown. Coupeville is the county seat for Island County. It's part of the Ebey's Landing National Historical Reserve. Site of several movies; stood in for a New England village in "Practical Magic" and had a couple of scenes in "War of the Roses." Friendly people, lots to do, many quaint shops and restaurants. Awesome place.
I'd like more videos like this, but maybe do charming small towns by region.
Eureka Springs, Arkansas should really be on this list. Incredibly charming. It's a bunch of European/victorian buildings built into the sides of hills with Springs sporadically placed. A really incredible spot not many know about
Lovely town.
@@mtngrl5859 I CC No
@@lillypickart172 Not sure, I understand your response. What is DC No?
Love Eureka Springs
Came here to recommend Eureka Springs! So beautiful! And there’s the haunted Crescent Moon!
Do some small towns by state! Every state has them so go by states.
I would throw Island in Mackinac Island, Michigan, MI on there purely for how beautiful and unique it is.
Lambertville, NJ is a perfect example of NJ's countryside! My hometown, Frenchtown NJ is about 15 minutes north and it's a cute river town like Lambertville. ❤️
I agree 100 percent. I was hoping someone would mention either one of these towns. I was going to mention pitman nj as well
There are so many nice towns you could always add to this list. Especially in New England
Nowhere in the Midwest made this list? Heck, even just Michigan has St. Joseph, Grand Haven, Ludington, Charlevoix, Traverse City, Petoskey, Mackinaw City / Mackinac Island, Frankenmuth, and a whole lot more.
The one that jumped to my mind is Naperville, 30 min outside Chicago. Beautiful town. Whoever lives there is extremely blessed
Love this! Grand Marais, MN or Bayfield, Wisconsin deserve a look, Briggs! Both charming Lake Superior towns. And we all know how much you love Wisconsin
Of course he loves Wisconsin!!! Go pack !
Lake Geneva Wi. and Marquette Mi, to show my midwest bias ; )
Just a suggestion, maybe the same idea on a state by state bases.
Your right the "locals" always want everyone to leave right up to point when they do.
Check out Old Forge NY and Alexandria Bay NY. Both beautiful small towns with charm!
Ashland, Oregon is SO CUTE
You know what’s better than a small town? A smaller village with enough amenities to get what you truly need easy and a town nearby for things one may need. Real silence at night, clean air always and nature at your doorstep.
I recently drove through Winchester, KY. I was so surprised by this town. Very picturesque.
Mr. Briggs, Lambertville hit me by surprise, I have always loved it!! A couple for the next list Jim Thorpe,PA one of the sweetest towns on the planet (you have to add the cemeteries in places to visit as well as a magnificent downtown area) Next Skeneateles, NY (purely astounding) and across the river from Lambertville New Hope PA is amazing as well!! Tremendous job on this video as all of your posts are!!
Nice! I haven’t been to any of these, but will keep them in mind for my travels. Here are some of my faves…Pella, IA, Eureka Springs, AR, Weston, MO, Estes Park, CO, Mackinac Island, MI, Jackson, WY, Durango, CO, Galena, Ill.. I currently live in Iowa, and there are so many charming small towns here with the nicest people. Centerville, Iowa has a beautiful town square with all kinds of cute shops, but I’m sure most have never even heard of the place.
I love your little list these would be great suggestions. I really agree
Onalaska, WI...Trempealeau, WI...Stockholm, WI...Fountain City, WI...I could go on, lol! Lots and lots of cute small towns on the Mississippi River. Beautiful views of the bluffs and the river!💜🧡
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You missed the real #1 right there in Oregon ..... ASTORIA !!!
Galena, Illinois should be in the list. A town of 3,500 that was founded before the Civil War and looks like a bit of New England dropped into the NW corner of Illinois. It was home to nine Civil War Generals, including Ulysses Grant. Is the second most popular tourist destination in Illinois, right behind Chicago. Nearly 90% of the town is in a National Register Historic District. The terrain is beautiful as it is situated in a “driftless” region where glaciers did not level the landscape. There are sweeping vistas from many high points surrounding the area that make you forget you are actually in the central Midwest.
Awwh I remembering staying in an old hotel in Galena in girl scouts and having the most delicious pancakes at the m and m cafe.
The terrain is amazing! Not at like the rest of the state!
Yes, I love Galena. My mom is from there and I go to visit all the time!
@@ilovetotri23 Calhoun County Illinois just north of St. Louis was also not glaciated. There are no bridges to the St. Louis Metro so it is rural like West Virginia, a small population and no industry, accessed from the south by ferries across the Mississippi River on the west side and the Illinois River on the east. Calhoun is known for peaches and a few tiny towns.
Yes!! Love Galena
Hi Briggs. If you could afford it Newburyport, Mass is a picture perfect New England town. It's about 20 minutes from me and the sea food over there is off the charts.
Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Hometown of Tim Conway, home to artist Bill Waterford (Calvin & Hobbes)----has the small Chagrin River running through downtown (with waterfall), one of the State's oldest family-owned ice cream shop, an adorable community theatre, shopping and all the small town charm you can shake a stick at! Very hilly, plenty of trees that are eye-popping beautiful in Autumn.
I second. Cutest town in Ohio
Only been to Lebanon in Ohio and I liked it.
Virginia City Nevada is probably one of the most amazing, Old West timeline and appearance, places I've ever had the pleasure of visiting many times and would go again in a heartbeat if anyone asked. The town is incredibly unique and one cannot digest the entire, allegedly haunted, town in a single day. It's about 30 minutes from Reno and 45-60 minutes from South Lake Tahoe depending on one's mountain driving habits. Highly Googlable.
I've been there, it is super charmging! But I don't think it's a town that people really live in, it's more like a museum and has been very commercialized.
Got my "Bucket of Blood" shot glass...
Weston Missouri is a great little town. You should check it out. About 1700 people. McCormick Distillery is located there and gives tours. Great place to go for a weekend or live. About 30 miles from Kansas City, Mo or 15 miles from the airport.
Camden, SC is not only pretty but just a neat little town with a lot of history to explore. Some of the oak trees on people’s property are hundreds of years old.
You should check out western North Carolina... lots of charming little towns here in the mountains that are very beautiful, especially this time of year. Sylva, Bryson City, Andrews, Highlands, Franklin to name a few.
Same with east TN and southern VA, really anywhere in the Blue Ridge mountains
Bryson City!
I am so glad you said Bar Harbor Me. My wife and I live just north of Philly ( not that I really wanted to bring Philly into it. Maybe it will change after the mid terms. ) We have been on two New England cruises out of the Port of N.J. And we are always talking about driving there for a few days stay. It really is an awesome place, and we always look forward to it.
I owned a shop in Portsmouth Nh and always had a ton of Philly customers! I always notice a ton of PA plates in summer/fall
I lived in Monterey for a number of years and Pacific Grove really is lovely! The sea is emerald green!
What's nice about living there is that each town is so close to one another! Ex: Driving from Monterey to Pacific Grove takes 5 minutes! These are truly tiny little towns.
Our daughter spent her entire childhood enjoying her life in Monterey, P.G., Carmel, Seaside and Sand City.
Very nice area, very quaint, all very close to one another.❤️
It is truly such a nice area. I wish we could afford to buy a home there. That area is where I’ve seen more ocean life than elsewhere in California. Last time I was in Pacific Grove, I got to see a humpback whale from the shoreline. Got to see Dolphins from the beach at Carmel. Great hiking, great kayaking, and great food in the area too.
@@catrinacrystallina Point Lobos is a terrific place to hike!
I miss Monterey 😭
Have to agree with your #1. We were on a quest to visit all national parks, and started with Acadia. Stumbled across Bar Harbor, and WOW, what a cool spot. My kids and I wandered in and around houses that were separated by natural pedestrian lanes, with plants and flowers all along the way. GORGEOUS! If you go - find the old clock shop and you will not be disappointed!
Ain’t never been to Bisbee but I wanna go so badly it reminds me of another country and that’s in Arizona it’s so insane how Arizona looks like 20 different places lol
As someone from arizona the different corners feel like their own states
Oh! I forgot Bisbee! Yes! Great town! The Lavender Pit mine is unreal!
Yes, Bisbee is a really cute town in a beautiful setting.
Bar Harbor #1...you got that RIGHT!
Took a trip northeast this year and stopped in Montpelier and Bar Harbor sort of on accident. Was blown away by both! I will say, many of the shops in Bar Harbor were closed the week before cruise ship season with a sign on the door saying that they were giving their employees a week off before the ships arrive. Very understandable
I did enjoy Magnolia, Mississippi. The downtown is dead but they also have a cool little attraction of small houses downtown. One is a good little restaurant, a bookstore and a hair salon. The park downtown is nice too, except for the train tracks that run down the middle of it. But you get a long fair warning that the train is coming through.
Thank you Briggs for another amazing video. How about some small towns that aren't crazy expensive? Does a place like that exist? It seems that quaint, cute and pricey all run together when describing small towns.
Some other great 'small' towns in the west; Telluride & Silverton, CO; Taos & Ruidoso, NM; Virginia City, NV; Jerome & Bisbee, AZ; Hood River & Cannon Beach, OR........
For consideration on your next list, Eureka Springs, Arkansas is famously adorable and beautiful. They keep all of the Victorian-style homes, and the small downtown commercial area, in perfect repair. It's very hilly, so you'll get some exercise walking, but that also helps to make it more interesting. Literally every street in the main part of town is a visual spectacle, and since it sits on side of a hill overlooking a massive lake, there are also spectacular views everywhere you go.
Great choices! As a NJ native, thanks for the Lambertville nod 😊 And VT has so many cute small towns, love it there ❤️
Almost all coastal towns but nothing from the flyover states.
New Glarus, Wisconsin.
Spring Green, Wisconsin.
Two Harbors, Minnesota.
Lake City, Minnesota.
Bellevue, Iowa.
Galena, Illinois.
Savanna, Illinois.
Tombstone, Arizona.
I had the privilege to live in Beaufort, SC, before it was found on the map. Much of the scenery is your ideal southern costal town look, especially with all the mossy oaks there. Others agree, with all the movies filmed there, and in the neighboring areas (The Great Santini, The Big Chill, Forrest Gump, The Prince of Tides, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, and more).
Oh yea! Beaufort is gorgeous!
I love Beaufort 💙
YES!!!! I went to Marine Corps basic on Parris Island, n onto Beufort.....southern pretty, fresh air, older well kept town, fun, clean, etc....loved it
Is it anything like Beaufort NC? Thats where Id love to move but a bit pricey.
Georgia is opening more movie studios, in Doraville, at Fort MacPherson, and other places. "Stranger Things" had scenes filmed in Marietta, Ga. and "Star Trek Continues" was filmed near Savannah. I hope this won't degrade Ga. any further.
Every once in a while I like to go get lost in North Georgia, especially around Christmas time. I don't look at GPS or an atlas, just drive in a direction until I decide to drive in another direction and staying off interstates. There are so many charming little towns with unique shops and friendly people.
Sadly, I can't really name any besides Rome because my wanderings are so random that I don't recall everywhere that I have been.
Dahlonega is a very charming "hillbilly" town in North Georgia!
I used to go to Helen as a kid. I liked it. This was in the 80's.
@@debraspence3559 I attended North Ga. College-now UNG' in the early '80s. It was a lovely town. The only thing I didn't like about it was the outdated attitudes about disabled persons and some cop said I couldn't ride my 10 speed road bike on the square. I asked another cop and he said there was no such rule.
Where I went to undergrad is an adorable town: Geneseo, NY. It’s in the Western Finger Lakes region South of Rochester, NY. It is near the awe inspiring Letchworth State Park.
Yes! Also Geneva, Skaneatales!
I went to college out there, too!
Great picks! My list would include Sitka, Alaska
Bisbee, Az
Saint Augustine, Fl
St. Marys, Ga
Sandpoint, Id
Paducah, Ky
Beaver Island, Mi
Taos to Dixon, NM
Okracoke, Outer Banks, NC
Boone, NC
Newport, RI
Moab, Ut
Radford, Va
Port Townsand, Wa
Baileys Harbor, Wi
Grew up in Sandpoint! Cant beat it
Bayfield, Wisconsin… gorgeous… overlooks the Apostle Islands. Delightful place.
Personally I fell in love with Grayling, MI from the day I first saw it. It's a nice little town situated in the forested Au Sable River valley and it has charming and lively little downtown area. And the surrounding area is chock-full of nearly every outdoor activity you can think of from kayaking to snowmobiling. It's not a perfect town as it has It's fair share of poverty, but I still feel in love with the area
I don't live there but I discovered it by accident on a road trip, Manitou Springs Colorado is a very charming town hidden in the mountains west of Coloroado Springs. They have anb old school penny and dime arcade there too.
Lambertville, N.J. and New Hope, PA are awesome, I used to own a vinyl record shop in New Hope, it's a cool little area!
Bar Harbor !! 🦞 awesome pick 👏 right now the town has agreed to limit the cruise ships to three at a time 🚢 and they need to drop anchor further out than usual (this means the tenders have further to travel to shore). And, yes, it’s a LOT of people (up to 3,000 people per ship) - but the restaurants & tour operators love it (mostly). Also, Bar Harbor is adjacent to the iconic Acadia National Park 🌲 Maine is beautiful 🌲
For how many months of the year are the shops and restaurants in Bar Harbor open for business ? I have passed two winters there so know the places that stay open and am loyal to them still. So on that count ... well to put it most polity, do speak about the wintertime economy of Mount Desert Is. of which Bar Harbor but one, but the most touristy town.
Agreed. I've been to many places in the U.S. and Maine stood out among others - beautiful mountains, gorgeous rocky coast and seemingly endless forests; overall just a great natural environment that can please any outdoor enthusiast!
I'm so glad to have visited this beautiful, pristine little town before the cruise ship era. Thank you, God. I can only imagine the nightmare crowds there now.
@@esotericsolitaire MDI was where my family went for picnics since the '50's. But now how many Mainers go there during the season, except to watch the goat-ropers ?
@@travelertime4382 About 20 years ago, I was on a business trip and decide to extend my visit and go to Bar Harbor. I didn't realize how seasonal the town was. This was about 2 weeks before Mother's Day, and the B and B I stayed at had been the home of Joseph Pulitzer ( Pulitzer Prize) and I was the only guest. I was one of the very few tourists at Acadia National Park, so it was a beautiful experience, felt like my own preserve! Back then, about 80% of the restaurants were closed until the season officially began, starting after Mother's Day. When I was there, I definitely go the local feel.
I love the Monterey Bay representation, I was going to suggest either Capitola or Santa Cruz for a list like this. Beautiful all year round.
Other suggestions from my travels:
-Pella, Iowa
-Lanesboro, Minnesota
-Lexington, Virginia
-Hillsborough, North Carolina
-Virginia City, Nevada
-Lewisburg, West Virginia
I did mention Capitola...lol. We used to rent rooms at the Capitola Venetian when we were there for the sand sculpture competitions. The Begonia festival down Soquel Creek is a lot of fun to watch from the nearby balconies (Like Mr. Toots).
I used to live in Half Moon Bay, so we'd go to Capitola pretty frequently...I prefer it to Santa Cruz.
I'm in Reno, living not too far from Virginia City. That, and Genoa are both cute towns near the Sierra Nevada.
Marfa, Texas and it’s near neighbor Alpine, Tx are very cute. Marfa actually attracts quite an art crowd. The towns are pretty remote and are surrounded by incredible West Texas grasslands. Grass valley, Ca. is also a very cute town. And then there’s Jerome, Az. which overlooks Sedona. What a knockout view. Saratoga, NY is a cute but very touristy town too.
Always wanted to go see the Marfa Lights.
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Grove City, PA is a great one. Cute Main St with coffee shops, local businesses, original single movie theater. College town. Outlet mall right off the exit. Really a great place
If you do make another video, you should include Harper's Ferry, WV. There's a river and mountains going right through the town, and the town itself has a cool old timey feel. Pretty charming place!
I agree with Ollie. Please put Harper's Ferry, West Virginia on your next list. 😍
Also nearby Sheapardstown WV, Sharpsburg MD
Yay Provincetown! My favorite place on Earth ❤
I live outside of bar harbor. Awesome place. I love living in Maine
Happy to see my homestate on the list! Massachusetts has so many charming small towns, and Nantucket has to be one of the best.
We stayed in a bnb in Pacific Grove (Green Gables?), and it was truly beautiful. Not far from Carmel either. One of my favorite smaller towns is Capitola, not too far North of here.
One suggestion for your next list should be Shelburne Falls MA. They got the Bridge of Glowers, Glacial Potholes and trolleys , and it’s nestled bright in the Berkshire Hills of western MA
Some to add: New Paltz NY, Leavenworth WA, Roslyn WA, Hood River OR, Port Townshend WA, Port Jefferson NY, Moab UT, Lander WY, Cooperstown NY, Deadwood SD, Hanover NH, and Fairfield CT
.... Also, Camas smells like a paper mill.... more like Cam-ASS....
I like Montreat, NC. I don't know how it compares to those in this video, but it's a cute mountain town. Billy Graham kept a home here. By North Carolina standards it's expensive, but it's very cute.
Coffeeville, KS. Look at Midland Theater. Build in 1928. It's now a movie theater. . . Home of the Dalton Gang. . . Definitely a place of American history 🇺🇲
Bar harbor (Baah haaba😁 ) is a great pick. You should check out mystic, and Essex CT. Essex still runs a steam train, and mystic still has old mystic village, which was built in the late 1600's. Thanks for your content.
Legit list. I've been to almost all the cities and once wanted to move to Pacific Grove. I live in Hilo and it's about time you give us some love! This is the most unique place on earth.
Thank you for mentioning Silverton, Oregon. I had several family members that lived in Silverton. Here are some other cool small towns. Bisbee, Arizona, Florence, Oregon, Ashland Oregon, Pagosa Springs, Colorado, Port Townsend, Washington, Cripple Creek, Colorado, Fort Bragg, California
Shh. We want to Keep Pagosa Springs a secret. :)
@@cherrlyn381 I can certainly understand why you would want to keep it a secret. That area of Colorado is really beautiful
We visited Medicine Park when we lived in Lawton, Oklahoma. It's lovely. ❤️
Leavenworth WA, Galena IL, and one of my favorite small towns isn’t in the US: Victoria BC.
Cool picks. This would be a good series to highlight charming towns throughout the US.
Love your choices. I’ve been to most of them,and Provincetown, P-town, absolutely up there. Thanks Love your channel.
Ahhh - I was going to suggest Rutland, VT because I (we) didn't make it all the way to Montpelier. My girlfriend at the time and I took the super-long way back to Maryland from Killington until it got to a point where we were saying, "Okay, this small town looks like the last small town..."
It was a lovely trip, nonetheless.
I attended Camas HS and "Papermakers" has a proud history. Back in the day the paper mill was the towns leading employer. It plus the smell from the mill was what the town was known for. I think with modern filters the smell has been pretty much eliminated.
Agree on Bar Harbor!! Been there and was mightily surprised with the beauty. Portland, Maine is also beautiful.
Great list! I would so love to live in Pacific Grove. One of my great grandfathers helped settle Pacific Grove and Monterey. I have always loved that area. 😊
Great list Briggs! Been to 2 of the 10....got some trip planning to do. haha.
Two New England towns worthy of mention are Wellfleet, Massachusetts, which to me is the most (silly word here) "authentic" looking town on the Cape (no glitz, nothing touristy), and Grafton, Vermont. Great video, BTW!!!
Hi Mr. Briggs,
I lived in Torrance (Anza Ave)1975 to 1980, when you were in elementary school, probably. Like your blogs, really interesting information. As a retiree, I am interested in best places to retire in. Don't want places with good job prospects, or good schools...these are for young families. Places with reasonable home prices, tax friendly, good restaurants, safe, internet access, and senior friendly would grab my attention. Easy access to airports (to visit kids and grand kids).
Good weather would be important...but this might be asking too much since it would rule out 80% of the country.
Maybe I should go back to Torrance, except for all the taxes.
Love Torrance as well even the school system is sucked compare to L.A Unified. Who cares about tax as long as you can afforded to pay it and social security is not taxed to a certain point. The weather and convenient is the whole key.
I always told myself if I wrote a book about growing up in torrance it would be titled "Just Off Anza". That is how most kids at West High described where they lived.
May I suggest Cooperstown, New York; Decorah, Iowa; Glenwood Springs, Colorado; and San Juan Capistrano, California.
What happened to Ashland, Oregon? Tony award winning theater. Ashland doesn’t allow Walmarts or McDonald’s. Anything corporation owned. Big on small town companies owned and operated by local residents. Free roaming deer. Terrific 4 year university.
Great small towns here, Briggs! Keep up the great work here! 😀
Loved the video! Thanks! I would love to watch a series with charming small towns by state. In Michigan, I'd suggest Northville, Mackinac Island, Petoskey, Charlevoix and Holland. I'm not from Michigan, but we go at least once a year and we love it!
You should add places in the UP to your list as well
@@trevordaviestheawesomeness2176 any suggestions? I've only been to St Ignace up there.
@@bibimilder1 well definitely check out the towns on Lake Superior, some that I have been to include Brimley, Paradise, Grand Marais, Munising, Au train, Marquette, L'Anse, Baraga, Copper Harbor, Eagle Harbor, Bete Grise, Lac La Belle, and I think there's a few more I've been to, I also recommend checking out Sault Ste Marie, which is close to both Lake Superior and Lake Huron. I haven't seen as much of the southern UP besides St. Ignace, Naubinway, and Manistique. Most of the time I've spent in the UP has been towards Lake Superior, so more the northern parts of the UP
I vote Holland as well. Beautiful downtown
@@trevordaviestheawesomeness2176 thank you!
Great vid as usual. I was going to mention Camden, ME... but Bar Harbor works. 😉
Also, Freeport/Rockport/Owl's Head/Islesboro...mostly anything on the coast.
Provincetown was trippy.😆
Castine is nice
I grew up in a tiny town in New York call potter New York. All we have in the tiny town is a park two camp grounds a one store and two churches and a town hill and a high away department and a volunteer fire department. We have to go to penn yan or Cananadaigua new York to do our groceries shopping.
Hey Briggs I thought you would’ve put Solvang on this list. Love your videos.
I used to go to Lambertville and New Hope. It really is a nice little town on the Delaware River. Good restaurants and interesting shops. 👍🏻😎
Briggggs look at you coming around to Jersey and Delaware!!! Woohoo 😍
I was at Bar Harbor in 2019. I got the vibe that the locals didn't really care too much for the cruise ships.
I agree with them
You obviously have never been to Helen, Georgia. It looks like a small Swiss town. Lots to see and do. They even have a hot air balloon festival going on every year. You would love it. I drove through this beautiful town, a few years ago, on my way further south, and ell in love with it. If you ar ever in the south again, check it out.
Hi Briggs..., Excellent video and very informative and ( MORE SMALL TOWNS AMERICA ) ! ! More beautiful small towns videos, and thank you for sharing the video... " Semper Fi " Mike in Montana :)
Thanks for taking the time to make your video. It was very enjoyable watching.
Awesome video, as usual. If you make a part 2 of this video, give Frederick, Md. a look. A very charming and historical place.
I grew up in NJ and people go to both Lambertville NJ New Hope PA is right across from there so it's a very common day trip or even a weekend trip for families in NJ.
America is so amazingly diverse and beautiful. I hope so visit again someday.
Fern Dale, Ca. Even the cemetery is cute!!!! Wish I could afford it!
And if you *really* want to get away from it all, go south to the Lost Coast.
I'd live in Ferndale in a heart beat! It reminds me of home.
Ferndale feels like a step back in time. Briggs must not know about it or it would be on the list.
Great video as always! I have a few suggestions for the next video from my homestate of Washington as well. I could name 20 awesome small towns in Washington but I'll just pick out 5 of my favorites, especially cause I went a little overboard with the descriptions.
1. Friday Harbor: The main town in the San Juan Islands with a really charming downtown area in a gorgeous location and great access to the rest of the San Jauns. The downtown has alot of maritime themed buildings and a beautiful waterfront park near the ferry dock with some waterfront restaurants overlooking the puget sound and the rest of the san juan Islands. It's relatively small but still packs alot and is one of the coolest little towns I've ever been to.
2. Port Townsend: Another waterfront city on the Olympic peninsula, famous for its victorian style downtown. It's relatively popular with Washingtonians as I've been here a few times, but never gets too crowded. Just a really cool looking downtown area wth a great laid back vibe on the end of a peninsula overlooking the beatiful puget sound. Theres also a small ferry terminal that you can use to get here or to go explore some of the other areas of the puget sound.
3. Edmonds: My hometown and the last waterfont town on my list! I'm really lucky to live here as Edmonds has, in my opinon, the best downtown in the greater Seattle area and one of the best in Washington. It's a ferry port and used to be just a very small town but over the last decade it's been growing quite a bit. It's not really growing in size, the town is just getting better and better everyday! It's right on the water with a beach and multiple parks along the water near the ferry dock. The downtown area has some incredible restaurants, cafes, ice cream shops, and a local movie theater which has been there since 1920's! It's also at the bottom of a hill, so while it's technically within the Seattle metro area it still feels like it's own little town, especially with the small roads, farmers market every saturday through spring/summer, and local shops.
4. Snohomish: I used to live not far from here and I still visit quite often! Snohomish is in the snohomish valley which is a small valley that has tons of picturesque farmland. The area is a really popular place to go during halloween season as theres a few farms that have pumpkin patches, corn mazes, haunted houses, etc, as well as christmas trees in the winter. There's also mini golfing, skydiving, blueberry picking, and lots of other fun activities throughout the valley. The town of Snohomish itslef has a really woonderful downtown along the Snohomish river. Lots of great restaurants (arguably two of my favorite restauarants in the state are here) and tons of quirky antique shops. The riverwalk is really calm too. I love to come here, grab some ice cream at the ice cream shop, and walk down along the river. Just tons of charm overall.
5. Cashmere: Probably the least known town on my list, but arguably the most beautiful location. It's in the foothills in the eastern side of the cascades and it's known as the "Heart of Washington" for a good reason! It's in between the popular mountain town of Leavenworth to the west and the winemaking region of Wenatchee to the east, both of which get pretty crowded in the winter and summer months. Cashmere doesnt though as its a little off the main road across the river. The downtown is pretty small but super charming. It's very western themed and theres a riverfront park along the Wenatchee river and has great views of the mountains. It's really close to Lake Chelan, two popular ski resorts, lots of great hiking, all while being much less crowded than other towns in the area. This area might be my favorite area in the state, especially during winter.
Dahlonega, Georgia. Breckenridge, Colorado and Stowe, Vermont!!! All incredibly charming...
Two of those are ski resorts!
If you do a part two, Kennebunkport ME is great. Also, Concord, MA