I love this style of video with no talking and the pictures to see the then and now. Very relaxing!. Too many videos nowadays are loud and have a million jump cuts.
Love this format. Not that I dislike commentary, but this really recreates the experience of walking the ground by yourself; with just your thoughts. I did this very thing here a few years ago. It is impossible to reconcile the grandeur and pristine beauty of this place with the magnitude of evil the once existed here. You simply can't wrap your head around it.
I was thinking the same thing. I would pause the video and just think about the place 85+ years ago. Pictures gave a great sense of where everything was at that time. Great Job!
Watching this, being left alone with your thoughts and questions and seeing a few pictures for reference is a fascinating experience that allows you to focus on otherwise probably overlooked details in the scenery. I like this a lot!
JD always enjoy your down to earth, informative narrative however this first History Traveler Walking Tour was very enjoyable. Thanks for the new format but keep doing the videos that you do so well.
THANKS for taking me back to 1970 when I was a 1lt in the First Battalion 3rd Infantry Div stationed in Germany and spent a weekend touring this beautiful area. Hope to make a return vist some day.
No music, not talking, just the crunching sound of gravel and leaves under foot with a fantastic view. Nice one JD, look forward to seeing many more sites around the world which I’m sure you have a back log of footage!
This is exactly the content my mind and soul need right now. I feel like you’re taking us on your exploration expeditions. The popping up of the historic photos in their present day place is brilliant
I may have missed something initially but someone suggested turning on the captions to follow along with a silent narrative. That made a big contribution to the video. One can also follow along by turning on the transcript. Keep it up, J.D.
This is great companion content for the original channel. I really enjoy this format when Im looking for something to wind down to at the end of the night.
I enjoyed that, soaking up the atmosphere, it’s a peaceful spot which doesn’t come through in videos with commentary, I could almost feel the chill of the air in my lungs🙏
I'm not one who complained, but happy to be here. Thanks for your incredible work J.D. Matching the photos with the present day locations was icing on the cake. Happy Thanksgiving!
Excellent video, JD. I had the opportunity to be there in May earlier this year and do exactly what you did in this video, just walking around, taking my time, using historical pictures to see the context and exact locations. It was such a unique experience! It is such an amazingly beautiful place, stunning views and so peaceful! Can't get my head around that some of the most horrible and diabolic events in history were planned in this beautiful and peaceful place. Obersalzburg became one of my top favourite places to visit and learn from history. So many things to see and learn from history (the Berghof, Kehsteinaus, Konigssee, the bunkers, the SS KAserne, Albert Speer's studio, the Mooslahnerkopf, the Hotel zum Turken, Goring and Bormann's homes, the documentation centre, the Gastehaus Hoher Goll, the Platterhof, the Kamfhaus and more). I loved every minute of that trip! Can't wait to go back with my kid and let him learn from history this way.
I was skeptical of this concept/format when I began watching, but found myself unable to separate my eyes from it. Turns out, I really enjoyed it. Was that an airfield at the 20:31 mark? A weather station? Maybe it is just me, but that guy on the swing was rather surreal and freaked me out a bit. New sub crossed-over from the Mother Ship. The Berghof and surrounding areas are perfect for a silent walking tour. Very curious how you will pursue other locations that are less compatible. Great job and thank you!!
It's amazing, I just returned from their in September. I spent 7 Days in Berchtesgaden, most of that time was right up that very trail where you're walking now. Each and every visit I always end up discovering something new.
I love your Channels one of my favorite ever ..... Don't like that you don't talk in this channel.... it's not the same and I think Most everyone Enjoys listening to you Explain everything so well as you do .....just saying....😊
Absolutely love the concept of this channel and the photos you bring along with. One recommendation would be to include some narration about where you are and where you're headed. It may require some more work but I think with the effort you already put into researching for the main channel you could add some great depth. Not over the top narration the entire time but some fill-ins. Keep up the great work!
Really enjoyed this video. Felt like I am walking and feeling the environment. One suggestion , if possible, 360 camera can be used to make live 360 videos for virtual tour. Anybody can watch anywhere as it doesn't restrict the field of view. By the way, thanks for your efforts and your legs to walk for us 😁
Perhaps this might work better in the cities, towns and villages where the transition shots still give us something to watch. Or perhaps captions long the bottom of the screen to describe what we are looking at. The historical pictures are a plus. We visited the Berghof area several years ago but didn’t have to explode outside of the main area. This video makes we want to return.
This is super cool JD! I have a suggestion or maybe idea. Would it be possible to try one of those 360 cameras that as a viewer I can control and pan around? Not sure how difficult that would be? I've seen some videos of fighter jets where they mounted the 360 camera and I was able to move around and watch from different angles. Really cool! Just a thought! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
I disagree, what I'd prefer is a note when he holds up the photos of what is in the photos. Other then that I think this is perfect. Don't get me wrong I love JD. I think it just goes better with my internal thought process. Having it be your own internal voice reading it to go with your thoughts. I hope I made that make sense.
There is a multi episode series on the main channel diving into the history of this area. It includes museum visits, site visits, and commentary on its significance. I suggest you search for it
Any visit to the Berghof remains should include a tour of the hotel Zum Turken a short walk away (shown briefly up and to the from the front view of the Berghof). The underground bunkers and tunnels are fascinating.
Terrific video. It will really give folks a sense of the place. I was there last June after much research. When you start up the path at 3:50, I believe you're walking on some rubble that was bulldozed over the main driveway. Compare with the scene shown in your photo at 18:50. I read somewhere that Hitler once remarked he could see Salzburg from the Berghof. He was right! I had a 400mm lens with me and I saw the Festung Hohensalzburg clearly.
JD -- excellent presentation, although I have no issue with your spoken channels. This has the vibe of the Ruiter productions, which I also found exceptional. No dialogue -- just the "then and now" presentations. I'd been to Berchtesgaden several times in the 80s. Stayed at the General Walker Hotel, which was demolished in 2001. Did some skiing, toured some of the tunnel complex, and drank a fair amount of that great Bavarian beer. Several wonderful memories. I'd suggest to all to review the "then and now" presentations by Ruiter Productions. Lots and lots of sites throughout Germany.
Was there a few years back. Had hiked down to the Berghof from the documentation centre. Was interesting to see how huge of a footprint the house had. The sign is definitely new since my visit. Can’t believe I missed the emergency exit. Will be there next summer and will spend more time exploring. I remember from a previous visit you had mentioned a guy who gives walking tours of the area. Can you pass along his name?
First, I get a kick out of the sign at 17:16 where the maker inserted the German word for "is." Had a chuckle out of that. Second, I will say that a little commentary would be nice. The pics don't say it all, after all. Overall, excellent video and looks like it's quite the hike to get around there. I wish I would have done that the last time I was there, but it was quite overcast and the leaves would have been out so not much to see other than the ruins.
When you show the first picture you have walked past the spot where the picture was taken. I noticed the same thing in the Berchtesgaden video with the fountain shot not being at the right angle.
I like this format! I'm a hiker, so I felt like I was exploring the area myself. It goes well with your other channel and perhaps post links to those videos in your description here? I was quizzing myself from what I learned from your earlier videos. I was stumped as to whose house got bombed that turned into the park tho. Goebbel's?
I remember you mentioning that you had a walking no talking videos coming up. But I was expecting to hear at the beginning of this video, "Right now..."
excellent concept a walk as if you were there with script to explain things , great idea JD, wish they would have left some of the house standing for history sake not to inshrine hittler but to help us visualize and remember those times weather good or bad, destroying the house dosnt to bring one person killed back or wipe away the history which i think was the intention of destroying it
You can see the places for yourself this way, and have your own thoughts and emotions. This was, and is today, a beautiful place abused by ugly people for a time. The sacrifices are remembered, and now the place of natural beauty is reclaimed, cleaned slowly of the touch of war and blood. Rather than conquest, stand here for a moment and make your own decisions about how you will make a better world for yourself and others. Auf diese Weise können Sie sich die Orte selbst ansehen und Ihre eigenen Gedanken und Gefühle entwickeln. Dies war und ist heute ein wunderschöner Ort, der eine Zeit lang von hässlichen Menschen missbraucht wurde. Die Opfer werden in Erinnerung gerufen und nun wird der Ort der natürlichen Schönheit zurückerobert und langsam von der Berührung durch Krieg und Blut gereinigt. Statt zu erobern, bleiben Sie einen Moment hier und treffen Sie Ihre eigenen Entscheidungen darüber, wie Sie die Welt für sich und andere verbessern können.
Love it JD, but just thinking here, maybe a little background music? Also, if you will, I have a question. When you are out touring places just like this as well as the many tunnels and abandoned buildings, etc., I have seen you in over the years, do you do this, mostly, by yourself or is there someone with you, to at least, be able to call out for assistance, heaven forbid, if needed?
Disagree about the music. Just the visual, TYVM. Music as part of the intro, maybe, but there is no more compelling element than silence, or footsteps in the leaves or on the cobblestones. JD has it right.
@@Eupher72120 I agree with you other than maybe just bringing into the video some strategically placed music through out; for instance, when panning over the beautiful mountains, etc.
I’m just curious Mr JD. I want to visit here for my 25 wedding anniversary and I’m curious… as you walk these grounds…. Do you get a feeling of grace and mercy or a feeling of wicked and evil? Considering both have walked that part of the earth.
Great addition to your program. Perhaps some of you music lightly in the background would be a plus….. not to drown out all the natural sounds but just to fill in a bit😊
I love that you include historical photos and videos.
I love this style of video with no talking and the pictures to see the then and now. Very relaxing!. Too many videos nowadays are loud and have a million jump cuts.
Love this format. Not that I dislike commentary, but this really recreates the experience of walking the ground by yourself; with just your thoughts. I did this very thing here a few years ago. It is impossible to reconcile the grandeur and pristine beauty of this place with the magnitude of evil the once existed here. You simply can't wrap your head around it.
Glad that you're liking it! Got more on the way.
My thoughts exactly. So ironic that such beauty could have housed the most monstrous people in human history.
I was thinking the same thing. I would pause the video and just think about the place 85+ years ago. Pictures gave a great sense of where everything was at that time. Great Job!
Interesting. Diffrent vibe from the main channel. While I prefer hearing JD discuss the history of his surroundings, this is also pretty cool.
Very nice compliment to the other channel. Thank You.
Not only was this interesting but it was relaxing, almost like ASMR. I'm really looking forward to more videos like this in the future! 😊
Watching this, being left alone with your thoughts and questions and seeing a few pictures for reference is a fascinating experience that allows you to focus on otherwise probably overlooked details in the scenery. I like this a lot!
Glad that you liked it! More on the way!
the silence adds a natural feel to it. making it feel like the viewer is there. looking forward others like it
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JD always enjoy your down to earth, informative narrative however this first History Traveler Walking Tour was very enjoyable. Thanks for the new format but keep doing the videos that you do so well.
Thanks!
THANKS for taking me back to 1970 when I was a 1lt in the First Battalion 3rd Infantry Div stationed in Germany and spent a weekend touring this beautiful area. Hope to make a return vist some day.
Glad you enjoyed it!
No music, not talking, just the crunching sound of gravel and leaves under foot with a fantastic view. Nice one JD, look forward to seeing many more sites around the world which I’m sure you have a back log of footage!
This is very interesting, but I do like the way you explain everything on the other channel, as you go along 🤓
This is exactly the content my mind and soul need right now. I feel like you’re taking us on your exploration expeditions. The popping up of the historic photos in their present day place is brilliant
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I may have missed something initially but someone suggested turning on the captions to follow along with a silent narrative. That made a big contribution to the video. One can also follow along by turning on the transcript. Keep it up, J.D.
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This is great companion content for the original channel. I really enjoy this format when Im looking for something to wind down to at the end of the night.
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J.D. this is an awesome way to experience where you travel for your videos! Great idea Bro!
Nice 👌🏼 no strange musik and no 🗣🤫only nice pictures🙏🏼 thats a great concept 👍🏼
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I enjoyed that, soaking up the atmosphere, it’s a peaceful spot which doesn’t come through in videos with commentary, I could almost feel the chill of the air in my lungs🙏
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks!
I absolutely love this before and current look of history.Brings you back too like being there.
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Love the subs only no talk format of this. Its like walking it yourself and reading info signs. Relaxing and interesting. 👍
very well made JD. love the detail you put in your videos
I'm not one who complained, but happy to be here. Thanks for your incredible work J.D. Matching the photos with the present day locations was icing on the cake. Happy Thanksgiving!
Excellent video, JD. I had the opportunity to be there in May earlier this year and do exactly what you did in this video, just walking around, taking my time, using historical pictures to see the context and exact locations. It was such a unique experience!
It is such an amazingly beautiful place, stunning views and so peaceful! Can't get my head around that some of the most horrible and diabolic events in history were planned in this beautiful and peaceful place.
Obersalzburg became one of my top favourite places to visit and learn from history. So many things to see and learn from history (the Berghof, Kehsteinaus, Konigssee, the bunkers, the SS KAserne, Albert Speer's studio, the Mooslahnerkopf, the Hotel zum Turken, Goring and Bormann's homes, the documentation centre, the Gastehaus Hoher Goll, the Platterhof, the Kamfhaus and more). I loved every minute of that trip! Can't wait to go back with my kid and let him learn from history this way.
For historical purposes it sad that it’s all gone. Ty for posting
I agree 😊
This is brilliant! Thanks for doing this!
Well done. I was with you every step. You investigate the terrain like I do in circles. Can’t wait for the next one.
I was skeptical of this concept/format when I began watching, but found myself unable to separate my eyes from it. Turns out, I really enjoyed it.
Was that an airfield at the 20:31 mark? A weather station?
Maybe it is just me, but that guy on the swing was rather surreal and freaked me out a bit.
New sub crossed-over from the Mother Ship.
The Berghof and surrounding areas are perfect for a silent walking tour.
Very curious how you will pursue other locations that are less compatible.
Great job and thank you!!
Thanks!
Can you imagine the amount of patrol senturies you would've encountered in those woods back in Hitlers day? Spooky! Awesome video BTW
It's amazing, I just returned from their in September. I spent 7 Days in Berchtesgaden, most of that time was right up that very trail where you're walking now. Each and every visit I always end up discovering something new.
I love your Channels one of my favorite ever ..... Don't like that you don't talk in this channel.... it's not the same and I think Most everyone Enjoys listening to you Explain everything so well as you do .....just saying....😊
Absolutely love the concept of this channel and the photos you bring along with. One recommendation would be to include some narration about where you are and where you're headed. It may require some more work but I think with the effort you already put into researching for the main channel you could add some great depth. Not over the top narration the entire time but some fill-ins. Keep up the great work!
Thanks! I’ve include notes in the closed captions that should help with that a bit.
@@HistoryTravelerWalkingTours I didn't even know that was a feature! What an amazing middle ground. Thanks J.D.!
Really enjoyed this video. Felt like I am walking and feeling the environment. One suggestion , if possible, 360 camera can be used to make live 360 videos for virtual tour. Anybody can watch anywhere as it doesn't restrict the field of view. By the way, thanks for your efforts and your legs to walk for us 😁
Perhaps this might work better in the cities, towns and villages where the transition shots still give us something to watch. Or perhaps captions long the bottom of the screen to describe what we are looking at. The historical pictures are a plus. We visited the Berghof area several years ago but didn’t have to explode outside of the main area. This video makes we want to return.
Just added the captions to this video. 🙂
Greetings from Croatia and keep going ❤️
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This is super cool JD! I have a suggestion or maybe idea. Would it be possible to try one of those 360 cameras that as a viewer I can control and pan around? Not sure how difficult that would be? I've seen some videos of fighter jets where they mounted the 360 camera and I was able to move around and watch from different angles. Really cool! Just a thought! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Working on it. 🙂
Hello from Tennessee. Keep it up. Love your videos.
Thanks!
I subcribed as soon I as learned of it. Good to things from this perspective. Great Job JD.
I really like this premise and with the pictures to help put it all together but I also like your commentary of historical facts within your video
Great idea JD, it lets us dust our old imagination off and do some thinking and wondering on our own.
Wish you talked a little bit to let us know what you are looking at.
I disagree, what I'd prefer is a note when he holds up the photos of what is in the photos. Other then that I think this is perfect. Don't get me wrong I love JD. I think it just goes better with my internal thought process. Having it be your own internal voice reading it to go with your thoughts. I hope I made that make sense.
You're looking for his other channel then 😂
There is a multi episode series on the main channel diving into the history of this area. It includes museum visits, site visits, and commentary on its significance. I suggest you search for it
Turn on captions (CC)... Then there will be subtitles throughout the video explaining what you are viewing.
It says right at the start to turn on subtitles for info.
Incredible video, love this content.
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Any visit to the Berghof remains should include a tour of the hotel Zum Turken a short walk away (shown briefly up and to the from the front view of the Berghof). The underground bunkers and tunnels are fascinating.
Terrific video. It will really give folks a sense of the place. I was there last June after much research. When you start up the path at 3:50, I believe you're walking on some rubble that was bulldozed over the main driveway. Compare with the scene shown in your photo at 18:50. I read somewhere that Hitler once remarked he could see Salzburg from the Berghof. He was right! I had a 400mm lens with me and I saw the Festung Hohensalzburg clearly.
JD -- excellent presentation, although I have no issue with your spoken channels. This has the vibe of the Ruiter productions, which I also found exceptional. No dialogue -- just the "then and now" presentations.
I'd been to Berchtesgaden several times in the 80s. Stayed at the General Walker Hotel, which was demolished in 2001. Did some skiing, toured some of the tunnel complex, and drank a fair amount of that great Bavarian beer. Several wonderful memories.
I'd suggest to all to review the "then and now" presentations by Ruiter Productions. Lots and lots of sites throughout Germany.
Very cool, look forward to more!
Great video thanks for leaving out the music 👍🤟
Love this idea J.D. any chance you could put subtitles up as you hit specific spots? Just for some context?
Just added them. 🙂
I loved it. It’s still a creepy place but it’s also beautiful. I’m glad you’re doing this. Thank you👍😊
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@ It was. The photos were great. Showing what it was like in durning the take over in 1945.were amazing. 👍
I did the same thing last summer ('03) on an Ambrose "Band of Brothers" tour!
Super nice channel.😎Please come to Luxembourg for a visit. It has a lot of history to offer. Best regards.
Was there a few years back. Had hiked down to the Berghof from the documentation centre. Was interesting to see how huge of a footprint the house had. The sign is definitely new since my visit. Can’t believe I missed the emergency exit. Will be there next summer and will spend more time exploring. I remember from a previous visit you had mentioned a guy who gives walking tours of the area. Can you pass along his name?
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Good idea JD with these vids, love your talking head ones too though. Wanted someone to open the door when you knocked
That was lovely & relaxing, thank you ☺️
Love this new channel. Thank you 🙏
brilliant! great camera work. I love how nature has reclaimed and purified a place where such evil once was.
Really enjoyed it. Thx JD
I was there on a motorcycle trip last year. Wished I’d walked around there. Will have to go back.
First, I get a kick out of the sign at 17:16 where the maker inserted the German word for "is." Had a chuckle out of that.
Second, I will say that a little commentary would be nice. The pics don't say it all, after all. Overall, excellent video and looks like it's quite the hike to get around there. I wish I would have done that the last time I was there, but it was quite overcast and the leaves would have been out so not much to see other than the ruins.
When you show the first picture you have walked past the spot where the picture was taken. I noticed the same thing in the Berchtesgaden video with the fountain shot not being at the right angle.
Yeah, I was slightly off.
I’d love to see you walk where Arminius walked.
That reminds me … I need to rake the leaves. 🍁🍂🍁
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Very cool JD, on perhaps a cool morning.
Thank you for no mellow dramatic music and narration and pedantic apologies.
excellent video
Thanks!
Nice! What camera do you use?
I like this format! I'm a hiker, so I felt like I was exploring the area myself. It goes well with your other channel and perhaps post links to those videos in your description here? I was quizzing myself from what I learned from your earlier videos. I was stumped as to whose house got bombed that turned into the park tho. Goebbel's?
Just added those links as well as some closed captions that describe what we are seeing.
Amazing how many trees have grown since then.
Great work JD 😊
This place is on my bucket list to visit!
Good show, but I do like your running commentary
I remember you mentioning that you had a walking no talking videos coming up. But I was expecting to hear at the beginning of this video, "Right now..."
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Incredible video
I love this idea. Well executed too, if I tried this it'd be covered in heavy breathing (from walking up the hills), which isn't the right vibe really
Looking forward to more videos!
From, 23: 52 - 23:54. Was the person on the swing Hitler's poltergeist? It was very eerie.
Spectacular views. Not wonder big H built a house there. Looks cold.
22:20 ist kein bombenkrater - hier wurde beim Bau vom hotel ein Biotop angelegt
excellent concept a walk as if you were there with script to explain things , great idea JD, wish they would have left some of the house standing for history sake not to inshrine hittler but to help us visualize and remember those times weather good or bad, destroying the house dosnt to bring one person killed back or wipe away the history which i think was the intention of destroying it
At 7:42 there's a tree that some one had carved some thing or writing into a tree it looks like or it's marked
Just came over, maybe a short narrative on what we are about to see might work well, apart from that quite good
Thanks. I’ve included notes in the closed captions that will hopefully add a little context.
Yeh combine the formats, might make the videos longer but I watch videos over an hour in duration, that’s what the pause function is for
Love the photos!
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This is just excellent!
You can see the places for yourself this way, and have your own thoughts and emotions. This was, and is today, a beautiful place abused by ugly people for a time. The sacrifices are remembered, and now the place of natural beauty is reclaimed, cleaned slowly of the touch of war and blood. Rather than conquest, stand here for a moment and make your own decisions about how you will make a better world for yourself and others.
Auf diese Weise können Sie sich die Orte selbst ansehen und Ihre eigenen Gedanken und Gefühle entwickeln. Dies war und ist heute ein wunderschöner Ort, der eine Zeit lang von hässlichen Menschen missbraucht wurde. Die Opfer werden in Erinnerung gerufen und nun wird der Ort der natürlichen Schönheit zurückerobert und langsam von der Berührung durch Krieg und Blut gereinigt. Statt zu erobern, bleiben Sie einen Moment hier und treffen Sie Ihre eigenen Entscheidungen darüber, wie Sie die Welt für sich und andere verbessern können.
Great concept
the views are spectacular there
Well....maybe not that quiet! Your narrative and comments are always inviting.
Love it JD, but just thinking here, maybe a little background music? Also, if you will, I have a question. When you are out touring places just like this as well as the many tunnels and abandoned buildings, etc., I have seen you in over the years, do you do this, mostly, by yourself or is there someone with you, to at least, be able to call out for assistance, heaven forbid, if needed?
I’m mostly by myself on these ventures. Had my wife along for this one though.
Disagree about the music. Just the visual, TYVM. Music as part of the intro, maybe, but there is no more compelling element than silence, or footsteps in the leaves or on the cobblestones. JD has it right.
@@Eupher72120 I agree with you other than maybe just bringing into the video some strategically placed music through out; for instance, when panning over the beautiful mountains, etc.
Absolutely loved this.
What happened to the building ?
It was demolished in the 50s.
I’m just curious Mr JD. I want to visit here for my 25 wedding anniversary and I’m curious… as you walk these grounds…. Do you get a feeling of grace and mercy or a feeling of wicked and evil? Considering both have walked that part of the earth.
Would you consider adding context in the subtitles so we have a generalization of what we're looking at? If not, no biggie.
That’s on the way. Hope to have those added within the next few days. I thought that I’d have time to get them in but had a wrench thrown in my plans.
I understand your point of no talking but a few closed caption identification footnotes would be nice.
Definitely.
Good idea!
It a beutiful place w/ a great view
Great addition to your program. Perhaps some of you music lightly in the background would be a plus….. not to drown out all the natural sounds but just to fill in a bit😊
I had to go on Wikipedia to find out about this place.
Would you be allowed to use metal detector up there?
I don’t think so.
I love your History Traveler Series, but this one not so much. I want to hear the history of the area and the people who were are part of it!