I will never forget driving south on US 75 out of Tulsa during one of the big Oil Bust periods. I saw one house with FOR SALE signs for the house, a bunch of oil derricks, and a helicopter! The towns you visited probably hit their peak before 1920!
I wish you had followed US 212 across South Dakota, which follows where the old Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension used to run. You usually see the most vivid signs of community collapse where the train service used to be very good, and now no longer exists.
I think you went through a pretty prosperous part of North Dakota. A lot of stores were open downtown, and there were a lot of operating grain elevators. That usually means the railroad is still operating, too.
Lehr might want to look at Rivergrove Oregon to compare. Rivergrove is in two counties also, and is so small, it has no business district whatsoever. It is quite small in area, but may likely have more residents.
Born and raised first in Mayville, ND then raised in Buxton, ND. Due to a few different circumstances I now live just NE of Cincinnati. Absolutely love my North Dakota!
Got married in Bowman. It looks dead but there is some heavy drinking going on. Yeah moron Crystal Bar. Scranton has a pizza parlor. We drive over from Bowman for that. He is wasting film all those towns are the same. Drink in the bar or do nothing. I did 27 years of my 50 years in the oil patch in North Dakota.
12:50. Actually, every “town” you went through was a city. Every incorporated place in North Dakota is a city by definition. It’s cool seeing someone drive across the state like this. I am from the Beach area a little north of Bowman and ran many high school track meets in Bowman. Now I live on the eastern side of North Dakota and don’t get out west much.
Wow, I must say you have been to lots of empty abandoned buildings and towns some if these towns in those areas of the country still look nice and could reopen at anytime. I've seen the really bad areas bordeded up graffiti all over the place.
I miss places like this..,but then I remember the snow and the tornado's and the thunder storms,…..yup love ur channel I am able to watch the cool stuff,. Thank u love this
I bask myself in the authenticity that exists in the outskirts of our country. Here is where things are real. You get a glimpse of the simple life that is out of reach in our modern electronic world. Adam thinks the same thoughts as I do when discovering history, abandoned but still standing.
I live in Bismarck ND – there are numerous small towns like this all over ND. The main populated towns are Bismarck (the capital), Fargo (most populated), Minot (Air force base), Grand Forks (University of ND), and Williston (sprung up from 2013/14 mining rush).
ND is peaceful and family centered. The men are hard workers, and the women are great cooks as well as socializers. It's a safe place to start life/start a family!
My parents grew up in North Dakota. You drove from the driest least populated part of the state, where it is mainly cattle ranches, towards the wetter eastern side where it is mainly farmland. North Dakota was laid out by the railroads. Where you started was the Milwaukee Road tracks. The last time I was near Bowman the cars had stopped on the road so a cattle drive could pass by! I have driven from I94 near Dickenson to I90 near Spearfish without an oncoming car passing by! That is almost 200 miles.
One day you need to come back and travel thru the middle and northern part of the state. Missed a lot of stuff. We have little Yellowstone, the badlands tons like that.
I love that you showed these small towns. This is the very reason I moved out here. I lived in Flint Michigan until I moved here in Oct. of 2018. I love it here. I live in tiny town of Nome where we have maybe 70 people. Here too n town we only have a post office and a little gift shop. However across hwy32 is the old Nome schoolhouse that was bought just over a year ago that has been turned into a bed and breakfast with lots of activities for visitors.
Not empty, it's just on a Sunday. Not unusual.
I will never forget driving south on US 75 out of Tulsa during one of the big Oil Bust periods. I saw one house with FOR SALE signs for the house, a bunch of oil derricks, and a helicopter! The towns you visited probably hit their peak before 1920!
I wish you had followed US 212 across South Dakota, which follows where the old Milwaukee Road Pacific Extension used to run. You usually see the most vivid signs of community collapse where the train service used to be very good, and now no longer exists.
I used to live in Grand Forks ND for a few years and have been through that part of the state also
I think you went through a pretty prosperous part of North Dakota. A lot of stores were open downtown, and there were a lot of operating grain elevators. That usually means the railroad is still operating, too.
Lehr might want to look at Rivergrove Oregon to compare. Rivergrove is in two counties also, and is so small, it has no business district whatsoever. It is quite small in area, but may likely have more residents.
Wait, you missed Monango!
Born and raised first in Mayville, ND then raised in Buxton, ND. Due to a few different circumstances I now live just NE of Cincinnati. Absolutely love my North Dakota!
I'd like to visit my namesake state.
A man who wrote a book about Fargo said he'd show me around the city if I ever got out that way.
How far does a resident of Bowman N.D. have to drive to find a Wal-Mart super center?
Don't need to see you drinking coffee and talking with the camera in your face. You could trim 10 minutes off a otherwise boring asz video! Damn
Thanks for bringing us along! I really enjoyed the trip! 🙂
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Seems like your main point is "Nobody lives here"!! How do you suppose those businesses stay open???
You talk way too much!
You'll have to check out the old missile base outside of Nekoma, and sweep through Egeland and Bisbee on the way through too! Cool video
Got married in Bowman.
It looks dead but there is some heavy drinking going on. Yeah moron Crystal Bar.
Scranton has a pizza parlor. We drive over from Bowman for that.
He is wasting film all those towns are the same. Drink in the bar or do nothing.
I did 27 years of my 50 years in the oil patch in North Dakota.
I was born and raised in ND. Never been to any of these towns or on the Enchanted Highway. Thank you for your kind review. 👍
Well thats about as boring as it can get! Why?
12:50. Actually, every “town” you went through was a city. Every incorporated place in North Dakota is a city by definition. It’s cool seeing someone drive across the state like this. I am from the Beach area a little north of Bowman and ran many high school track meets in Bowman. Now I live on the eastern side of North Dakota and don’t get out west much.
Wow, I must say you have been to lots of empty abandoned buildings and towns some if these towns in those areas of the country still look nice and could reopen at anytime. I've seen the really bad areas bordeded up graffiti all over the place.
I miss places like this..,but then I remember the snow and the tornado's and the thunder storms,…..yup love ur channel I am able to watch the cool stuff,. Thank u love this
I could have told you that there was no bridge there! That is NOT a dirt road… It is a graded gravel road.
Before the advent of the interstate this was probably one of the main highways going east,west
Some of these dying towns have some neat things to see.
I bask myself in the authenticity that exists in the outskirts of our country. Here is where things are real. You get a glimpse of the simple life that is out of reach in our modern electronic world. Adam thinks the same thoughts as I do when discovering history, abandoned but still standing.
You can still buy Dakota maid flour at the grocery store. Enchanted castle really does look like a High school.
It's an old Civil Defense air raid siren. Adorned many a volunteer fire station in It's heyday. They sound really cool, too.
Many of those old brick buildings in North Dakota look exactly like the brick buildings you'll see in my hometown of Chicago. 😆
I live in Bismarck ND – there are numerous small towns like this all over ND. The main populated towns are Bismarck (the capital), Fargo (most populated), Minot (Air force base), Grand Forks (University of ND), and Williston (sprung up from 2013/14 mining rush).
ND is peaceful and family centered. The men are hard workers, and the women are great cooks as well as socializers. It's a safe place to start life/start a family!
Love the small town America tour
The knight and dragon was wild, someone is having too much fun
My parents grew up in North Dakota. You drove from the driest least populated part of the state, where it is mainly cattle ranches, towards the wetter eastern side where it is mainly farmland. North Dakota was laid out by the railroads. Where you started was the Milwaukee Road tracks. The last time I was near Bowman the cars had stopped on the road so a cattle drive could pass by! I have driven from I94 near Dickenson to I90 near Spearfish without an oncoming car passing by! That is almost 200 miles.
18:50 tanks hitten how were the tanks hitten?
You should go to Assumption abby in Richardton. It’s actually really beautiful.
I have lived in Carson and Elgin
adam ….thanks for these really cool rides ………. how is the cell phone service in this area ……….as u go west to east …??
No better guide to what these small towns have to offer for visitors passing through, than these videos.
ah the good ole mid west ..cant beat it
One day you need to come back and travel thru the middle and northern part of the state. Missed a lot of stuff. We have little Yellowstone, the badlands tons like that.
I love that you showed these small towns. This is the very reason I moved out here. I lived in Flint Michigan until I moved here in Oct. of 2018. I love it here. I live in tiny town of Nome where we have maybe 70 people. Here too n town we only have a post office and a little gift shop. However across hwy32 is the old Nome schoolhouse that was bought just over a year ago that has been turned into a bed and breakfast with lots of activities for visitors.
That is Graveled road . .not dirt road. .old prairie roads are dirt
Had to go around these lakes…. also know as the Missouri River 😂
As a motorcycle rider. That state would be brutal. I need twistie roads, which I don’t believe ND has any