MINNESOTA: Forgotten Small Towns Far Off The Interstate
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- čas přidán 16. 06. 2024
- I visited these Minnesota towns: Blooming Prairie, Dodge Center & West Concord. Later in the video, Nicole & I visit the Cathedral of Saint Paul, the Minnesota Capitol Building then have an early dinner at a local restaurant in St Paul.
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While I enjoy all your content I have to say the "Forgotten towns off the interstate" is by far my favorite series. Small towns, a fresh cup of coffee. Perfect morning!
My favorites to video as well.
The house on 2nd Av. in Blooming Prairie is a 2 unit rental at present, $244,900. 1,635 sq.ft. Thanks a bunch for this tour. Sheriff Bob Fletcher in St Paul has a live show in yt and fb called Live On Patrol. You should try to catch it some Friday night. I've watched since the first show. He shows us the town, but not inside the beautiful buildings and churches. The low crime in the small towns is amazing! The cleanliness and character of the towns is very appealing. Both of your meals looked yummy! Safe, happy traveling!
These small towns were built on the backs of solid Northern European stock.
Live on patrol is super great! I also watch as much as I can 😊
That's not what zillow said. They called it a single family home.
$2,400 annual property taxes for $230,000 actual value. That's good for the mid America.
Love the way Blooming Prairie has utility lines under ground.
The best thing about Blooming Prairie is the natural springs swimming hole. It's a pond surrounded by a sand beach with various platforms in the middle for diving and resting; Pine Springs Pool.
There's 3 major employers in Dodge Center, the one you showed is McNeilus Steel which produces steel plates, bars, etc. for metal shops in a 5 state region, I worked there 30+ years ago. Then there's McNeilus Truck owned by Oshkosh out of Wisconsin, known for their cement mixers which they no longer make, though we produced over 1200 in one summer; it's all refuse trucks now. And finally Con-Tech Mfg south of town owned by the former McNeilus Truck family and they produce cement mixers.
I was thinking, Harold’s bar is the best thing in blooming prairie! 😉✌️
Thanks Joe for visiting Minnesota.
Nic is so kind and sweet woman, Joe you got you a great partner and thanks 👍 to the two of you for sharing your trips with us.😃☮️💙
I think she does the books and Joey does the videos. It is a team effort
I'm from North England and i enjoyed this,..
A lot of small towns in my neck of the woods are like that, roads that abruptly end and then nothing but farmland. Blooming Prarie is a peaceful town, although the main road through there(highway 218) is horrible. I've been down those roads many times. I live fifteen minutes south of there in a town called Austin, near the Iowa border. My grandfather had a red and white 1957 Oldsmobile classic car that he used to drive in the Blooming Prarie parade on July 4th every year. I vividly remember riding in the back seat as a young boy in the mid 1990s, nearly thirty years ago, seeing all the people in the town waving, whistling and cheering as we passed through. It was a happier time, a happier America for sure. Thanks for sharing!
Spring is huge for grade school field trips to the capital. Big deal for small town kids to bus in and see it. When I was in 5th grade we got on the bus at 6am to go down. That and the history center plus landmark center was a full day of amazing buildings. ( New history center now 😢)
Across the street from the Cathedral is the James J. Hill Mansion. Hill, known as the Empire Builder, which is the name of the Amtrak train from Chicago to Seattle. James Hill owned and built the Northern Pacific Railroad.
Correction, the Great Northern Railroad.
Dodge Center!!! Best place to spend childhood summers at my grandparents!
Your visits to small towns - off the beaten path - are my favorites. Keep em coming.
mine too...don't care much about the big cities, but I love these small towns
Mine as well. :)
I agree
I live in a small town/community called London in the United Kingdom, funnily enough we have a church here called St Paul's which was designed by Sir Christopher Wren in1668 and consecrated in 1697, it was finally completed in 1711 in the English Baroque style. Capital building definitely the finest yet!
You need to check out the towns in southern Minnesota like Frost, Elmore and Blue Earth on the Iowa border. They are very close to Blooming Prairie. They are all literally ghost towns with only a few elderly people remaining. All boarded up. Only Blue Earth is still hanging in there but also decaying rapidly.
Just loved the beautiful Catholic Church! It was amazingly beautiful!
Nicole looked so pretty in her spring dress. Thanks you guys we love all your fun adventures!
Thank you, Peggy!
as you were driving down the dirt roads brought back memories of when I visited my cousins in pine island minnesota. My uncle drove us o those roads on the farm tractors on those dirt roads and it was fun. This was back in 1976.
I enjoyed your video. Minnesota is one of six states that I have not been to yet. I hope to visit someday!
Your video tours rarely cease to amaze. St. Paul Cathedral and capitol were utterly, amazingly beautiful. Would have never thought them of Minnesota. Mary Tyler Moore was all I had previously known about Minnesota.
I live in rural southwest Minnesota near a town of the same size. It’s farm country here too, but our side of the state is fairly flat prairie. I live near Tracy.
Hello from the UK-so interesting. It's the sheer scale of everything over there that blows my mind-that road between the towns with nothing for miles and miles....this is the America i'd like to visit.
You really should visit before it is gone you will enjoy it for sure 😃.
@HunkumSpunkum,
By all means, come for a visit ! But you know not to go to NYC, L.A., Houston, etcetera thinking you've seen the U.S. Like an American going to London, seeing all the immigrants while sightseeing, then coming home thing we've seen England. Au contraire, mon ami. Stay far away from the big cities, off the interstates, on rural roads and thru the countryside. Mind you, the NorthEast is vastly different than the mid Atlantic States in food / accent / culture, which is different than the Deep South, midWest, SouthWest, California and the NorthWest ( haven't even touched on U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa, etcetera ). As always, take twice as much money, plan twice as much time, bring half as much clothes. Enjoy ! ☆
I live about 35 to 40 miles west of Blooming Prarie. They also have a Dollar General. The roads are so bad because most of the state resources are kept for the Twin Cities. The Big plant in Dodge Center make cement trucks and other work type trucks
All the town s are really clean and yard are neat, Thanks for the ride again, so enjoy our travel with you They don t make building like the last 2 any more , so beautiful for sure
244900. for the two story house in Blooming Prairie. There are so many pretty towns in Minnesota but those long winters would be tough.
After a while winter isn't so bad, you eventually become Lieutenant Dan tied to the mast, makes a big difference to be in the southern part of the state to.
My introduction to Minneopolis Minnesota was in the deep cold snowy winter, minus 40degrees. The only autos on the street were battery boosting/tow trucks lol. No one was going anywhere that day. I agree with you though, Minnesota is a beautiful State.
Thank you.
Keeps the weaklings away
@@davesbainrps6909 😂😂😂 good point
That Cathedral in StPaul is beautiful. It's just (as you stated) incredible. Such ornate & detailed. Very unique indeed. An builders challenge but an architect 's dream. Tks Joe & Nic for the tour. Very interesting places in this video .
Thank you, Edward!
I have followed you ever since you left Dallas. Thanks for showing the small towns. I grew up in a small town in the 50's and there is a lot to be said for raising a family in a small town. One thing that they all seem to have in common is that you don't see any new houses.
Joe thanks for showing us places we will never see I really appreciate your way of explaining the stats and showing us the unique side of things I wish you and your wife safe travels I hope you both are enjoying the adventures and good food all over America and beyond
Thank you!!
Excellent quality videos and historic info. Love the restaurant reviews. I look forward to seeing Nic bopping around.
Thanks for posting, Joe. I'm from Minnesota. Havent been back in 20 years. Hope you enjoyed your trip!
The best thing about BP is the people. They always pull together for each other. They still have their own schools and fully support them. ❤️
Definitely not Brooklyn Park lol.
Absolutely gorgeous building lotta fine detail beautiful thank you for this video Joe never have I seen anything like it absolutely beautiful breathtaking❤ and the rotunda is absolutely beautiful too❤
This was as always beautiful to watch. Thank you guys for sharing your travels with us all ❤
I love watching you guys on your adventures! Thank you for keeping me entertained and for all of the information you share. I’ve learned a lot!
Another beautiful video thanks for sharing joe and Nic regards from London England 👍
Absolutely lovely cathedral!!!
The cathedral and state capitol building in St Paul are both beautiful. Thanks Joe & Nic for your wonderful tours around the lesser known parts of the United States. 🎦🇬🇧🤗
American cities are so beautiful.
Beautiful cities, beautiful people.
I keep watching the videos on this channel and dreaming about how wonderful it would be to live in this country.
I'm very jealous of you. Cheers from Brazil.
Yes, people here have no idea how good they have it, way too easy to complain.
Obrigado!
I’ve wondered what Nicole does while your out showing us the small town life.
@@RandomDudeOne Indeed. :(
@@EricT3769 De nada! :D
I live about four miles from the St. Paul Cathedral but have never been inside it so thanks for giving me a look inside. I have been in the capital building, though, but that was many years ago.
OMG.. Thanks for sharing your experience.. Historical buildings are just magical... enjoy 🍻🇦🇺
Loved this, am from the capital city. Have been away almost 15 years. Was in capitol as a child. The cathedral is indeed magnificent. Was there for a 1975 graduation class sang in the choir. Was quite the deal. My class the following year was not able to use the structure for its graduation. What a bummer! I was not able to see those towns you were at in southern part of the state, so appreciated your tours of them. Thank you! Nicole looked wonderful, as well! You both are good folks.
Wow - beautiful places and buildings, especially the cathedral, the Capital building and the abandoned white church you called a work of art (agree).
The church is awe inspiring... capitol building, a work of art ... ( my first thought when you visited St. Paul....the Mary Tyler Moore show) ... be safe...looking forward to your next post.
These small beautiful towns, I love this! Nic's dress and Coach bag very pretty
Great show....especially Orygun and Minnesota 🙂
The Blooming Prairie school nickname is the "Awesome Blossoms". Dairy Queen serves an Awesome Blossom Blizzard.
I like that!
Every video has been a pleasure. Great commentary and information for each place. Love seeing how diverse each state is, great work again!
Thank you!
Hi Joe
Thanks for the video.
The beginning and the end of video has a surprising contrast.
Waiting for the next video. Good Luck!
Thanks, Rajeev!
Nice ride through small town USA . The last CHURCH was absolutely beautiful. See you next week.👍❤️❤️
Dodge Center Minnesota is my home town lived here most of my life. Quiet country living, wouldn't have it any other way
Great video as usual you need to drive through Winona has some of the most beautiful homes and a beautiful drive following the great Mississippi safe travels God Bless
That church and the capitol building were beautiful. Nice towns! I went to the very southwest part of Minnesota on that 2018 road trip near the Iowa and South Dakota borders. It was a town called Hills, and I played disc golf there. I just found the course…lol.
Rural Minnesota was economically destroyed when the schools closed. It was one of the biggest mistakes. Today, small schools can survive with the high speed internet. As you saw, infrastructure
Including safe clean water are in desire need. But in Waldorf, MN, we are not giving up. We call it "Progress on the Prairie!". We are igniting the town bringing people together! You are invited to see the Wagon Train stop on Wednesday, June 26, 2024 starting at 6 pm for an old fashion sleep over with nearly 30 old fashioned wagons pulled by horses. Enjoy Live Music! We have some amazing history here. Contact the Mayor at the city office to learn more
Excellent.
thanks joe and nicola from scotland
As a 67 year long resident of St.Paul glad you enjoyed our low crime and beautiful capital and cathederal.
Low crime and the metro don’t go hand in hand. It used to, but it ain’t the 1960’s anymore, that’s for sure.
Don't believe commentator said St Paul was low crime. Said blooming prairie was low crime. St Paul definitely is not low crime.
205 2nd St SW
Blooming Prairie, MN 55917
$244,900
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How's the agri-chem pollution btw.
Some of the pretty farm retirement towns are cancer riddled. I was in one up in Oregon till I found out the sad reality, took my family out of there right after a agri-chemical spill forced us to evacuate one day. Wheat country...planes spraying. Good videos though.👍
Ah you were in my neck of the woods. Almost thought i saw my dads truck in the part of the video in west concord. Lol Thank you for visiting our lovely state.
Hi Joe and Nic, that Cathedral is beautiful. The Capitol is beautiful as well. Tyfs 🤍
It really is!
Wow, that is one beautiful capitol building, awesome cathedral too. It's nice to know that there is not a lot of crime in those small towns. The police have more time to rescue cats out of trees. Thanks Joe and Nicole, much love as always.
Great Video ....thank you very much from Switzerland ...keep on with the good work 👍
Thanks, will do!
I am absolutely loving your CZcams channel. You just left North Dakota now I’m watching this one and I have been on Zillow looking at house prices. Thank you so much for your beautiful tour.
Thank you!
I was born in St.Paul and have lived here pretty much all my life and I've never seen the cathedral up close or inside. Very beautiful.
Glad you showed the crime statistics screenshot on this video. I like seeing those.
THX for the great videos. You make me want to get out and travel
Again Joe & Nic! Awesome travelling with you. I appreciate you both so very much.🥰 That was some Cathedral ! 😲 I'm a big fan of American/Canadian flags so that road along the school was a delightful sight. Cheers!
Awesome, thanks!!
Been to Minnie love it so clean .LOVE LOVE LOVE the pastries!
Love your food segments as well as the travel segments
Thanks!
Road salt and snow plows eats up those roads.😔
Beautiful, looks so peaceful. I can just imagine how wonderful the sense of community is in those towns. Thanks again for sharing.
Was awesome to see you in my stomping grounds thank you for visiting the twin cities 😊
If you swing through southeast Minnesota, stop in rushford. They have a great lefse shop and you can get authentic Scandinavian food! It’s called norseland lefse
The best lefse
I agree!! Rushford is one of those great small towns that have good people and amazing lefse for sure.
Really love the flags at the school!! They would be a good example from all the other schools in the country!!
Loved this, thank you!
Great video. I couldnt help but notice that it may be time for a break job. :)
I live in a small town in Minnesota …and I approve this message
Deviled eggs plus beer=🤣🤣🤣 Awesome video as always!
The best!
Very awesome road trip this was!! St. Paul cathedral was beautiful as well as the rotunda was in that beautiful blue. Ty guys again . $52 @ that restaurant was unexpected, that was great food ! U guys b safe.
Thank you!!!
What a beautiful city hall! It have to be the most beautiful in the world 😍😍😍😍😍❤❤❤
Love all your videos l live in Australia and appreciate all your very informative tours .best wishes from Australia
Awesome, thank you!!
The true humor of Blooming Prairie is that their sports team is the Blossoms--and their colors are black and white. LOL. I grew up just down the road in Ellendale where our mascot was the Red Raider (a wolf). We made lots of fun of the black and white blossoms whom we occasionally played against at our homecoming games.
Your brakes are squealing, Joe. Great towns. The crime rates are probably low because the cold winters keep the riffraff out. The long cold winters might increase the violent household crime.
Weather-related low crime rates? The other reasons are demographics and the size of the town. In the latter, everybody usually knows everyone else. So-called tight-knit communities. Plus the few cops know all the ruffians and ne'er-do wellers.
I really enjoy your videos and slam the info and looking around the towns and sometimes the restaurants with pricing if eating out in those areas!! I’m a native Floridians born snd lived there for 54 yrs with the exception of 9 months when my husband our son and myself lived in Black Duck Minn. pop. 600 , it is much farther north than you went, Black Duck is about 40-50 miles south of International falls up by Canada! We moved back to Florida after 9 months the snow started melting and we fled 🤣 to cold for a Florida family !! I now live in Ohio and have been here for the past 20 yrs. , I moved here to be near my son who moved to Ohio after college at Flagler college in St. Augustine Florida ! Happy travels guys and keep the videos coming ! God bless ❤️🙏🙏🙋🏻🌈🌈
Awesome, thanks!
Born and raised in Hutchinson, MN, less than an hours drive west of Minneapolis. When I left there the population was about 5,000 in the late 60's. Today I believe it's double, around 10.000. It too was a farming community. During that time 3M company moved one of their plants to Hutch and they helped expand the community. and added more plants and products over the years. I worked at 3M for a few years, got married and moved on. I still have family and friends in the area though.
Nice presentation, I'm glad I stumbled upon it.
Also my hometown. We are at about 14,000 now.
Thanks for these videos❤
Great video content. What a spectacular Cathedral. The only thing Minnesota doesn't have is kitties!🙀😿
Huh? Why do you say that?
Blooming Prairie is one of the most beautiful towns you have visited. Simple, Quiet and peaceful town its the true definition of a perfect place to live 😊
If you are coming to Madison Wisconsin, I would recommend to eat at "The Old Fashioned" on the Capital Square.
My son and daughter-in-law were married in the Cathedral. Very beautiful building. A bit of movie trivia. In the 1980 movie Foolin’ Around, Gary Bussey flies a hang glider through the huge rose window in the front of the church or at least it appears that way courtesy of Hollywood special effects.
Thanks for bringing us along to small town America. Lovely places, but I couldn't handle the winters. I'm looking forward to your Green Bay, WI, video - my husband is from there and I've never been. His father was an architect there, so I'll have him watch with me.
You'll get a good look at the city. There's a lot of good things happening there.
Holy cow! The columns in the capitol building. Gorgeous! ❤
Up at this latitude, spring has just started to really bloom this past week! Mid May. And it rolls into summer and its gone in 4 months!
But if your from the Detroit,Chicano Windsor latitude, springs starts in late March or early April,with tulips and daffodils !
If you missed those ,just drive north in May,and its like getting spring tulips and daffodils and spring all over again ! Further north of North Dakota into Regina,Saskatchewan spring started in June ,when I was there 2015! The trees just started to bloom!
Growing up in Windsor, Ontario, winter was pretty much done by end of February!
Its definitely a lot warmer these last few years,as I returned home,after 17 years away and we had no snow in march,and the flowers were popping!
Just thought I'd mention this,because since you're from Texas, spring would be a lot earlier based on latitude and not many people would know that!
You should have drove through New Ulm Minnesota a beautiful German town with herman the German and the glockenspiel
Amazing craftsmanship 😳
another great tour, i was surprised you didn't hit Northfield..luv u guys
Northfield is many things, but forgotten and far off the interstate aren't two of them.
As a Minnesotan, be careful with your speed in Blooming Prairie. Notorious place for cops to sit and try and catch people speeding. I've been pulled over there twice for doing less than 10 MPH over the speed limit.
Really enjoy your videos. Interesting stuff. Like the great video voice
What a great way to live life and travel and see the USA Instead of being tied down to a boring house
Travel safe and thanks for taking me along
Viewer from ND…
Thanks for watching!
That Cathedral in St. Paul's is amazing !! As is the State Capital building.
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Another amazing video. Such beautiful small towns with such astonishing low crime rates. Sounds like some wonderful places to live and raise a family. The capital building was gorgeous and the cathedral was truly breath taking. Of course for me what truly makes a church house an amazing place isn't so much its outward appearance as much as it is the fact that is a blessed house of God. While the architecture of the building can be amazing, it is the people who make up God's church. We are the body of Christ here on Earth. Thank you for the invitation to this wonderful journey. Will be waiting to see Green Bay. Until then, stay safe and God bless.
Steve in Oklahoma
While I enjoy all your content I have to say the "Forgotten towns off the interstate" is by far my favorite series. Small towns, a fresh cup of coffee. Perfect morning! 100%%% AGREE
Thank you!
Thanks guys for another great video visit to a part of the country I’m not really to familiar with. Other than a load or two to a couple places. Loved those small towns and the farming. Great buildings and such in the capital. But more impressed with the stats in those little towns. Evidently something is working well cause that good money for those small places. And the low crime is really impressive. Bet it’s kinda like these little towns I live close to. 3-4 cases a year and every body knows who they are. LoL 😂. Thanks again for another great video. Safe travels my friend. Keep filming and I’ll keep watching.
Thank you!!
Joe if you are heading east you might enjoy Beaver Island, you can take your car by ferry to the island. It has a small town on the North end and some interting history. Chack it out, I've been there a couple of times. Love your videos.