Top 10 most secluded towns in United States of America. Some Footage from Freeway Jim.

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  • Top 10 most secluded towns in America.
    Welcome to the world according to Briggs. Today we are going to look at some secluded towns in the United States. Colorado, Alaska, California, New Mexico, and Maine all have them. Maybe you are looking for a secluded town to travel to or relocate to. This list is for you.
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  • @insertnamehere2635
    @insertnamehere2635 Pƙed 5 lety +401

    Alaska is amazing no matter where you go. The remoteness of it is what makes it even better. The fewer people the better.

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 5 lety +13

      Alaska IS GREAT !

    • @port566
      @port566 Pƙed 5 lety +6

      I'll vouch for that. I've taken a cruise, and visited Fairbanks and Anchorage during the summer solstice. I'm eager to go back someday. The only issue I had was at the hotel over a bar in Wasilla. 'Nuff said. :-)

    • @jpcote8794
      @jpcote8794 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      Wow! U have the same last name as me. U must be French-Canadian.

    • @modeizm5891
      @modeizm5891 Pƙed 5 lety +3

      What about living in Dutch Harbor?

    • @manhater799
      @manhater799 Pƙed 4 lety +8

      I couldn't agree more. People ruin everything.

  • @SKC193
    @SKC193 Pƙed 6 lety +13

    My husband’s sister lived in Red River for a few years & absolutely loved it. Some great stories! Everyone in town even knew their dog! He roamed around & was the unofficial mayor!

  • @Kanchusnohomish
    @Kanchusnohomish Pƙed 5 lety +229

    Nothing wrong with living in the woods and not talking to anybody for 27 years. Pretty awesome actually.

    • @johnnypinestead7879
      @johnnypinestead7879 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Been to ME during the winter? He's a nut.

    • @infinite3995
      @infinite3995 Pƙed 4 lety +4

      Until you need money or healthcare

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      Thanks to Corona ! Home Alone for 27 years ! A REAL PIONEER SPIRIT !

    • @davidkrehbiel2508
      @davidkrehbiel2508 Pƙed 3 lety +4

      @@infinite3995 Or relationships or help. I don't get the fascination with being alone. The desire to live and die alone is not normal.

    • @infinite3995
      @infinite3995 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      @@davidkrehbiel2508 alone time is good and all. But not forever alone with your own self and thoughts. That would be very tough to do. Humans are social mammals that crave social interaction. So yes, wanting to be alone like that is definitely not normal. Many people can relate to it though

  • @ThugShakers4Christ
    @ThugShakers4Christ Pƙed 4 lety +75

    I lived in Caribou, Maine as a kid! I remember we went to Canada for most things.

  • @stacymirba1433
    @stacymirba1433 Pƙed 4 lety +161

    3:00 Guy hasn't talked to anybody in 27 years. No one around to aggravate him, doesn't sound bad at all.

    • @CarolynsRVLife
      @CarolynsRVLife Pƙed 4 lety +4

      LOl. Yep, sounds like heaven!

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 4 lety

      27 years - if He had Nothing to say ? Just asking !

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @Cicero Progontus If You would move to a New Country - and Didnt know the language ? There are many People - that never learn a 2nd language ! Have You ever thought about THAT ?

    • @moretoexplore6736
      @moretoexplore6736 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      His name is Christopher Knight, Michael Finkel wrote a book about him; The Stranger in the Woods, the Extraordinary Story of Last True Hermit. He comes very close to encountering other people because he stole clothes and food from a kids summer camp (I think) several times before he was finally caught. I don't remember what his punishment was, I hope it wasn't too harsh. It is a very touching and page-turning story available on Kindle.

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Is The Books name - Walk into Wild ?

  • @slemkeyt
    @slemkeyt Pƙed 6 lety +178

    Supia, Arizona, 3 hour drive out of Flagstaff then another 8 mile walk. They have no roads. Mail is delivered by mule train.

    • @nakayummy
      @nakayummy Pƙed 5 lety +15

      I had the same thought I hiked into supai and out two days later. Should've planned for longer, most beautiful place I've ever been. Also, I grew up at #4 on this list, lol.

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      Great - IS IT sunny thru Out The year ? You Have TV and Radio ?

    • @trevorjustinjones
      @trevorjustinjones Pƙed 5 lety

      Supia is a pretty secluded place.

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 5 lety

      @@nakayummy What was wrorg with The place ? Are You just used to too GOOD ?

    • @trevorjustinjones
      @trevorjustinjones Pƙed 5 lety +13

      Joe Bland he is correct. Both Supai Az and Phantom Ranch have US mail that is served by Mule.

  • @baileyreport.
    @baileyreport. Pƙed 5 lety +7

    I do admire the guy's persistence. Spending so much time driving to and from to document such places is amazing. Certainly, they're good places to be from.

  • @robinwc4672
    @robinwc4672 Pƙed 5 lety +59

    And we wonder why Stephen King living in Maine doesn't have to try hard to write Stranger Than Fiction horror stories.

  • @jxc1640
    @jxc1640 Pƙed 5 lety +16

    While you were talking about Crested Butte, I was wearing my Crested Butte shirt. My family has a cabin there that we visit there sometimes. Great place to be!

  • @garydeckant7554
    @garydeckant7554 Pƙed 6 lety +10

    I spent the night of July 4, 1981 in Barrow AK. There were still ice floes offshore. The sun never set all night long.

  • @darthvader8433
    @darthvader8433 Pƙed 5 lety +143

    If you want some truly isolated places (outside of Russia I guess) have a look at a map of Australia. We love that we *really can* get away from it all!
    You haven't seen a starlit night sky until you've camped in the Australian outback..

    • @maggiee.1105
      @maggiee.1105 Pƙed 5 lety +5

      there’s a lot of open places in the usa too where there isn’t a light for miles and you can see every star. i mean, australia and the usa are pretty close in size

    • @danielmoore1232
      @danielmoore1232 Pƙed 5 lety +15

      As an American who has been to Australia several times, I can vouch for our friends down under. It seemed like all of their towns and cities were on the coast. Almost the entire inland is empty for hundreds and hundreds of miles.

    • @ghostofreagan3181
      @ghostofreagan3181 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@danielmoore1232 not only that but, Ozzy Man lives there.

    • @obijuan7003
      @obijuan7003 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@maggiee.1105 where are they?

    • @jeffreylorien6687
      @jeffreylorien6687 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      I lived in white cliffs nsw for seven months. 12 hour drive from Sydney. It was absolutely amazing.

  • @liljafamilyaccount7306
    @liljafamilyaccount7306 Pƙed 5 lety +8

    I started watching this thinking I probably haven't been to any of these, and then boom so far I have been to 3.

  • @jeffsie88
    @jeffsie88 Pƙed 6 lety +54

    "This train will stop in Tucumcari."
    Lee Van Cleef in For a Few Dollars More.

  • @charlesromanelli503
    @charlesromanelli503 Pƙed 6 lety +22

    Whittier, Alaska.
    You have to go through a tunnel to get to it. A tunnel that closes at night.

    • @nyclady9939
      @nyclady9939 Pƙed 5 lety +7

      Yup, I went thru that Tunnel to get to Whittier and the wildest part is that the ENTIRE town is located in ONE BUILDING!!!! CRAAAAAAAAZY! But I loved it there! : )

    • @TalenGryphon
      @TalenGryphon Pƙed 5 lety +3

      Lol. Wittier barely counts as a town. It's one building

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 5 lety +4

      @@TalenGryphon IT IS The ONLY one - with No Neigbours ! Many People Dont like Their Neigbours anyway ? More Space for Dogs & Cats !

  • @roderickwhitehead
    @roderickwhitehead Pƙed 5 lety +7

    The summer of '78 my family flew from the east coast all the way to California in my father's Piper Cherokee. At one point, while flying across New Mexico, we ran into a thunderstorm. I can still remember how scary it was... landed in in Tucumcari.

  • @DidYaServe
    @DidYaServe Pƙed 5 lety +11

    Good choice for #1. Barrow is as cold and as isolated as it gets. Like somewhere in Siberia.

  • @5argetech56
    @5argetech56 Pƙed 6 lety +37

    If there's a Dollar General Store then it's on the map.

  • @janicelivingston9644
    @janicelivingston9644 Pƙed 6 lety +44

    I'VE BEEN AROUND HUMAN BEINGS ALL MY LIFE AND HAVN'T HAD A CONVERSATION WITH ONE FOR 28 YEARS SO I HAVE THE MAINE HERMIT BEAT BY A YEAR

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      But You are doing fine ? Thats The main Thing ! Maine IS GREAT - outdoors and Good People !

    • @shorelockhomes943
      @shorelockhomes943 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      Good for you. Congratulations.

    • @theresam1649
      @theresam1649 Pƙed 4 lety

      Janice Livingston ~ 😅👍

    • @danielmccauley5512
      @danielmccauley5512 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Maybe it's because you were talking in all CAPS, might have turned them off 😂

    • @joannagipson12
      @joannagipson12 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      @@danielmccauley5512 hahahahaha 😄😄😄😄😄

  • @97I30T
    @97I30T Pƙed 5 lety +18

    Ely, NV is one the prettiest small towns I’ve ever seen. It’s a really unique place.

    • @dylank8100
      @dylank8100 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Kent I live in elko not to far from ely ahaha

    • @dylank8100
      @dylank8100 Pƙed 4 lety

      Jeremy Mettler bro ion know wtf you talking about

    • @97I30T
      @97I30T Pƙed 4 lety

      Dylan K That’s awesome. I really like Elko. Lamoille canyon is absolutely gorgeous. It’s a shame that a lot of it got burnt last year. Northeastern Nevada is a very special place. There really is nowhere else like it.

    • @dylank8100
      @dylank8100 Pƙed 4 lety

      Kent I mean it’s alright I moved here from Southern California and it’s pretty I just miss having stores to shop at also wish elko was a little more progressive like the rest of Nevada but it’s getting there didn’t think it got this cold here tho oml đŸ„¶đŸ„¶

    • @TheDave54a
      @TheDave54a Pƙed 3 lety

      Ely is not a small town. It is the big city where the residents of the rest of northeast Nevada go for services and amenities. If you want remote in Nevada go to Jarbidge. It has one unpaved road in. If you are lucky it is open on a weekend.

  • @ice9594
    @ice9594 Pƙed 5 lety +7

    Well done. I enjoyed learning about these out of the way places. Love your sense of humor!

  • @Coogi622
    @Coogi622 Pƙed 5 lety +10

    You ran the stop sign in Barrow, Alaska đŸ€ŁđŸ‘

  • @TheLeslie244
    @TheLeslie244 Pƙed 6 lety +22

    This entire video could’ve been done just listing places in Alaska. Think about it: Alaska has the same amount of miles of road as Vermont but we’re over twice the size as Texas!! But I guess it’s nice to include the lower 48 to make them seem special. Hahaha

    • @omegablack80214
      @omegablack80214 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      And yet you still have more people than VT. Heck, there are even a few towns in Vermont with a population of 0.

  • @Ari-nw3qy
    @Ari-nw3qy Pƙed 5 lety +23

    10. Red River, New Mexico
    9. Caribou, Maine
    8. Crested Butte, Colorado
    7. Point Roberts, Washington
    6. Tucumcari, New Mexico
    5. Nome, Alaska
    4. Ely, Nevada
    3. Neah Bay, Washington
    2. Angle Inlet, Minnesota
    1. Barrow, Alaska

  • @mbear1639
    @mbear1639 Pƙed 5 lety +10

    Columbus, Ohio checking in
    Love your voice.
    New sub : )

  • @ROGER2095
    @ROGER2095 Pƙed 6 lety +20

    Kotzebue, Alaska is pretty isolated - and life is hard there. No food, no oil, no scenery, no sun - Most stuff comes in by air most of the year because the Arctic Ocean is frozen in Winter, and Winter comes early. I honestly don't know why people live there.

    • @tannawannavannabittannawan7138
      @tannawannavannabittannawan7138 Pƙed 5 lety +4

      ROGER2095 It’s home to many natives and has been for many many generations. It’s their home.

    • @frankkolton1780
      @frankkolton1780 Pƙed 5 lety +3

      No phone, no lights, no motorcar, not a single luxury...

    • @MissaRosa
      @MissaRosa Pƙed 5 lety +4

      @@frankkolton1780 "Like Robinson Crusoe, it's primitive as can be." I'm sure the natives like it that way.

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      Do They Play / Ice hockey There ?

  • @robertphillips6296
    @robertphillips6296 Pƙed 4 lety +11

    Ely is the only one of these towns that I have been to. I recommend the Huevos Rancheros at the Hotel Casino.

  • @ChristysChannelYall
    @ChristysChannelYall Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Well, about to watch this in 2021 and figure out where I need to move to!

  • @rosellaaalm-ahearn1760
    @rosellaaalm-ahearn1760 Pƙed 5 lety +13

    Our family took a road trip several years ago and tried to follow Route 66 as much as we could. One of the best parts was Tucumcari, NM. I wonder if the Blue bird Motel is still there?
    Another very secluded town is Binford, North Dakota. My husband's grandparents lived there in the 1930s, and the population was the same, about 310 people as it is now.

    • @thomasfletcher4109
      @thomasfletcher4109 Pƙed 5 lety +4

      It's called the blue swallow motel and is still in business .

    • @MyDarkSide62
      @MyDarkSide62 Pƙed rokem

      It's still there - I just went through

    • @nelsonx5326
      @nelsonx5326 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      @@thomasfletcher4109
      That might be where I stayed on my way to Vegas. Cinder block bathroom walls.

  • @dennisspencer1113
    @dennisspencer1113 Pƙed 6 lety +31

    You forgot Haines Alaska, Jim. Not only do you have to drive through Canada but you have to drive through two (2) Canadian provinces, Yukon Territory and British Columbia, to get to Haines. Don't ask me why but freight is dropped off in Haines and then trucked to Anchorage. Yep, been there and done that it it's a pain in the butt. Gotta' get through Canadian customs, entering YT from Anchorage, then leaving B.C, then American customs, load in Haines, leave export decs at American customs, declare at Canadian customs, B.C. and re-enter US north of Beaver Creek, YT. Tiresome.

    • @OlafoWaffle
      @OlafoWaffle Pƙed 6 lety +3

      The Anchorage Port is not open year round. However, that drive from Haines to Tok is amazingly beautiful in the winter.

    • @dennisspencer1113
      @dennisspencer1113 Pƙed 6 lety +3

      No, Anchorage is a year round port so the only thing that I can figure is that there is additional Alaska bound freight from Haines. It's part of the Lyndon Transport network. Lyndon runs ships into Anchorage weekly. I was leased to them for several years and it's a seven day a week grind. Must be available until 3:00 PM daily. Turnpike doubles, two 45' trailers in the winter is a PITA.

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      You get to meet alot of People - this Way ! Nice to Have People working for Your country US / Can !

    • @sgtmajvimy
      @sgtmajvimy Pƙed 5 lety +1

      good info, fyi Yukon is not a province, just fyi.

    • @dapper_gent
      @dapper_gent Pƙed 5 lety

      on a typical work day, have you ever cross-threaded your piss jug?

  • @alexanderordinary2110
    @alexanderordinary2110 Pƙed 5 lety +43

    Lot of "beaver" jokes, but they all fell flat.....

    • @ninja_tony
      @ninja_tony Pƙed 4 lety +7

      @Street Deacon No, the stop typing comments were to call out all the pretentious assholes on youtube that can't exist without making annoying comments. If it offended you, chances are, you're one of them.

    • @gennaropupa5599
      @gennaropupa5599 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Would be better without the ridiculous attempt at humour.

    • @kriskeilman8124
      @kriskeilman8124 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@gennaropupa5599 : Perhaps...but each segment would last only three minutes, in which case, is it really worth the trouble of "stoppin' by?" Now, if that 'funny feller' were able to fill the time with more esoteric facts or history, THAT would be ideal! Still, his original idea for this series of segments is just a great one. kris k.

    • @caulkins69
      @caulkins69 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      All of Briggs' jokes fall flat. The funniest thing he has ever said was when he called himself a comedian.

  • @emperorpalpatine1228
    @emperorpalpatine1228 Pƙed 5 lety +16

    There's place in Kentucky (Hickman County) that's cut off from the rest of the State. You have to go through Southeastern Missouri and come back through Kentucky to get to it.

    • @andyb2028
      @andyb2028 Pƙed 4 lety +5

      Guess you could say the residents are called hicks?

    • @alabamaal225
      @alabamaal225 Pƙed 4 lety

      Yeah, but in contrast to Point Roberts, Washington and Angle Inlet, Minnesota you don't need a passport to enter or leave the place.

    • @exeterd9
      @exeterd9 Pƙed 3 lety

      Can i go there if im not white? Im spanish lol

    • @happygilmore5948
      @happygilmore5948 Pƙed 2 lety

      Are you talking about the Kentucky Bend? If so, that's in Fulton County.

  • @alexcrawford5350
    @alexcrawford5350 Pƙed 5 lety

    Haha, you got me with that “use of the word ‘Eh” joke, I thought you were serious, even though it does sound kinda funny!

  • @jeffreyanderson667
    @jeffreyanderson667 Pƙed 6 lety +10

    It would be low on the list, but Jackson Wy is surprisingly far from any major city. Idaho Falls is about 2 hours away one direction, Riverton (a total dump) about the same in the other. You have Victor Id about a half an hour drive over an insane mountain pass, but it's way smaller. Or a few truckstop towns about an hour and a half away through Hoback canyon. There's three roads into or out of town that are frequently closed in the winter.

  • @kurtb8474
    @kurtb8474 Pƙed 6 lety +3

    My sister used to live in Neah Bay. We drove there from California one summer to visit her. It was a beautiful drive through Washington state.

  • @coryv8163
    @coryv8163 Pƙed 5 lety +46

    10- Red River, New Mexico
    09- Caribou, Maine
    08- Crested Butte, Colorado
    07- Pointe Roberts, Washington
    06- Tucumcari, New Mexico
    05- Nome, Alaska
    04- Ely, Nevada
    03 Neah Bay, Washington
    02- Angle Inlet, Minnesota
    01- Barrow, Alaska

  • @adamantman3200
    @adamantman3200 Pƙed 5 lety +4

    Virginia is pretty expansive and once you're out of the Metro DC area, there are lots of small, out of the way towns, especially in the mountainous regions. You might want to do some exploring here in Virginia.

  • @lancehol
    @lancehol Pƙed 6 lety +18

    Red River, lived there around 5 years. One thing you likely didn't know. Scientists from Los Alamos where they developed the nuclear bomb would visit on occasion. A good portion of the residents are formerly from Texas/Oklahoma who've set up shop. Off seasons are fantastic because you get a rest from the tourists. You could walk out on Main Street look both directions and not a car in sight. Oh yeah, off season are when the local drama happens. Sometimes can get rather interesting. In addition to living there I spent most summers vacationing there. Would I want to live there or visit there again. Not particularly. Sometime take a look at Newcastle Wyoming.

  • @Freewayjim
    @Freewayjim Pƙed 6 lety +371

    You used my Tucumcari footage at 5:45 - 6:32, not that I mind so much but giving me credit for it would be the proper thing to do.

    • @WorldAccordingToBriggs
      @WorldAccordingToBriggs  Pƙed 6 lety +117

      Hey, I am sorry about that. I have a friend who is a trucker that sends me footage. I think I thought that was his. I will put you on my title.

    • @Freewayjim
      @Freewayjim Pƙed 6 lety +48

      Thank you.

    • @WorldAccordingToBriggs
      @WorldAccordingToBriggs  Pƙed 6 lety +64

      If you don't mind me using other footage of yours I will give you credit and a link in the description and while your portion of the video plays.

    • @Freewayjim
      @Freewayjim Pƙed 6 lety +47

      That would be fine, thank you for asking!

    • @WorldAccordingToBriggs
      @WorldAccordingToBriggs  Pƙed 6 lety +41

      Thank you

  • @ummiramli6554
    @ummiramli6554 Pƙed 5 lety +2

    Thank you for sharing secluded small town/city in the USA.

  • @meechg0stupid110
    @meechg0stupid110 Pƙed 4 lety +4

    1 night stand for 3 months đŸ˜ŻđŸ™đŸŸâ€â™‚ïž that joke was priceless though đŸ€Ł

  • @Nhoj31neirbo47
    @Nhoj31neirbo47 Pƙed 6 lety +7

    Neah Bay averages 110 inches / 2.8 meters of rain a year. The Olympic Peninsula is my favorite place to visit, though only in the ‘dry’ season, aka summer! A little south of town is the Hoh River Trail which I love. It starts near the ridiculously gorgeous craggy coast, proceeds through a rare temperate rain forest, which gets upwards of 160 inches of annual rainfall, and gradually gains altitude until you finally arrive at a glacier! All this can be hiked easily in two enjoyable days on the trail.

    • @reneemulherin2899
      @reneemulherin2899 Pƙed 6 lety +2

      LOVE OF PLANTS đŸŒ» We were in Neah Bay back in 2000. Has got to be one of the most beautiful places on Earth. Did you know that there are only 2 temperate rain forests in the world? The other one is in Chile. Loved living in the PNW. Incredibly beautiful

  • @ROGER2095
    @ROGER2095 Pƙed 6 lety +34

    I drive out west once or twice a year and usually stay in Tucumcari, NM. It is, like you said, stuck in the past. They aren't trying to be charming - It's just that it doesn't rain much so old buildings don't rot so fast and why build a new one when the old one's still OK? They have many motels that haven't changed much in the past 50 years, and they're pretty cheap.

    • @michaelstrout1639
      @michaelstrout1639 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      I've been to Tuccumcari 5 times,not to bad ,they wre supposed to get a Race track,I wonder if they did?-Stacy Strout.

  • @tiffanygreen7115
    @tiffanygreen7115 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    I love it when Briggs says "quit typing" lol. I already knew about Barrow Alaska because I saw that movie 30 Days of Night. It takes place in Barrow Alaska .

  • @anitamariaa
    @anitamariaa Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Point Roberts, WA is one of my favorite places of all time, it's beautiful and small. I love it up there. đŸ™‚â™„ïž

  • @patrickjones6400
    @patrickjones6400 Pƙed 6 lety +27

    The most secluded place in the lower 48. Supai, AZ.

    • @rodpalmer4652
      @rodpalmer4652 Pƙed 6 lety

      Patrick, would you consider Supai a worthy destination as a cool place to visit?

    • @helenpatterson3858
      @helenpatterson3858 Pƙed 6 lety +4

      Rod Palmer
      you have to hike down into bottom of a spur in the Grand Canyon. Or charter a helicopter. Population is mainly Supai Indians. Idyllicly beautiful.

    • @rodpalmer4652
      @rodpalmer4652 Pƙed 6 lety +2

      Helen Patterson
      thank you for your reply, will be something to put on the tourist agenda. :)

    • @martinwuolle7095
      @martinwuolle7095 Pƙed 6 lety +1

      Yes Supai needs to be on the list.

    • @dr9205
      @dr9205 Pƙed 6 lety +2

      Yeah, I watched the video with Supai in mind. It's an amazing place.

  • @philipmcclure6273
    @philipmcclure6273 Pƙed 6 lety +24

    How in the world did you miss Stehekin, Washington? The only way to get there is by a 55 mile long ferry trip.

  • @tebigman65
    @tebigman65 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    When I was about 8 years old my father and uncle took me to Warroad. Minnesota. The was a four way stop sign and a small restaurant and store on one corner for gasoline. We traveled from Thief River Falls and hunted partridge. The store had a rolled top juke box and the people were real friendly. My Dad came from Red Lake Falls and my grandfather named the county seat "Emardville" which is located in the town of Plummer, Minnesota.

  • @Gracen26
    @Gracen26 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    I've been to Tucumcari! I loved it! Stayed two nights in their route 66 motel! And Dels Restaurant down the street from there, 👍👍👍

  • @carlhelmick8104
    @carlhelmick8104 Pƙed 6 lety +10

    Good video, The sad thing is I will never know what life is like in Barrow Alaska. As I don't like cold like that . So I will just stay where I'm at . I really did like your video. Who would have thought right. U.S.A. ALL THE WAY. 😀👍đŸ‡ș🇾

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      Clothes - You ADD Clothes - when The Sun doesnt warm You ! 12 months - but Not all are below zero / like at Summer !

  • @kadianae
    @kadianae Pƙed 5 lety +11

    "Nothing worse than someone poaching your beaver." Lol, I'm dying! 😂

  • @johnfrawley7020
    @johnfrawley7020 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    "Viewer Version" was good, too (beaver!). Nice job on these; lots of info, a bit of humor, interesting side-comments, and good voice moderation.

  • @mindyvaughn8217
    @mindyvaughn8217 Pƙed 5 lety +3

    You are so very funny!! This was so interesting. This is my first time here and I will definitely sub.

  • @jackpine3528
    @jackpine3528 Pƙed 6 lety +20

    NOME ALASKA HAS HAD BROAD BAND FOR A LONG TIME. THANK YOU GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS. GCI.

    • @albertlilly
      @albertlilly Pƙed 5 lety

      Just another internet "guru" wanting to impress but doing nothing but spouting lies and factual failures.

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 5 lety

      Great - Now You know - what IS Going on in The World !

    • @bluelines1792
      @bluelines1792 Pƙed 5 lety

      Nome should have search and rescue for icebreakers.

  • @JoePiervincentiWorld
    @JoePiervincentiWorld Pƙed 6 lety +13

    Being that I too am a senior citizen Elie (SP?) seems nice to me. The prisoners are in the jail, right? Who cares. Seclusion is very nice when one reaches older years. Medical is a concern though. Retirees need and want peace and quiet. We been there and have done that nonsense already and it gets a person no where. You'll see.

  • @Shannonbarnesdr1
    @Shannonbarnesdr1 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    lol you had too much fun with the beaver thing haha, i loved it, gereat fun vids im really enjoying them ;-)

  • @whitneyhayes3225
    @whitneyhayes3225 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    Thank you for the video footage. All I imagine is going somewhere secluded to relax for a few days/weeks. Total piece of mind. However just as I have concerns about driving in the 'deep south' bc of old mindsets, I have the same apprehension about traveling to any of these places. Prejudice is rampant in big cities. I'd hate to go somewhere and narrowly escape being skinned or lynched.

  • @christopherkyle4094
    @christopherkyle4094 Pƙed 6 lety +3

    Hey Briggs love your videos. Watched em all. Really wish you'd do a top 10 Atlanta. It's a great city, although transportation sucks, and greet history.

  • @Shamalamalam
    @Shamalamalam Pƙed 6 lety +15

    Have you done one on small town hidden gems? EUREKA SPRINGS AR #1

  • @connierosario9474
    @connierosario9474 Pƙed 5 lety +23

    I'm from Guam, but spent a part of my childhood in Bicknell Indiana. It was cool living near the wife of the city's founder. One of those towns that young people hurry to move out.

    • @NellieBelle
      @NellieBelle Pƙed 4 lety +1

      I've read Guam has so many snakes there are no birds! Did you encounter a lot of snakes? I knew a guy from Guam. He taught me they're known as Chomoran (sp?)

    • @PancakesMusicLife
      @PancakesMusicLife Pƙed 3 lety

      Hafa adai!

    • @connierosario9474
      @connierosario9474 Pƙed 3 lety

      @@PancakesMusicLife Hafa Adai!

    • @connierosario9474
      @connierosario9474 Pƙed 3 lety

      @@NellieBelle we're Chamorro although some committee changed it to ChÄmoru in recent years.

    • @dadillen5902
      @dadillen5902 Pƙed 3 lety

      Could have been worse, could have been Decker, IN

  • @heatherr0420
    @heatherr0420 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    I've always been fascinated by Barrow Alaska. I wouldn't mind checking it out someday, but definitely during the summer LOL

  • @lapetitemoma
    @lapetitemoma Pƙed 6 lety +33

    Mackinac Island off of the coast of Michigan. Get there by ferry during summer months, snow mobile or plane during winter. Totally awesome place. No automobiles on the island, only horse draw carriages, bicycles, or walk.

    • @highwatercircutrider
      @highwatercircutrider Pƙed 5 lety +4

      lapetitemoma Drummond Island (just North East a bit), is far more remote, less populated and much more beautiful.

    • @alexasmachine
      @alexasmachine Pƙed 5 lety +1

      YEP NO CARS ALLOWED

    • @holoholopainen1627
      @holoholopainen1627 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      You mean like Back at The Old Good Days ?

    • @packisbetter90
      @packisbetter90 Pƙed 5 lety +3

      the whole UP of Michigan is pretty much secluded outside of Marquette, St St Marie, and Escanaba. I'm from there I know.

    • @jocamadad
      @jocamadad Pƙed 5 lety

      I was thinking the same thing. I live in the LP and have only drove trough the UP once in my life going to Wisconsin, but I do remember it was a long stretch of nothing but trees or open land getting there.

  • @nanastrends
    @nanastrends Pƙed 6 lety +21

    You forgot Dalhart Tx. They are 40 miles from a Walmart and 80 miles from Amarillo Tx.

  • @elizabethwonder6161
    @elizabethwonder6161 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Red River is beautiful! There's a great Memorial day run... What a party!

  • @feliciasampson8032
    @feliciasampson8032 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Great video! Crested Butte was great but you really had me at Pt. Roberts!

  • @Kzuke
    @Kzuke Pƙed 6 lety +55

    Wow! I love your other videos, but this one was absolutely fascinating!! I had no idea there were so many U.S. towns in North America that were not actually connected to the rest of its own state (let alone the rest of the contiguous 48 states), where you had to actually travel through Canada first to get back into the rest of the United States. So, I learned a new word - land enclave. Keep up the great work!!

    • @TheUrbanwerebear
      @TheUrbanwerebear Pƙed 6 lety +4

      There's also a section of Michigan where the only land route to it is through Ohio. If I remember correctly, Ohio and Michigan actually fought a war over the strip of shoreline that connects that small point to the rest of Michigan, and Michigan lost.

    • @Kzuke
      @Kzuke Pƙed 6 lety +1

      Just looked that up. There's actually 2 peninsulas of Michigan that are connected only to Ohio. Crazy!

    • @JwilliamsAssociates
      @JwilliamsAssociates Pƙed 6 lety +3

      Zuke and without beaver at that.

    • @natahappy4336
      @natahappy4336 Pƙed 6 lety

      Zuke ii. Ii

    • @MatanuskaHIGH
      @MatanuskaHIGH Pƙed 6 lety +1

      i live in a WHOLE state that ISNT connected to the lesser 48...one city aint shit..we got hundreds that arent connected to the rest of America...google Alaska...lol

  • @Vetreal
    @Vetreal Pƙed 6 lety +34

    This man deserves so many more subs, good work 👍

    • @WorldAccordingToBriggs
      @WorldAccordingToBriggs  Pƙed 6 lety

      Thanks

    • @laraoneal7284
      @laraoneal7284 Pƙed 6 lety +1

      Vetreal Yes he does . He’s an original and I just love his stuff and I just found him today. He’s smart and has a great personality and sense of humor.

    • @laraoneal7284
      @laraoneal7284 Pƙed 6 lety +1

      World According To Briggs I love your material I find it very interesting and informative with a great sense of humor. U really are an original. Cutest delivery and personality.

    • @got2kittys
      @got2kittys Pƙed 6 lety +1

      You are full of hatred. Sorry about that poisoned heart of yours.

    • @auritesstruyck8091
      @auritesstruyck8091 Pƙed 5 lety

      Queen Ruth get sone help Ruth..seriously..

  • @anaavaro2892
    @anaavaro2892 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    You are funny, thanks for the laughs! :)

  • @greaterbostonrailfanning1025
    @greaterbostonrailfanning1025 Pƙed 5 lety +67

    HE JUST SAID BANGER MAINE. ITS NOT BANG-er ITS BANG-GORE

    • @CrusaderDom3
      @CrusaderDom3 Pƙed 5 lety +3

      STOP TYPING

    • @bfyrestone3059
      @bfyrestone3059 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      That bothered me too, I use to live in skoweghan

    • @renekoenes
      @renekoenes Pƙed 5 lety

      Oh please

    • @missmisery8612
      @missmisery8612 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      I literally almost wrote a comment about this and saw yours. I don't know why it's always mispronounced that way! I just watched that Stephen King show about JFK and they even made the same mistake there--I hope Stephen King doesn't oversee the production, because he of all people should pronounce it correctly, as a resident of Bangor!

    • @jeff7764
      @jeff7764 Pƙed 5 lety +3

      No one cares how you say Bangor Maine

  • @joeyscheets2978
    @joeyscheets2978 Pƙed 6 lety +33

    Incorrect, the northernmost town on earth that is not a research facility or military base is Longyearbyen, located on the archipelago of Svalbard, a land owned by Norway.

    • @tommycscat
      @tommycscat Pƙed 5 lety +2

      Exactly, it has a commercial airport too. This guy just spouts off crap off the top of his head, just making stuff up

    • @aquinoloayza2205
      @aquinoloayza2205 Pƙed 5 lety +13

      He said in the US lol

    • @birchandmorley
      @birchandmorley Pƙed 5 lety +9

      this vlog was most secluded US towns, not most secluded in the world

    • @marklittle8805
      @marklittle8805 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      Alert NWT isn't America, but it is the most northernmost in North America

    • @marklittle8805
      @marklittle8805 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      Alert, in the Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada, is the northernmost permanently inhabited place in the world, at latitude 82°30'05" north, 817 kilometres (508 mi)from the North Pole (as per Wikipedia)

  • @roselanemable3141
    @roselanemable3141 Pƙed 5 lety +3

    Great video. This guy is funny 😁

  • @Josephtimeisallwegot
    @Josephtimeisallwegot Pƙed 5 lety +1

    I really loved your video. thanks.

  • @dumolebob
    @dumolebob Pƙed 4 lety +18

    Man, you need to visit Wyomin'! On second thought - don’t 😎

    • @Swrc11
      @Swrc11 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      wyoming doesnt exist

  • @AkaidanTv
    @AkaidanTv Pƙed 6 lety +5

    Just here to see My state Alaska On the list 👍

  • @bernardpopp541
    @bernardpopp541 Pƙed 6 lety +164

    Is DC part of the US?
    No place more out of touch and remote than the nation's capitol these days.

  • @lillyL444
    @lillyL444 Pƙed 5 lety +2

    I love his voice he would be great at reading for audiobooks!!!!!

  • @Rivet_Head242
    @Rivet_Head242 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Greetings from Nicaragua. New subscriber here. During the 20 years I lived in the States I took several cross country trips but now I wish I would have taken more back roads. I'll be using your videos as reference as soon as I go back. Thanks !

  • @mikehilbert9349
    @mikehilbert9349 Pƙed 6 lety +5

    Amazing the number of towns on your list I have either been to or lived in. Nome was a nice place to live, but I liked Barrow better.

  • @JayNohh
    @JayNohh Pƙed 6 lety +19

    Well, if no one else is gonna make mention of noticing your beaver puns, well then by golly, I will, lol. And I liked that joke at the end about the guy walking in to the bar.

    • @josephhefley9701
      @josephhefley9701 Pƙed 6 lety +1

      Jay hes from Oregon, the Beaver State. I would expect some beaver jokes.

    • @unkysonny
      @unkysonny Pƙed 6 lety +3

      Reminds me of the supposedly most salacious line ever on TV, from Leave It To Beaver: "Ward, weren't you a little hard on the Beaver last night?"

  • @cloudedthoughts909
    @cloudedthoughts909 Pƙed 3 lety

    Great show!! Thank you!!

  • @noelle478
    @noelle478 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    I've been to crested butte!!! It's so insanely gorgeous

  • @MHoodFishing
    @MHoodFishing Pƙed 6 lety +63

    So you think Taos is a small road stop?

    • @tannawannavannabittannawan7138
      @tannawannavannabittannawan7138 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      M. Hood Fishing Apparently!

    • @wildelapina5634
      @wildelapina5634 Pƙed 5 lety +3

      M. Hood Fishing ... Taos.... CooL little town...

    • @danishmiller7500
      @danishmiller7500 Pƙed 5 lety +5

      no taos isn't small at all in the sense it's known for art and other fame bringing things

    • @mrsvideosurfer
      @mrsvideosurfer Pƙed 5 lety +4

      I live in taos, Red River doesn't seem so secluded to me. Especially considering all the "hidden" residential areas. But kind of cool to be close to what one would consider secluded. Its beautiful for sure.

    • @Zakmmr
      @Zakmmr Pƙed 5 lety +4

      Probably the third or fourth best known town in NM... if red river counts as a town, Taos has to

  • @CplSkiUSMC
    @CplSkiUSMC Pƙed 6 lety +82

    How can you exclude Wyoming? Wyoming is the least populated state in the entire US yet is the 9th largest landmass. The entire population of the state, which is less than 500,000, is less than the population of any major city alone. I suggest you do a little more research.

    • @GabiN64
      @GabiN64 Pƙed 5 lety +11

      easy to forgot that state exists.

    • @chatboxguy3363
      @chatboxguy3363 Pƙed 5 lety +11

      Because he is not doing STATES. Hes doing cities. And in that area. Low population is a local number like an average. The cities they are doing are ones that seperate themselves like a SMALL group in exclusion for reasons. the city on Mackinac island is in a secluded spot, but not left alone because of its desirable location and historical relevance. Its cities up on Mountains for which people don't live. The view is nice for climbing, but you can't put a major store up there, so driving down a narrow road makes it so its less desirable to get to a city. Its not stupid. Narrow curving road path streets...

    • @bmfilmnut
      @bmfilmnut Pƙed 5 lety +13

      He excluded Wyoming because he has no idea what he's talking about.

    • @moeape
      @moeape Pƙed 5 lety +2

      CplSki USMC.......I agree. Some of most isolated cities, of over 1,000, are in old Wyoming.

    • @rodneylee4026
      @rodneylee4026 Pƙed 5 lety

      @@bmfilmnut Aside from not mentioning Wyoming he does. So what..

  • @kristen7623
    @kristen7623 Pƙed 4 lety +2

    I love Red River, NM!

  • @nattaliachevalier9255
    @nattaliachevalier9255 Pƙed 3 lety

    I love the humor in your videos.

  • @DianeHasHopeInChrist
    @DianeHasHopeInChrist Pƙed 5 lety +11

    How about a video on "10 cities with the best/safest water". Or "10 cities with no nuclear reactors/power plants". Or "10 cities with lowers elevations", "10 cities with highest elevations". "10 cities with the highest legal gun ownership"."10 states with the worst polluted lakes". "10 states or cities with the worst beach erosion".
    BTW: I Love Tucumcari, NM. Not much there, but the people are the nicest I have come across. I am a military brat & travel nurse...I've traveled all over this country. So, I've lived everywhere...lol. Gypsy at heart.

    • @jwr0361
      @jwr0361 Pƙed 4 lety

      77Wells homophobes are usually self-loathing homosexuals themselves...anything you wanna share 😂😂😂

    • @jwr0361
      @jwr0361 Pƙed 4 lety

      ASG66 the fact that you replied with hostility just proves my point. Come out already. No one cares Chad, really they don’t.

  • @skylersadventures
    @skylersadventures Pƙed 6 lety +6

    Kenton Oklahoma nearest Walmart is 100 miles away in Guymon Ok, nearest town is Boise City population 1,500 only 1 hwy goes through it and it's in a different time zone then the rest of Oklahoma they are on mountain time while the rest of Ok is on central time.

    • @frozenbits48
      @frozenbits48 Pƙed 6 lety +1

      walmart? i can name you 20 towns and villages in Alaska that has no walmart or any other big box store. and where your groceries are flown in, making a fresh salad but a dream!

    • @alaskachick7315
      @alaskachick7315 Pƙed 6 lety +1

      Amen from a fellow Alaskan. Walmart is an overnight trip for us--unheard of for our Lower 48 brethren.

  • @alandistefano3237
    @alandistefano3237 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    How about Jarbidge, NV. There is not a paved road within 20 miles of this towm. The nearest major cities are Elko, NV, 104 miles away, or Twin Falls, ID, 92 miles away. Winter population is about 12 (for the mine) and in summer can grow to about 120 people. The main business in town is the Red Dog Saloon and the town has wooden sidewalks and all of the roads are dirt. It is famous for being the sight of the last stagecoach robbery in the US in 1916.

  • @jeffisso
    @jeffisso Pƙed 2 lety

    You are hilarious! Thanks for the entertainment and laughs! I love your videos!

  • @luv3daysgrace1
    @luv3daysgrace1 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    30 Days of Night freaked me out. Not sure I can step foot in Barrow. đŸ„¶

  • @kittymervine6115
    @kittymervine6115 Pƙed 6 lety +61

    My daughter had to work in Nome Alaska for two summers. She lived across from the Polaris Inn (seriously look at the travel advisor reviews... hilarious!). She also went to Teller. . She really enjoyed her working time there and would love to go back, but for work not to live! Here is part of the Travel advisor review of the Polaris Hotel..."If you have even a little self respect, stay away.
    The Polaris Hotel is probably the biggest crap hole I've ever stayed in and this includes vacant buildings I had to sleep in while I was stationed in Iraq."

    • @davejan744
      @davejan744 Pƙed 6 lety

      Slippery Storm , Really! Its gone?? Was other buildings close by harmed?? I drove cab for a year in Nome. Was hopeing the B.O.T. would burn down. THAT is hell disquised as a bar.

    • @youp9543
      @youp9543 Pƙed 6 lety +1

      I read the reviews on your suggestion - OMG!

    • @fbksfrank4
      @fbksfrank4 Pƙed 6 lety

      Kitty Mervine it burned down...al is good now.

    • @MatanuskaHIGH
      @MatanuskaHIGH Pƙed 6 lety

      ALL hotels in Alaska are shitholes..even here in anchorage..

    • @MatanuskaHIGH
      @MatanuskaHIGH Pƙed 6 lety +1

      google the Black Angus inn...or the red roof inn anchorage..some crab infested shithole hotels..that cost over 100$ a night too..

  • @DetroitLives313
    @DetroitLives313 Pƙed 5 lety

    Great video. Very informative and entertaining. Thank you.

  • @jameskendrick740
    @jameskendrick740 Pƙed 5 lety +1

    I am English and was amazed that a friend of mine travels 12 hours to go to the Orthodox Church in Canada! The distances are mind boggling for us who are never more than 70 miles from the sea in the UK!

  • @finnismediocre4594
    @finnismediocre4594 Pƙed 6 lety +4

    Diomede is also a great example of a secluded town.

    • @97I30T
      @97I30T Pƙed 5 lety

      Finn is Mediocre Absolutely. It’s also the only town in the US where Russia is visible.

  • @malindagaudette1214
    @malindagaudette1214 Pƙed 4 lety +7

    caribou is my home town! It really is beautiful!

    • @luisbperez368
      @luisbperez368 Pƙed 3 lety

      I was there from 1986 to 1989 at the Coast Guard Loran Station, I used to love walking "downtown" Caribou on Christmas eve during snow falling. I miss it, and yes it was beautiful. Best regards from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

    • @Cerulean0987
      @Cerulean0987 Pƙed 3 lety

      I'm from Washburn myself. Lived on the Caribou Rd.

  • @ChiralSpirals
    @ChiralSpirals Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Oh snap..I love freeaay jim..nice colab

  • @nicholashelbert6033
    @nicholashelbert6033 Pƙed 3 lety +1

    "Be nice everyone", may I add- remember to love

  • @nightrider1954
    @nightrider1954 Pƙed 6 lety +5

    I like your "Quit Typing"!!!!!

  • @M60gunner1971
    @M60gunner1971 Pƙed 6 lety +16

    Sneedville, Tennessee beats all these...research it. Sneedville is home to the Melungeons.

  • @kristensorensen2219
    @kristensorensen2219 Pƙed 5 lety

    I saw this and totally worth the beaver joke & point Roberts! Great vlog!

  • @yourdaughter2001
    @yourdaughter2001 Pƙed 4 lety +2

    Ayeeee LOVE from Caribou, Maine!!!!!