Exploring The Smallest Town In Idaho - How America Used To Be

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  • Is Idaho's best kept secret under a bridge?
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  • @Hschlick84
    @Hschlick84 Před 10 měsíci +526

    This is what rural mountain towns looks like when they haven't been discovered and not trendy by outsiders. We need more of them.

    • @CrookedRosePOD
      @CrookedRosePOD Před 10 měsíci +11

      Serbia has entered chat 😂

    • @wavamy
      @wavamy Před 10 měsíci +40

      Wallace is a tourist town and ski town. It is NOT the smallest town in Idaho!

    • @lrn_news9171
      @lrn_news9171 Před 10 měsíci +8

      @@intensepassion3382He's bringing tourists and business in the town. The businesses can barely hold on.

    • @TwilightGem11
      @TwilightGem11 Před 10 měsíci

      No. This town is run by jerkoffs from San Diego. It's never going to have enough people coming through to keep any business afloat. This town is a trap. They suck you dry of funding and run off investors. It's NOT the small town you want it to be.

    • @mf-db6nm
      @mf-db6nm Před 10 měsíci +11

      mass migration from Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, and Utah to smaller, cheaper, safer, cleaner, friendlier small mountain towns throughout Montana and Idaho is slowly gaining momentum

  • @dylanhecker6686
    @dylanhecker6686 Před 10 měsíci +278

    About 60 years ago each state had a dozen or more small towns like this, but now it's a distant memory. Shame we all can't live a life style this anymore.

    • @dragonfly9209
      @dragonfly9209 Před 10 měsíci +23

      That's still true...almost every state has dozens of small, quiet towns like this. I know...I am queen of the road trips---and I bypass all interstates so that I can drive through interesting little towns like this. Every state has them, but the ones with mountains are the prettiest.

    • @TheHamburgler123
      @TheHamburgler123 Před 10 měsíci +9

      ​@@dragonfly9209Exactly. Not all is lost. I do the exact same thing as you: avoid highways wherever possible and take longer, out-of-the-way routes. There are still lots of charming small towns out there.

    • @dragonfly9209
      @dragonfly9209 Před 10 měsíci +8

      @@TheHamburgler123 I read a book years ago-- it was called "Blue Highways--A Journey into America.".
      It was about getting off the big highways, and finding the charm of the little towns along the back roads. It's the best way to see the real America--glad to hear from a fellow back-roads traveler, who likes discovering these quaint little towns as much as I do! 😄

    • @worldinsights930
      @worldinsights930 Před 10 měsíci +4

      ​@@dragonfly9209actually America is very evenly populated. We don't have big metropolis over 10Mi like Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Tokyo or Shanghai. By living in mid-sized towns, most of Americans would have the best of both worlds if these town weren't in total mayhem.

    • @dragonfly9209
      @dragonfly9209 Před 10 měsíci

      @@worldinsights930 The town I live in is around 40,000. Middle-sized, I guess...no mayhem here. Or in the towns in and around my county either. Life is good here.
      I have lived in large cities, and enjoyed that too, at that time. But now I prefer a quieter life.

  • @whitbydude
    @whitbydude Před 10 měsíci +87

    In 2004, the Mayor designated Wallace as the official center of the universe. He argued that no one could prove it wasn’t.

  • @theschrom
    @theschrom Před 10 měsíci +139

    I grew up 30 mins from here and at that time, Wallace was a small, unremarkable city. That was 30 years ago, I passed through it recently and it’s such a quaint, cute little small town now. Glad to see Wallace doing much better.

  • @navyvet05
    @navyvet05 Před 10 měsíci +98

    Wallace is a beautiful town, especially in winter when it snows. It looks like a town out of a hallmark movie.

  • @kathleengeiser6956
    @kathleengeiser6956 Před 10 měsíci +88

    I lived in the small town of Priest River Idaho in the late 70s. Its in the Panhandle, close to the Canadian border. Beautiful town! The air was so clean you could literally smell the milk in the air every morning from the dairy a half mile away. The pine and cedar trees were old growth, the forest was extremely dense. The Dew Drop In, made the best hamburgers you ever tasted. But most of all, the people were very friendly, they would take the time to sit down and talk with you. 😊

    • @moe4meswtdg
      @moe4meswtdg Před 10 měsíci +6

      I love Idaho. Fourth generation here.

    • @JMoroccoMisterBoy
      @JMoroccoMisterBoy Před 10 měsíci +6

      There was a ' Dew Drop Inn ; here in Newport News, Virginia back in the Fifties when I was a Child. It was a Pub with Kitchen, which sold sit-down and to-go food. This was in the Segregated Newsome Park Section of the City. What a wonderful Childhood 'WE' had.
      Tks. much for bringing up the name.

    • @cathynefzger8287
      @cathynefzger8287 Před 9 měsíci +1

      ❤❤❤

    • @watsitallabout
      @watsitallabout Před 9 měsíci +5

      Live here now. Dew Drop is gone. Unfortunately a lot of turmoil in this community too. Much like the state of the world though. Still pretty area. Been here most my life.

    • @dennynisevic7848
      @dennynisevic7848 Před 8 měsíci +1

      70s , so how old you are , 158

  • @benschlotte8242
    @benschlotte8242 Před 10 měsíci +67

    Very happy and proud to have left San Diego to live in this great town of Wallace, Idaho for over 10 years now. Great place to raise kids.

    • @dennynisevic7848
      @dennynisevic7848 Před 8 měsíci +9

      Ok , but just go back to San Diego please, or Mexico , choice is yours.

    • @kigman1980
      @kigman1980 Před 6 měsíci +10

      @@dennynisevic7848this is the United States, and you have the right to move anywhere you want. You also have the right to tell someone what to do or where to live but they have the right to ignore you. Quit acting like a tyrannical control freak.

    • @chuch541
      @chuch541 Před 4 měsíci

      @@kigman1980you have the right to speak your opinion, not dictate someone’s action. Listening isn’t exactly something you’re even required to do. Telling people to leave a 248yr old country cause your family came a generation or two earlier is laughable. I’m so fuckin embarrassed by most of my fellow Americans. It’s couldn’t be more obvious all y’all care about is your damn self. That’s what’s changed in America

    • @patriotgrammy8632
      @patriotgrammy8632 Před měsícem +2

      I was just there on Friday paying my property taxes and I love coming the Wallace a few times a month just for the ambience. Obviously, I’m living close to there. After living in San Diego most of my life, this area is a breath of fresh air.

    • @whatsit2ya247
      @whatsit2ya247 Před 15 dny +1

      @patriotgrammy8632
      It's just too bad 700k of your fellow Californians think the same. 🤦

  • @dsanchez9703
    @dsanchez9703 Před 10 měsíci +39

    America is so Beautiful!

  • @MichaelWilliams85
    @MichaelWilliams85 Před 10 měsíci +107

    Thanks for spotlighting so many of the beautiful small towns in the United States, we get to see all the ugliness on display often enough.

  • @KCFromTheIE
    @KCFromTheIE Před 10 měsíci +98

    Wallace, Idaho is super cute! The people are so friendly! It will no longer be a hidden gem after this vid, but the locals will love the company! (I hear there is a pretty cool winter festival in these parts-in Feb??) Thanks for always keeping me entertained, Nick!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 10 měsíci +12

      We had so much fun there!

    • @coyotedust
      @coyotedust Před 10 měsíci +15

      Please don't showcase Idaho towns anymore. We don't need outside business.@@NickJohnson

    • @annehedonia156
      @annehedonia156 Před 6 měsíci +3

      ​@NickJohnson It's a shame they had to learn to live with the constant hum coming from the Interstate! It must have been incredibly peaceful there before that thing was built.

  • @Bigheartrolling
    @Bigheartrolling Před 10 měsíci +46

    I spent 6 weeks in Idaho this summer I went from the SE corner and made my way across the state several times. I worked my way up to Priest Lake. People were kind. So diverse in landscape & history and oh the rivers and lakes. So amazing.

    • @GypsyQueen318
      @GypsyQueen318 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Happen to stop at Hills Resort?

    • @Bigheartrolling
      @Bigheartrolling Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@GypsyQueen318 Hi. No. I tow an Airstream with me and so I don’t usually pay attention to the resorts. But.. I must have driven by. :)

  • @NewHaven203
    @NewHaven203 Před 10 měsíci +40

    That little story on how Wallace was almost destroyed from i-90 was so interesting! Imagine if the town didn’t exist because of a highway? What a great success story 👏

    • @anthonyruby2668
      @anthonyruby2668 Před 10 měsíci +8

      Usually the Interstate killed towns by going around them

    • @mikepounds8055
      @mikepounds8055 Před měsícem +1

      Wallace literally had the last stop light on I-90 until 1991.
      I remember stopping at that light on trips to Montana.

  • @tupacamaruiv5804
    @tupacamaruiv5804 Před 10 měsíci +58

    Thank you for skipping my Montana town! Don’t want people getting any crazy ideas about moving.

    • @nsff2001able
      @nsff2001able Před 10 měsíci +2

      Saltese?

    • @tf-wo4ve
      @tf-wo4ve Před 10 měsíci

      Renova Hot Springs?

    • @tupacamaruiv5804
      @tupacamaruiv5804 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@tf-wo4ve Ha! Not Saltese. Renova Hot Springs isn’t a bad guess.

    • @manager4409
      @manager4409 Před 10 měsíci

      funny thing is, bozeman is the most popular for californians moving there, but damn it's very isolated from everywhere else. At least missoula is close to idaho. Bozeman is pretty but you're kinda stuck there unless you want to drive through wyoming or buy plane tickets all the time

    • @annehedonia156
      @annehedonia156 Před 6 měsíci +2

      ​@@tupacamaruiv5804 Omg, your pic!! 😂😂😂

  • @rogerburn5132
    @rogerburn5132 Před 10 měsíci +34

    ANOTHER GREAT EPISODE FROM NICK YOU ARE RIGHT THIS IS HOW AMERICA USETO BE NICK 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @modfus
    @modfus Před 10 měsíci +11

    It's heartening to see there are still some places in the USA worth living in.

  • @chunter123
    @chunter123 Před 10 měsíci +18

    I'm just here for Nick's funny country boy accent

  • @CabinGirl57
    @CabinGirl57 Před 10 měsíci +27

    I love Wallace Idaho! I always stop for a break and to explore …so much history!

  • @ifeawosika966
    @ifeawosika966 Před 10 měsíci +23

    Look how beautiful and clean the place is.

    • @manager4409
      @manager4409 Před 10 měsíci

      white population = safe and nice

  • @RoadRunnergarage8570
    @RoadRunnergarage8570 Před 10 měsíci +93

    Something you hardly see in America anymore... A clean town!!

    • @lucianaromulus1408
      @lucianaromulus1408 Před 10 měsíci +22

      Demographic changes and lack of traditional values

    • @krisconrad1051
      @krisconrad1051 Před 10 měsíci +6

      Wallace is also extremely tiny lol. I live like 30 mins from there and go to it pretty often. Not many people live there. And outside of summer (tourist season) the town is pretty dead. But that goes for most towns in North Idaho

    • @luislaplume8261
      @luislaplume8261 Před 10 měsíci +7

      But,but,but,and but! What about San Francisco? C'MON MAN! 😁

    • @VivKittie32
      @VivKittie32 Před 10 měsíci +6

      They’re out there, trust me. Check out Pendleton, OR.

    • @spyder_33
      @spyder_33 Před 10 měsíci +4

      ​@@lucianaromulus1408indeed the demographic decline lol

  • @Carolesoriginalpieces
    @Carolesoriginalpieces Před 10 měsíci +26

    What a beautiful little town . It’s story book great!

  • @ahoranui
    @ahoranui Před 10 měsíci +91

    Am french, love your videos, used to live in NYC. Didn't know the homeless situation had gotten this bad...there is something post apocalyptic about certain parts of the u.s.

    • @hellooutthere8956
      @hellooutthere8956 Před 10 měsíci +16

      You are correct and it is frightening to me and I think some others.

    • @worldinsights930
      @worldinsights930 Před 10 měsíci +20

      To be honest the homeless situation in Europe isn't any better either. I have been to Marseille last year and it looked just like any crappy Carlifornian Metro area.

    • @johnrambo7630
      @johnrambo7630 Před 10 měsíci

      America is in the middle of the apocalypse

    • @Kiamichi-Okie
      @Kiamichi-Okie Před 10 měsíci +7

      Today the feds busted 26 people in Tulsa, Oklahoma, extention of Cartels, they were smuggling Fentanyal.

    • @gomerpyle7721
      @gomerpyle7721 Před 10 měsíci +5

      Post apocalyptic is something the US and France have in common

  • @Lifetalk849
    @Lifetalk849 Před 10 měsíci +34

    It's PURE JOY to know that places like Wallace still exist...!!!

  • @franzputsch254
    @franzputsch254 Před 10 měsíci +29

    There are a lot of nearly empty towns in north Idaho. The infrasructure from 100 years ago is mostly still there, but the peole aren't.

  • @kathleenmiller4001
    @kathleenmiller4001 Před 10 měsíci +9

    Burst out laughing… “see what happens when people give a shit” !!! Love it.. So True ❤😂

  • @christopherfriend7402
    @christopherfriend7402 Před 10 měsíci +39

    I imagine they must get a good number of tourists. Otherwise how does a town of 800 sustain itself with art galleries, antique shops, chocolate shop etc.
    Awesome looking town though. I hope it doesn't get ruined.

    • @trailblazeratv6306
      @trailblazeratv6306 Před 10 měsíci +6

      a lot of ATV trails for vacationers and such

    • @TheHamburgler123
      @TheHamburgler123 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@trailblazeratv6306Yup. Completely surrounded by a large National Forest. Beautiful country up there. Wish I didn't live so far away (CO-WY border), I'd be up there all time.

    • @johnjaco5544
      @johnjaco5544 Před 10 měsíci +5

      You're not gonna get rich living there. When people wanna have fun they go to coeur d'alene or Spokane

    • @khester7397
      @khester7397 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Logging.

    • @priola7587
      @priola7587 Před 9 měsíci +2

      Lots of people find Wallace because I-90 goes past it.

  • @dethray1000
    @dethray1000 Před 10 měsíci +17

    14 miles into montana on I-90 after leaving couer d' Alene(where i,my wife used to live) crashed our brand new KW in 1979--seems like yesterday....had hit a moose,

  • @cherlgolja5402
    @cherlgolja5402 Před 10 měsíci +15

    Idaho is beautiful! Love the trees ! And clean air !

  • @ballkans
    @ballkans Před 10 měsíci +13

    This small mountain town reminds me of many from Bosnia and Hercegovina, where i came from.
    Thanks for the video.

  • @frederick6008
    @frederick6008 Před 10 měsíci +27

    Nick, when i was a kid we never locked our doors. My parents had no keys for the doors. In the late 60's through the 90's they closed 98% of the Insane Asylums. Crime went crazy and people locked their doors by 1971

    • @coyotedust
      @coyotedust Před 10 měsíci +2

      I still don't lock my doors and I'm 62.

    • @frederick6008
      @frederick6008 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @coyotedust guess it depends on where you live. I'm in Maine now and really don't have to lock up for people but, the black bears up here can open unlocked doors and make a mess.

    • @YdOntYaCryAboutIt69
      @YdOntYaCryAboutIt69 Před 10 měsíci +7

      In N idaho many of us don't lock our doors, bc if someone comes in with ill intent, our 2nd amendment works just fine usually. Not always, but moreso than waiting on cops to arrive minutes late to a seconds requirement.

  • @punkleruckus
    @punkleruckus Před 10 měsíci +10

    I have family that lives just a few miles from Wallace, in Osburn. I've spent some time up there and it really is a beautiful place. But I recommend that newcomers visit and get a feel for the area before buying a business in town. That area fills up with snow pretty quick during the winter and tourism slows to a trickle. If you want to keep your business alive out there you have to impress the locals, which is no easy task. Nice to see a town like Wallace in the spotlight.

    • @tudo8412
      @tudo8412 Před 10 měsíci

      Thank you for your sharing. 👍

  • @trailblazeratv6306
    @trailblazeratv6306 Před 10 měsíci +55

    Steep roofs usually means a lot of snow

    • @johnjaco5544
      @johnjaco5544 Před 10 měsíci +2

      😂😂😂😂😂ya think????

    • @trailblazeratv6306
      @trailblazeratv6306 Před 10 měsíci +5

      @@johnjaco5544 Yep, it’s too cold and snowy up there for most people

    • @msw7021
      @msw7021 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@@trailblazeratv6306Keeps all the homeless dug addicts away though,

    • @fisshbone
      @fisshbone Před měsícem +1

      I live nearby and can confirm. The winters hit hard.

    • @thegreencat9947
      @thegreencat9947 Před 22 dny

      He...he...he...

  • @14wheels75
    @14wheels75 Před 10 měsíci +23

    We stayed 2 weeks in Wallace in 2021 and found some of the best bike trails, very scenic and paved for miles. Also, "Ride The Hiawatha Bike Trail" is the premiere scenic bike trail in the USA.❤ A must do when in Wallace, ID.

  • @pnwlady
    @pnwlady Před 10 měsíci +7

    I grew up in a small town and I loved it. It’s not perfect, people can think they know you from second hand info. But for the most part people care about each other and it’s like family, an imperfect, messy family.
    I love exploring small towns too. Good content.

  • @NewHaven203
    @NewHaven203 Před 10 měsíci +8

    I knew a girl in the Navy from Kellogg, Idaho, She was really country and proud to be from Idaho. Coolest person I met from Idaho actually!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 10 měsíci +2

      That's like 10 miles away Joey!!

  • @the13corinne
    @the13corinne Před 10 měsíci +14

    Beautiful scenery

  • @daniel385
    @daniel385 Před 10 měsíci +10

    I don't know about YOU but I give Nick's videos a big THUMBS UP before I even watch it! Never been disappointed yet.

  • @localgirl33
    @localgirl33 Před 10 měsíci +43

    My father was 4 years old in the 1910 fire- - it was a crazy story -he and his mother and many others had to flee. The people fleeing walked for miles and stayed in forest cabins to get away from the fire. My grandfather was a silver miner- later killed in the early 1920s in a mining accident. Thanks for this video- I never expected to see Wallace on CZcams. Greetings from deep blue Los Angeles ;) . Your videos are awesome.

    • @annahgibbus8
      @annahgibbus8 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Your grandpa was around 14 years old when he fathered your Mom or Dad?

    • @localgirl33
      @localgirl33 Před 10 měsíci

      My father was born in 1906. His father died 17 years later in 1923. These numbers reveal nothing of my grandfather's age at the time of my father's birth. (He was 25 btw when my father was born).What are you talking about?@@annahgibbus8​

    • @annehedonia156
      @annehedonia156 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@annahgibbus8 Lol! Go back to school, missy. 😂

    • @annahgibbus8
      @annahgibbus8 Před 6 měsíci

      @@annehedonia156
      If his father was 4 in 1910 then he'd be 14 when he was killed in 1920.
      He did say early 1920's so figure 1925 or less. The father could have been 14-19 then which would make more sense. Keep in mind they've edited the comment since I first read it, Missy🙄

    • @annehedonia156
      @annehedonia156 Před 6 měsíci

      @@annahgibbus8 But you asked a question about his grandpa as if his grandpa was BORN in 1910 and died in 1925!

  • @NewHaven203
    @NewHaven203 Před 10 měsíci +13

    I love how you explore these small towns and find hidden things and observe what other tourists wouldn’t find! I actually wanna go to Wallace now 😂

  • @VioletPrism
    @VioletPrism Před 10 měsíci +23

    Idaho is one of my favorite states absolutely beautiful all over!!

  • @GTMarmot
    @GTMarmot Před 10 měsíci +7

    4:25 those passengers look like the Americans that used to get around. Eating ice cream all day, wearing golfers caps, Bermuda shorts, pastel colours, 10 suitcases full of luggage, rich, etc. Takin' a tour

  • @NothingButSilicone
    @NothingButSilicone Před 10 měsíci +28

    Every place could be as clean as Wallace, if people could just dispose of their trash properly. I’ve never littered. Why can’t everyone else conduct themselves in the same manner? I hate trash, and I’m talking about the human kind. World would be better off without

    • @spyder_33
      @spyder_33 Před 10 měsíci

      certain demographics are the ones mainly trashing places (especially big cities)
      Wallace is so clean and orderly because it's 99.9% White
      It is what it is.

    • @optitom9033
      @optitom9033 Před měsícem +1

      Your spot on

    • @atatterson6992
      @atatterson6992 Před měsícem

      Generally speaking and proven, white people care WAY more about their surroundings. At one time Los Angeles looked like this...

  • @leewhitaker538
    @leewhitaker538 Před 10 měsíci +27

    ~ Fun fact: Lana Turner was born in Wallace, Idaho.

    • @khester7397
      @khester7397 Před 10 měsíci +3

      Total babe.

    • @motokev2727
      @motokev2727 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Yeah, I was watching one of her movies. In the info they noted she was from Wallace. She didn't live there long. One of the most beautiful women in Hollywood.

    • @kookietherapy9398
      @kookietherapy9398 Před 10 měsíci

      @@motokev2727 😃 I stopped at the beautiful area of bridges in Madison County Iowa to find John Wayne's birthplace,...he only lived there 2mos b4 moving to California.😃

    • @breckenridgelong7692
      @breckenridgelong7692 Před měsícem

      Another fun fact is that Wallace had a legal brothel in the 80's. Apparently one of my family members stopped in for a visit.

    • @joinjen3854
      @joinjen3854 Před měsícem

      Actually, Lana lived north of Wallace in the town of BURKE, a smaller mining town.

  • @markcraven3842
    @markcraven3842 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Back many years ago went through a town called Good Grief Idaho. I think your close to it. Thanks for the well done content.

  • @Thesaltymedic36
    @Thesaltymedic36 Před 10 měsíci +31

    Keep this place safe before the druggies and loons ruin it. 😂

  • @blueskies5827
    @blueskies5827 Před 10 měsíci +27

    This is how America should be! Friendly, clean and less populated!!

  • @jmac4952
    @jmac4952 Před 10 měsíci +151

    We moved from California to Idaho a year ago to escape the DEMONIC insanity. We love everything about Idaho. Best place we've ever lived and we've lived in four states.

    • @NewHaven203
      @NewHaven203 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Agreed! California is the most anti-God place in America right now

    • @xz-187
      @xz-187 Před 10 měsíci +65

      What do you think about gun rights and living in a red state? I hope you implants don't transform this beautiful state to anything you run away from. Californization must be heavily reduced at all cost.

    • @khester7397
      @khester7397 Před 10 měsíci

      Don't vote for the demented liberal garbage. Keep government small and Idahoans armed.

    • @byrde4329
      @byrde4329 Před 10 měsíci +33

      @@xz-187how about none of your damn business. That's the beauty of America, you can disagree with someone and go kick rocks if you don't agree with em and they can live wherever the hell they damn please. 🇺🇸 💪

    • @xz-187
      @xz-187 Před 10 měsíci +1

      ​@@byrde4329how about not your damn business either with what i just typed. This is America, i can type whatever i like because of my constitutional rights. Californization has been a damn shame for states like Idaho, Montana, Colorado and Arizona. Bringing their lousy and f-up policies to the states they move in. Bet you don't live in one of these states and many locals like i am feel the same way about those leftist implants from Commiefornia.

  • @frischco
    @frischco Před 10 měsíci +8

    Thanks so much for showing us a "nice" town. You know I love my ghetto tours, but this was so refreshing!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 10 měsíci +1

      Haha I'm glad you liked it since most people want to see bad shit

  • @johnnymidas5879
    @johnnymidas5879 Před 10 měsíci +13

    THAT WAS AWESOME NICK,.. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR JOURNEY BROTHER ❤

  • @diannegolubski6645
    @diannegolubski6645 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Great episode Nick! I love that little town, been there a couple times just to explore , we lived in Spokane Washington at the time. So glad they had the foresight to save the town when I-90 went through.

  • @Van-zf9iw
    @Van-zf9iw Před 10 měsíci +14

    That place has a better downtown than my NC town of 90,000. Mine is mostly made up of government buildings.

  • @bammy6313
    @bammy6313 Před 10 měsíci +10

    I enjoy your videos and love the way you express yourself ❤

  • @Raptor888
    @Raptor888 Před 10 měsíci +77

    Idaho is a great state. And that's no surprise. I wish all states could be good like Idaho but sadly sickos just ruin it for great states like New Mexico.

    • @kenhofer8063
      @kenhofer8063 Před 10 měsíci +15

      Need to put fences around the states to keep the crap out

    • @dzxn3728
      @dzxn3728 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Fascism on the rise in this country. Talks of gates...OK then...

    • @mrfish3915
      @mrfish3915 Před 10 měsíci +18

      Don’t sell or rent to Democrat voters

    • @NeverTrustGovrnmentOrGlobalist
      @NeverTrustGovrnmentOrGlobalist Před 10 měsíci +2

      @@kenhofer8063 Yes need to keep the looney woke lefties out.

    • @c.m.cordero1772
      @c.m.cordero1772 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@mrfish3915watch the lawsuits happen due to “arbitrary discrimination” under the Fair Housing Act. Hope the owners have $$$$ and good lawyers. Lol. 😅

  • @staralioflundnv
    @staralioflundnv Před 10 měsíci +4

    What a fantastic small mountain town there in WALLACE, IDAHO! Absolutely on my list to visit when I am in the area. Wonderful people there and interesting shops, hotels, and places to eat...love those historical places! This was a very interesting and just plain ole happy it even exists kind of video, Nick...well done!

  • @oceania2385
    @oceania2385 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Been to Wallace many times, it's a beautiful, charming little town. If you spend more than 20 mins there, the locals will tell you it was a movie set for "Dante's Peak"

  • @phokingawesome007
    @phokingawesome007 Před 10 měsíci +11

    I was born in Sandpoint ID.
    Please Go back in the middle of winter for a follow up video.
    That winter weather there separates the men from the boys.

    • @Inmatesixdoublefive321
      @Inmatesixdoublefive321 Před 3 měsíci +3

      I live in Spirit Lake. I agree, winter here is not for the faint of heart.

    • @universalglitch
      @universalglitch Před 13 hodinami

      Honestly these are mild winters up here compared to northern Minnesota where I'm originally from.

  • @badsplinter
    @badsplinter Před 10 měsíci +10

    I live in WA State and in northeast corner and Idaho, the towns are cool and landscape rugged and gorgeous.

  • @Shockernor
    @Shockernor Před 10 měsíci +36

    These small American town's looks so cozy, I really want to visit. Best regards from Norway ❤

    • @damonmelendez856
      @damonmelendez856 Před 10 měsíci

      Learn from the USA, don’t bring in the same savages that wrecked America

    • @NewHaven203
      @NewHaven203 Před 10 měsíci +3

      lorrie5881 Avoid Democrat cities is a better warning

    • @Shockernor
      @Shockernor Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@lorrie5881 Thanks, was thinking about taking train from west to east (i really like traveling by train), but need some planning for that. I'll avoid the biggest city's for sure, but I guess that I need to start with the train from NY.

    • @c.m.cordero1772
      @c.m.cordero1772 Před 10 měsíci +1

      @@Shockernoryou won’t avoid big cities if you’re going by train.
      But the cities are interesting, too.
      San Francisco is one of my favorites,even though I don’t care for large towns.
      I live in a small town.
      Follow your own mind.
      People in these comment sections are often closed-minded idiots who harbor a lot of negative ideas.

    • @spyder_33
      @spyder_33 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Doesn't Norway have little villages throughout? I thought it did anyways...

  • @makylemur7019
    @makylemur7019 Před 10 měsíci +43

    Was in Wallace for about 2 months in the summer of 1967. There were many buildings in the downtown with signs reading "rooms". These were the brothels. The town then had legal prostitution.

    • @TheHamburgler123
      @TheHamburgler123 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Did you partake?

    • @akatripclaymore.9679
      @akatripclaymore.9679 Před 10 měsíci +5

      ​@TheHamburgler123 You still wouldn't have to look very hard to find a fine young lady there!

    • @michaelbrinks8089
      @michaelbrinks8089 Před 10 měsíci

      Were they really skanky looking?
      Or did you get 2 handfuls of ( . Y . ) ???

    • @coyotedust
      @coyotedust Před 10 měsíci

      Prostitutes' were ran out in the late 80's by Cecil Andrus

    • @dennynisevic7848
      @dennynisevic7848 Před 8 měsíci +1

      Whaaaat , 1967 , how old are you , 238

  • @wheels845
    @wheels845 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Great insight. I love Idaho especially Sun Valley and Halley as well. Such beautiful places and really nice people. ❤️❤️❤️

  • @cinnamongirl5410
    @cinnamongirl5410 Před 10 měsíci +4

    That is such a BEAUTIFUL area. I've been over it many times, I stopped once and got the BEST JAM EVER at some convenience store a few years ago. That whole thing, I 90 from Spokane to Bozeman is just the most amazing trip

  • @MrBilly235
    @MrBilly235 Před 10 měsíci +9

    When I was growing up in Montana we used to drive to Seattle, where we had previously lived, in the late 1960's into the mid 1070's you had to traverse through Wallace as the old highway cut through town. I have such fond memories of being with my family 14 altogether, in our station wagon making that drive, of course it was just a pain to me then.
    So glad they didn't destroy that awesome little town for a freeway!
    Thanks for another great video!

    • @trismahaffay2813
      @trismahaffay2813 Před 10 měsíci +1

      me too ! only Seattle to Helena...and back....great days...stop at Frontier Town !!

    • @ghostlyimageoffear6210
      @ghostlyimageoffear6210 Před 9 měsíci

      Same, Seattle to Park City and Laurel to see grandparents.

  • @krisc2669
    @krisc2669 Před 10 měsíci +3

    Another charming, beautiful town. ❤ Another video I appreciate you making. 😊

  • @Kim-mm1el
    @Kim-mm1el Před 10 měsíci +1

    I love your videos so far you’ve hit two states that I live in Durango, Colorado and Bend Oregon. You are spot on with your reporting.

  • @andrewduncan6587
    @andrewduncan6587 Před 10 měsíci +7

    Wallace is beautiful! Great Idaho gem right there along with Sandpoint

  • @mf-db6nm
    @mf-db6nm Před 10 měsíci +15

    mass migration from Colorado, California, Oregon, Washington, and Utah to smaller, cheaper, safer, cleaner, friendlier small mountain towns throughout Montana and Idaho is slowly gaining momentum

    • @timaha83
      @timaha83 Před 10 měsíci

      Not to mention the illegal migrants that are being silently distributed in rural conservative towns.

    • @jamminjimmie211
      @jamminjimmie211 Před 10 měsíci +2

      True. I know a lot of old friends and co-workers who moved from the Colorado mountains to Montana. Most of them were born here too.
      I'm sure they don't act the same as CA transplants.

    • @manager4409
      @manager4409 Před 10 měsíci +14

      I literally see people complaining idaho doesn't have "diversity" not connecting the dots thats exactly why it's nice and safe

    • @timaha83
      @timaha83 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@manager4409 complaining?? Less is more. We used to be Irish, English, French, Italian, Polish... now we are just white.

    • @jamminjimmie211
      @jamminjimmie211 Před 10 měsíci +4

      @@timaha83 Exactly, English, French, Polish....We Whypeepo already have all the diversity we need.

  • @jasonmabie1770
    @jasonmabie1770 Před 10 měsíci +6

    That is how America used to be nice to see there’s still towns like that out there. I remember as a kid moving from a small town to a large city. How shocked I was that people walk through doors and had to walk their bike shop in their cars I couldn’t understand why lol I definitely do now unfortunately.

  • @joannunemaker6332
    @joannunemaker6332 Před 10 měsíci +12

    Such a quaint little town! I loved this video!😊❤

  • @user-bk3bj8gd7t
    @user-bk3bj8gd7t Před 10 měsíci +3

    Great Town/City. I had cyber friend in Sand Point IDAHO in the early 2000's now i know what her town may have looked like. The family had a second hand shop. Miss her dearly.. Idaho has the tick from me. Thanks for visiting this state.

  • @rogerburn5132
    @rogerburn5132 Před 10 měsíci +3

    ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. VIDEO NICK. BIG. THANKS. KEEP MAKING THEM THANKS AGAIN 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

  • @priola7587
    @priola7587 Před 9 měsíci

    Great video. And I saw something from my childhood in that museum I’ve been wanting for years. So excited to go visit, maybe before it snows.

  • @kjsud5546
    @kjsud5546 Před 10 měsíci +8

    Idaho is freaking awesome!

  • @FlintIronstag23
    @FlintIronstag23 Před 10 měsíci +13

    I think the hidden gem of Wallace was Emily the hotel operator. What a charming young woman.

  • @khester7397
    @khester7397 Před 10 měsíci +6

    It's safe because we have two things plentiful in Idaho which are becoming more and more rare elsewhere: Courtesy and Guns.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  Před 10 měsíci

      Gems makes it safe?

    • @khester7397
      @khester7397 Před 10 měsíci

      ​@NickJohnson Gems go in the safe.

    • @manager4409
      @manager4409 Před 10 měsíci +1

      it's safe because it's over 90% white, same with utah. unfortunately the locusts will come once they ruin these places too

  • @annabelleb.8096
    @annabelleb.8096 Před 9 měsíci +1

    That was an amazing tour! 🎉 I felt like I was there. So beautiful. Imagine working at 10:15 PM in town with unlocked doors. I’m from the Chicago area and lived in NYC as well, I can't even imagine it. I'm looking to move, I had enough of city living but this might be a little too small for me. Great video, thank you. Your Wyoming videos were really good too imo.

  • @gpeaceportville
    @gpeaceportville Před 10 měsíci +3

    Not as far north as Bonners Ferry, but a nice place. Tough winters, though - be prepared for lots of snow, cold, gray days and long dark nights.

  • @CMFL77
    @CMFL77 Před 10 měsíci +13

    You just hope that people moving from the larger ruined cities to these time capsule small towns don't bring with them the stuff that ruined their former homes in the first place. The lack of litter and graffiti is my favorite part of this one

    • @manager4409
      @manager4409 Před 10 měsíci

      they absolutely will. latinos have no self awareness at all. everywhere they're the majority gets ruined, then they just move on to the next white area. except there won't be any left.

    • @ColdPotato
      @ColdPotato Před 7 měsíci

      I think one problem is maybe it's not what the people bring baggage wise. Just the volume of people which changes an area.

  • @mynorthidaholife
    @mynorthidaholife Před 7 měsíci

    I love living in North Idaho. Thanks for visiting and sharing our gem.

  • @JoeinSeattle.
    @JoeinSeattle. Před 10 měsíci +4

    Great video. I stumbled on this town inadvertently, driving to Seattle. Wallace charmed the hell out of me too.

  • @williamrandall6472
    @williamrandall6472 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Another awesome, entertaining video,presented by the awesome Nick Johnson. I, for 1,absolutely appreciate all of the production, that you work so hard at for your subscribers Nick.Thank you very much for the amazing series that you are putting together here Nick.I am excited to see what you will do, once this is over.Another video series you did,of the Midwest was totally cool as well. I just wish you would have been able to put a bit more of the Todd Family Farm on there,very nice Family, I'm subscribed to them as well. Abby does a fantastic job filming their operations.

  • @debeerenn4640
    @debeerenn4640 Před 20 dny

    How funny to turn on CZcams and see Wallace, Idaho. I am someone who worked at the "Oasis" brothel. Five and a half decades ago. Thanks for showing a beautiful little town that hardly anyone knows of. Love and light.

  • @csmith9189
    @csmith9189 Před 29 dny

    Thanks Nick. Another beautiful small town I would only know of thanks to you!

  • @carllondonnuman7604
    @carllondonnuman7604 Před 10 měsíci +8

    This is my video to watch tonight ❤

  • @SlackHoffman
    @SlackHoffman Před 10 měsíci +11

    A very beautiful place 👌💙

  • @timshipp1145
    @timshipp1145 Před 10 měsíci

    Thank you for taking us to places like this. What a wonderful town.

  • @blabbergasted4380
    @blabbergasted4380 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Excellent presentation. Loved the history lessons. Thanks!!

  • @nathanmoak1515
    @nathanmoak1515 Před 10 měsíci +5

    it is a very nice small town - if they can hang on to it. i grew up in a small town of about 2,000 and i thought it would never change, so i left. now it is a town like most other
    towns with crime and drugs. there are fast food places and stores that we never had when i lived there, but the changes have ruined that small town atmosphere.

  • @ELDIABLO444
    @ELDIABLO444 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Another great video Nick
    All the best to you and yours Sir !!! I live in Rainelle WV a small town down in a mountainous bowl in greenbrier county WV, I grew up in Cleveland Ohio but a small town kinda grows on ya like mold or fungus or something !!! Once it takes hold it's like home sweet Homey !!! Great video Nick all the best to you and yours Sir.

  • @chrismoper8191
    @chrismoper8191 Před 10 měsíci +3

    My friend moved from Long Island NY to Idaho I thought it was bizarre but on my first visit i understood why he moved there Idaho is absolutely beautiful

  • @PointduNord
    @PointduNord Před 10 měsíci

    Your sense of humor really adds a nice touch!

  • @nelsonwilkinson5972
    @nelsonwilkinson5972 Před 10 měsíci +2

    I've never been to Idaho. Wallace seems like a pretty decent place to live. God bless them. Thanks, Nick, for this video.

  • @garyjust.johnson1436
    @garyjust.johnson1436 Před 10 měsíci +6

    Hi Nick! Hi Mappy! Idaho does look nice!

  • @spitfirered
    @spitfirered Před 10 měsíci +4

    This Video Of Wallace Idaho Was Great Nick, I Bet If You Check Back In About A Year It's Going To Be Bigger Because Of You, Thank You Really Enjoyed It, Wendy

  • @janledoux8157
    @janledoux8157 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Used to live up the road in Coeur d'Alene. Wallace High School was one of our sports rivals. This was in the early 70's. Back then it was mainly known for it's brothels. Lol

  • @vernafairleigh7566
    @vernafairleigh7566 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thank you Nick this was wonderful to watch.

  • @belindah9790
    @belindah9790 Před 10 měsíci +3

    You do the BEST job oh highlighting all the places you travel … nice or terrifyingly dismal. You always crack me up 😂
    I love this channel-and I love this little town
    The downtown looks JUST like the little red brick downtown where I recently moved to in North Carolina
    Keep up the great work!

  • @TSLAaddict
    @TSLAaddict Před 10 měsíci +3

    NICE! Others have respect for other peoples stuff and if it ain’t theirs, they are not touching it. Thanks Nick for taking us there. I want to visit too.

    • @spyder_33
      @spyder_33 Před 10 měsíci

      that's just White people etiquette lol

  • @shanewilfon6860
    @shanewilfon6860 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Thank u for always bringing us the country. U have balls son!❤

  • @WyomingTraveler
    @WyomingTraveler Před 10 měsíci +1

    Enjoyed the tour of Wallace. Ihave driven through the town a couple of times many, many years ago and thought to myself that this town would be a neat place to live in. Your video showed I was right.

  • @joonsmelodie9927
    @joonsmelodie9927 Před 10 měsíci +3

    How did you ever leave? That was the most beautiful place I've ever seen. And whoa, all the open doors at night! Absolutely great video! 🌲🌲⛰⛰

  • @joanmatchett8100
    @joanmatchett8100 Před 10 měsíci +4

    It looks like a great place , when l was a child , we left the key in the door, so we could all use the same one , my friend left her's on a string just inside the letter box . You could never do that in the same area today .