I'd like to tell you that you and others like you let me go on so many adventures that I want to be able to do. I'm unable to do these things because I can't walk. These places you go allows me to go with you. Thank you 😊
@sendieloo4 жыл бұрын
Tammi Bransom that’s an awesome comment! God bless!
@Bill-xx2yh4 жыл бұрын
Thank you and well said, there are a lot os FRUSTRATED disabled, these videos help.
@JWhiz4 жыл бұрын
have you ever checked out Bald and Bankrupt? he does a ton of traveling videos all around the world and his channel is super neat
@marjoriegarner53693 жыл бұрын
my heart goes out to you. bless you. I couldn't walk for three months due to a bad injury, so I have some idea what that's like. Now I'm 80, alone for years, and know how much these videos help to ease the isolation and frustration. God bless you
@menosbbgirl3 жыл бұрын
Aww 🥰. Bless your heart what a beautiful comment 💞💞💞
@coolrayfruge7 жыл бұрын
If I was Homeless living on a limited income like SSI or a minimum wage job and came upon a place like this I would inhabited it and try to repair it starting with the roof. . I feel its more of a crime to abandon buildings and let these Buildings go to waste being destroyed by the weather and vandals. Buildings that with a little work could be livable once again. I hate how we waste We disregard people and places like its nothing . all because of money has become more important.
@pennybertrand95867 жыл бұрын
Thomas Fruge
@jessebaker64677 жыл бұрын
SUPERNOVA ..... if you live in College Station, Tx. like I do, you would have to..... unless you have like 4 other people with minimum wage jobs to help with the bills!! The average rent for a PLAIN and SIMPLE one bedroom apartment here is around $550.00 a month, plus the utilities which are unbelievably ridiculous!! And a 2 bedroom? Forget it......they are around $800.00 a month plus utilities for a plain and simple apartment. The places around here don't want to hire a full time employee making minimum wage......only part time. It's dog eat dog here. There are only rich and poor...no in-betweens to speak of.
@jessebaker64677 жыл бұрын
Oh crap. I would be living in a ditch on what minimum wage is here in Texas!!
@sandysledge68607 жыл бұрын
Thats why, unless your rich, only A&M students live there. Move to Bryan, its a lot cheaper. Thats where I live. Utilities out there will kill you.
@jessebaker64677 жыл бұрын
Right on!! I'm in the process of looking for a place there right now. My mom lives in Benchley, and I wish I could find a place there!! Be Blessed, neighbor!! and THANK YOU!!
@emmabenedek6463 жыл бұрын
At last someone who exp[lains about the area rather than walk around pointing a camera. this man is talented. others should copy.
@fromthamedows2243 жыл бұрын
@emma benedek ikr everyone else just goes along with no information on where or what happened
@fromthamedows2243 жыл бұрын
@emma benedek ikr everyone else just goes along with no information on where or what happened
@deborahchesser73753 жыл бұрын
That would have been a relatively comfortable place to live back in those days. Another fascinating thing about Ky and Tenn is all the old towns that were lost when the TVA built all the damns to make Lake Cumberland and Dale Hollow etc. I’ve been boating down there and it’s weird seeing roads go into the lake and disappear. When we swam down there I’d go under and dive until it started getting dark and cold, I could never be a diver.
@MattIsTheCat2 жыл бұрын
So you hate my other channel? Explorations of Fear (which is not based on this Exploration unknown at all) I just found out about this channel today because of Jacob the Carpetbagger.
@JetsBauer4 жыл бұрын
"Apparently youre not supposed to go in to these, they frown upon it" Immediately goes inside 😂
@scottconway11944 жыл бұрын
😂
@jasonmontgomery83933 жыл бұрын
Going inside is half the fun, I remember me my wife and two children going inside of all of them I took pictures, we even went in the condemned ones, so sad most of them are gone now, we even went to the other side and found more cabins. So much fun, we really miss this them.
@montelott85703 жыл бұрын
Who are "they"? The boogeyman?
@jasonmontgomery83933 жыл бұрын
@@montelott8570 lol, the "fed's" say so,so no go.
@jasonmontgomery83933 жыл бұрын
@@Plank-cn1we they use to be rental cabins, I'm not sure why they are not in use anymore. They are restoring the main ones and tearing down the dilapidated ones.
@mensa5177 жыл бұрын
Too bad they don't repair them and rent them out as camping cabins
@sbeany73047 жыл бұрын
mensa517
@omegamale78807 жыл бұрын
Is that your IQ or something, 517?
@mensa5177 жыл бұрын
my area code :-)
@jasonmgavitt23577 жыл бұрын
i love when people think the poor get free handouts.if they did get them all the time then they wouldnt be poor now would they.
@pldyer69muzic7 жыл бұрын
HELLO.
@Nacho-Mamma7 жыл бұрын
@ 11:45 - The tiny log cabin you entered is called a larder. They were made to store all of you food in. The cement flow would draw up the cold from the ground, and keep the inside at a steady cool temperature year round, keeping all of your root vegetables fresh as the day of their picking. The windows are smaller than normal, and up high to help release any type of heat from building up. You might say that they were the first walk-in refrigerator.
@GVGames19865 жыл бұрын
My uncle has a Victorian house and they have a larder which they still use. Before electric re-fridgerators, as you say.
@littledancingfawn4 жыл бұрын
He said in one of his videos long ago that it was built for a young daughter. She died before her cabin was built. There are videos of people getting a child evp in it. So idk. Perhaps that was a rumor he heard and just said it in a video.
@deirdremorris92343 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!!
@michelleschisler28503 жыл бұрын
Lived in East Tn. Most all of my life. Born and raised. The Smokey Moutains have been my stomping grounds since childhood. Now we take our boys there camping or just a day trip. This is one place we have not been to. I have to make a note to go and check it out. Perhaps this fall we will go.
@riverdove15335 жыл бұрын
Tennessee Smokies is one of the most beautiful places i have ever seen. I live in the Arkansas mountains now and have lived half way around the world. The Smokies took my breath away. Thank you for showing us this. I wish so much these places could be restored and respected. Blessings.
@debbiemontague23555 жыл бұрын
I would love to move to America and live in tenneesse 😍
@anonymoustrucker17825 жыл бұрын
Arkansas has mountains? Where?
@Airik1111bibles7 жыл бұрын
It always takes you back to a more simpler time, personally I can't stand this world we live in. Technology is nice and all but its destroying our kids. I believe that there will eventually be a mass separation from technology, there will be groups that will want to live without it. Unfortunately the powers that be the $$$$$$$ men will keep pushing for more.
@susiebear33167 жыл бұрын
same!
@orange703837 жыл бұрын
You don't get it, that figures.
@tlynn59117 жыл бұрын
Tire repair 30000
@leighanns27747 жыл бұрын
why do people always have to bring religion into arguments that religion has no place in. just because some of us prefer logic and science to fairy tales written down by desert herdsman years ago, just leave us alone
@SwampCeeMcGee607 жыл бұрын
+3rd World Garage Please tell me how horrible I am for having a difference in religious view (or lack of). I haven't reacted any different than those whom believe in a deity so please remind me of how horrible I am?
@ExplorationUnknown7 жыл бұрын
I appreciate all of your concern for my lighting. It was going dead and I have since returned with a better light. Here is the link and its more in depth thanks. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/frKcddeZvr3OhmQ.html
@shayhay24117 жыл бұрын
Did the fires affect Elkmont?
@ExplorationUnknown7 жыл бұрын
Sharon Meeks Hayman No Elkmont was spared.
@nokithecat7 жыл бұрын
I heard about the fires, it looked real bad At least it missed this area I seen a few videos of people escaping the fire Fire was all around and they very nearly didn't make it. Look around youtube you might find a few video of escapes. (O.o) You will be amazed they made it
@peacelove93857 жыл бұрын
What is the cost of living up there it's looks like it's a nice 👍🏻 place to raise a family because I have family up the Carolinas I would love to move further up then the Carolinas thank you for sharing 😎👈🏻
@lacyhart20437 жыл бұрын
Exploration Unknown its a shame that these guys boys left this stuff abandoned
@kindnessmakesmesmile65833 жыл бұрын
OMG!!! I’m blown away by this!!! I had a very strange dream about this exact place and I’ve never ever been to Tennessee or any state near it!!!! Eerie!!!!
@Phreggie Жыл бұрын
Thats crazy lol. We had a spirit from here follow us home. Something not friendly. Somethings up with the place
@debrahelmlinger6256 Жыл бұрын
I had a dream after being in the Smokey Mountains about glassed in viewing houses with big comfy chairs to sit in while watching nature TV happen
@dps58195 жыл бұрын
I hate to see places like this rotting away, I would love to be there nobody to bother me.. lol.. I love nature.
@shaunawest33644 жыл бұрын
I totally agree it would be so peaceful nobody stuck up you're arse all the time
@AlisaMountainlionHillsBrigades4 жыл бұрын
Me too
@auliandabahri20944 жыл бұрын
your back would be poked by something..
@fluffy74814 жыл бұрын
aulianda bahri huh
@CultofThings3 жыл бұрын
The Kirby Vacuum people will still find you.
@travelingdude339147 жыл бұрын
Hey John screw the idiots on here making comments about your weight. They are trolls with no life or friends. Keep exploring and congratulations on losing weight. I enjoyed your video.
@KuvaPefo6 жыл бұрын
I second that!
@Jameywells7775 жыл бұрын
Yeah really people are so shitty
@basictechreviews5 жыл бұрын
Keyboard warriors with no life always gotta try to cyber bully someone that actually takes action
@interestingfamilyorigin35745 жыл бұрын
100% agree thumbs up good work and please keep investigating/exploring these cool places
@se54425 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! This culture has disintegrated into cowards with no manners!
@RLReagan7 жыл бұрын
My father was the last person to be buried in Elkmont in 2013. His name was Brownlee Reagan. The national park system was not allowed to go into any money making business, or so it was ruled. So now I think the cabins will be cleaned up and out. I don't know any change of status of the cabins today but you could get the true story at Sugarlands Visitor Center about 5 miles from there. Yes and that is a fireplace but probably doubled as an oven years ago. Oh and I've known this place all my life (as a Gatlinburg native) and I'm 50 so this is no discovery by a hiker.
@ronr.534005 жыл бұрын
Lee Reagan i would like to see it relived, renovated ... nicely
@TheWBDude5 жыл бұрын
Miss u too much 😘 ❤️
@paulatirado35305 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story on this place ♡
@reecia31975 жыл бұрын
Lee Reagan my name is Reecia Reagan Cornett, Reagan maiden name. And my family was suppose to have come from Tennessee area near Gatlinburg. I was always told I was related to John H. Reagan. I wonder if we are related. ?
@colleencarr24375 жыл бұрын
@@reecia3197 WoW... That Would Be So Awesome If By Chance You Met Ur Long Lost Family Just Because Some1 Wanted The World 2 See Such A Beautiful Place & You Guys Were Able 2 Connect!! Good Luck!! 😊🙂
@suburbanaccountability61885 жыл бұрын
Nice video I’ve been going to the smokies for 32 years I remember seeing people living there sitting on there porches there was a dirt road. Back then no parking lot just a lot of mud
@christystewart89835 жыл бұрын
My best friends family still had a lease on a cabin in Elkmont when I was in jr high and high school, ( I graduated in 1983). We would spend several weekends each year in the mountains. We used to swim in water cold enough to take your breath away! Thanks so much for taking me back!
@HatRatt7 жыл бұрын
I am from the State of WA. In the hills where my grand parents settled (back when land was free for the pioneer settlers), there was a similar situation. The homesteads were spread around in the hills. As a child I hiked into the woods to "pick cone" to sell so I could buy school supplies (even though my foster parents received money for that purpose!). I would often run into an overgrown collapsing structure. One day I found my grand parents old homestead! I was in awe. I began to cry as I remember my mother telling me about tying the horses to the posts near the house or going into the barn not to far away. I saw it all, exactly what she was talking about even though the barn roof lay on the ground, the house walls covered by vines with trees protruding from moss covered cedar boards. The only thing standing was the horse posts. My mother was born in 1909. When she was 9 she need medical attention which was too far away. Her father hiked over the hill because a group of native people lived near the river. He got the medicine man to come to help. That would have been 1918. I hope those old places in Elkmont can be saved! They have a lot of history. Lewis & Clark first explored WA in 1864.
@karenhaupt43212 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your cool story!
@yungdolphin91302 жыл бұрын
Pick cone... sounds like a fun memory. Not. Sounds like the foster parents said you go pick cone
@bjbobbijo5066 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story. That is interesting. ❤💜
@SEA-U2 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for Sharing ❤🙏
@livilou61657 жыл бұрын
We found these cabins by mistake while just hiking about twenty years ago, we got to the top and met a couple that were up there on there anniversary they had spend there honeymoon there thirty years ago, and they came every year back there on there Anniversary their family are the ones that had the life time lease, I love going to visit them, that parking lot wasn't there when we found it, my sons go up there to fly fish, kind of sad they all had to leave I wish they would let the people come back it seems like a dream community, mailboxes still standing, do you know why they have never opened the road back up in Cade's cove that goes over to N.C. When we first found the houses they were still in good shape! Thank you for the video!
@jake4x419827 жыл бұрын
Niki Scoggins
@mria6217 жыл бұрын
Niki Scoggins I'll bet the road leading from Cade's Cove to NC isn't opened, because Cade's Cove now only has really one way in and out-I guess to keep everything protected. Have you been there lately? It's basically one big "loop" road...
@gingerspice33297 жыл бұрын
Niki Scoggins
@FreedomFTW7 жыл бұрын
Niki Scoggins Do you even English? Couldn't even finish reading.
@Alicia_W4137 жыл бұрын
Yamitri2 "Do you even English?" seems to me like you should be asking yourself that question.
@MsDawggysLuckyLife2 жыл бұрын
Isn’t it crazy how many KZfaqrs you took here since this video! Same with that prison! You deserve much more recognition and respect for all you’ve always done to help others. 💯✊🏻❤️🙏
@BarbieBud6 жыл бұрын
So charming. Love the stone walls everywhere. Someone loved it at one time.
@andychris76473 жыл бұрын
This location is absolutely cool and beautiful. Hi Barbara how are you doing with your family I hope you’re safe from the virus?
@arielleshea29327 жыл бұрын
My parents use to rent one of those cabins back in the 1970's-80's. I remember staying in them when I was a child. We went back in 2000 and many were grafettied and caved in. Sad. Lots of memories there.
@fdmackey36667 жыл бұрын
Just stumbled up on this video and was impressed. I remember when "folks with money" rented those cabins back in the 1960s-mid 1980s. Hearing somebody say they were going to be hunting Elkmont told you all you needed to know. It was common knowledge that Elkmont was there and that it had once been a "logging town" so I was amused when two or three years ago I found several videos that, if you didn't know the truth, would leave one to believe that they discovered this "abandoned town" all on their own. Keep up the great work.
@ExplorationUnknown7 жыл бұрын
FD Mackey Thank you.
@johnmason68984 жыл бұрын
My daughter and I visited last month had a wonderful time exploring, thinking about how the families would gather in the rooms and spend time together. Before electronics. I am sure many great times were had in those homes. We actually have a video from the last house you visited that startled us both, the open door in that living room slammed shut. No wind haha Thanks for sharing
@BlushesSimrealEstate3 жыл бұрын
Hi do you remember the name of the road around there
@johnmason68983 жыл бұрын
@@BlushesSimrealEstate Elkmont Ghost Town To get there, take US-411 from Gatlinburg to the Sugarlands Visitor Center. Drive toward Cades Cove for about 7 miles until you see a sign for Elkmont Campground. You’ll turn here until you see the ranger station about 4 miles down the road. Take a left at the sign for Elkmont Nature Trail, where you’ll find a parking lot. The lot is within walking distance of the historic structures in Elkmont. Little River Road. And Jakes Creek Road Enjoy
@loricarter23945 жыл бұрын
I live not far from where you’re at, and I’m so glad that you are showing off the beauty that is rural Tennessee.
@beverlyblake43257 жыл бұрын
I can't get over how spacious the homes are, think how comfortable they would be if they were taken care of.
@brittaniesidebottom7 жыл бұрын
It's sad there are locations like this all over the USA abandoned, when we have so many homeless people (many of whom veterans). All these buildings need is some remodeling and TLC, and they would be livable again. Another one that comes to mind is an abandoned subdivision in Dawsonville, Georgia (known as the Greenleaf subdivision) with brand new houses just sitting empty and falling apart, because it was apparently part of some kind of mortgage fraud scheme.
@janjISMYname7 жыл бұрын
brittanie sidebottom, Maybe the government should sell this property. Another government run housing we don't need.
@epiccoconut59957 жыл бұрын
brittanie sidebottom wow! 😮really? That's so inhumane
@ladypilliwick81797 жыл бұрын
brittanie sidebottom I know of two Indian reservations that would love to include this town into their land
@ursulasmith64027 жыл бұрын
brittanie sidebottom so true, BUT the wars and enemies come first, well our great government. yeah, right.
@djkenny12027 жыл бұрын
Subdivisions are so sad. Removed from services, often requiring a car just to take care of simple daily needs.
@freedomlover95605 жыл бұрын
Love how the setting flows from Friday the 13th to Children of the Corn to The Cabin in the Woods. Awesome video.
@KNGEveryday7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! If you ever come to Arkansas, check out the abandon City of Rush in the Northern part of the state. Sad that the homes/structures could not have been preserved. I support Historical Society, because they work hard to preserve out historical properties. Thank you for respecting property, and sharing your knowledge!
@kaycooper89147 жыл бұрын
Investing in a more powerful flashlight would enhance our viewing enjoyment by 80%or better! You're not over weight,Sugah,that wood is under strong. ;D.
@ExplorationUnknown7 жыл бұрын
Kay Cooper I actually went back with a better light the link is in the description.
@ExplorationUnknown7 жыл бұрын
Kay Cooper Thank you so much for your kind words.
@RebelJew7777 жыл бұрын
I have a photo of my great grandparents at the 1st cabin from a few years after WW2, about 1950. I'm almost certain that's the cabin. They use to rent one in that area of Tennessee, but the place closed down. The 1st cabin in the video and the photo looks so much alike, but the photo shows the cabin in much better condition, even though it's black & white.
@digginz86035 жыл бұрын
What a great video! Thanks for making this place available to everyone.
@kathleennorton61085 жыл бұрын
Picture all the families enjoying themselves staying in these cabins. They were more simpler and joyous times. It would be great to bring them back.
@miscelaneosymas99237 жыл бұрын
nice place. I am from Panama, but when I go to USA I really like visiting places like this. Once I visited one in Georgia.
@tru3g3mini445 жыл бұрын
Hey im visiting Panama this summer. Any ideas on things to do??
@dawnm75447 жыл бұрын
It is a shame that they let this go down. It would be a awesome place to fix up.
@ExplorationUnknown7 жыл бұрын
Judith M Yea it would have made great rentals for the National Park.
@MW-dt8oi7 жыл бұрын
Judith M agreed...sad
@bkhampadith3 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU for adding this!!! It's guiding me through some tough times. I have 'help' from 'outside sources' due to these videos, so thank you! I hope you're doing ok! Bobbi
@JayplayzLS4 жыл бұрын
I love this place Elkmont. I've been there many years ago, I went through the houses and I saw the big building. But it was locked up . I love to read old stories about it & see pictures of it when it was in it's hay day.. it was a very special place when it was alive & booming... So many peoples memories... Great Smoky Mountains is an amazing place to go to. I grew up going to those beautiful Mountains. I have been on filed trips there with my son's class,I've been to family reunions in the Smokies, my grandmother & uncle are both buried in a family cemetery in the Wears Valley area of the Smokies. ... The Great Smokey Mountains are very special to me... I Thank you for your videos you make in them. Love em ALL!! ♥️💯🇺🇸👍
@mariacas79747 жыл бұрын
You need to carry bigger brighter spot light so we could see more.
@ExplorationUnknown7 жыл бұрын
Maria Cas Thanks I actually went back there with a bigger light. The link is in the description. Hopefully it is a better experience for you
@shaunaaustin30737 жыл бұрын
You can see what a lovely little community this once was and could be again. I would love to live there. Those fireplaces!!!!
@cbpapp7 жыл бұрын
Exploration Unknown, we have ancestors that lived in the Tipton homestead in Cade's Cove. My sister and I went up a couple of years ago. It was a chilly but sunny day. We went up the steep staircase to the second floor where the children slept. I was in the room by myself and was facing a window and shot a photo. When we got back to my sister's house and uploaded the photos, there was what appeared to be a small child wearing a bonnet in the photo I took. Amazing the things you can capture in old homes / buildings. I'll bet those camping houses come alive at night. Thanks for your video!
@charlottereed80605 жыл бұрын
Jon, I really enjoy your wonderful videos! You are a great tour guide!! Your parents have every right to be proud of you!! Thanks for everything!!! 🙏🏻♥️
@marjoriegarner53693 жыл бұрын
thankyou
@andychris76473 жыл бұрын
This video is so amazing it melts up my heart each time I watched this video, hi Charlotte how are you doing with your family I hope you’re safe from the virus?
@simp1eone7 жыл бұрын
men are so brave. I will be so scared to go into abandoned houses in such ghost towns. Thank you sir - you have enlightened us all. nobody in america should sleep on the streets due to poverty.
@toughharley19037 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing, I love seeing historical places. its too bad the government ran off the original owners. they built those cabbins well.
@pecatoribus645 жыл бұрын
That scenery looks perfect for another Friday the 13th remake!!
@emulatemetheuniverse.36706 жыл бұрын
The trees are so beautiful I can see my dream Mid Century Modern inspired home in that backdrop!
@Coelacanth19387 жыл бұрын
I suggest you try to find the town dump and look for glass bottles and jars which are highly collectible.
@Conversationswiththecurious7 жыл бұрын
I would love to explore abandoned towns.
@timturner37866 жыл бұрын
WhatThe? Paranormal let's do it together
@amylopez87166 жыл бұрын
It's beautiful there I'm from newport tn
@amylopez87166 жыл бұрын
Any where in Tennessee you can go into the woods and find old houses form the early 1900 it's really cool but you have to be careful and not get caught I lived going hiking and finding abandoned houses and seeing how they lived back then you can find all kinds of cool stuff
@fusefire82006 жыл бұрын
WhatThe? Paranormal go to middle of the east coast of New Zealand on the northern island
@jcgarcia63675 жыл бұрын
Yea until a hiding skeleton or banshee grabs and pulls you into one of the houses
@nitneynvolsfam6 жыл бұрын
The first cabin you entered was called Spindle Tops. The rooms in the bottom are were once horse stalls. My grandfather helped build it and it has since been torn down.
@88Kimberly8884 жыл бұрын
I love the Smokey mountains! I'm trying to move there.
@emmabenedek6463 жыл бұрын
That govt are off their heads to allow good buildings to rot. Theres good folk living in trailers. In UK theres people livin in single rooms. Why did US spend money walkin on a moon when they cant even vote for a non corrupt politician, No change in 10.000yrs. Currently we have 1000pp evidence corruption in UK and Europe. We experience Police and other attacks. violent threats from US Embassy. Is that what you the public reckon is democracy. Dont let 30.000 avoid deaths interfere with your hobby or sport or art will you.Where will killin us get you? Same place as now. No where.
@TheOneinthewoods3 жыл бұрын
@@emmabenedek646 agreed!!
@sjnagele7 жыл бұрын
I like the way he stops to read the "no trespassing" before entering the building
@zillaman76747 жыл бұрын
👍
@LovelyLisha37 жыл бұрын
sjnagele 😂😂😂Savage#
@juaquiene77336 жыл бұрын
Hope these trespassing, explorers realize they have nobody to sue, when they fall trough a rotting floor or have a ceiling beam drop on their heads. After all signs are posted everywhere telling them to keep out. Yet look at all the people going through these places as if it's a tourist site. .Let's hope their smart enough to leave a note their out trespassing so loved ones' know where to find their dead bodies.
@Hawthorneowl6 жыл бұрын
Juaquiene 77 People like to take risk! So don't be afraid to fly or drive ,
@juaquiene77336 жыл бұрын
I get that Hawthorn owl. I am not afraid to fly or drive, cause I recognize everything has risks. To a certain degree! It's why we go to spooky movies. Knowing it's not true. Or ride a rollercoaster knowing it'll be over in 4 mins. However walking through a rotted structure without permission on private property is a different matter. Try to imagine you get a phone call from a lawyer telling you your great, grand aunt ( That you didn't know you had) had passed away leaving you an old Victorian that has set empty and untouched for 40 yrs. You rush to the site all excited, then come to realize it's in such bad shape a fart could knock it down. Thing is your the owner, and what happens to somebody on your property is something your liable for. Forget being sued I'd feel bad someone got hurt or died there.
@missnoname97047 жыл бұрын
I think the Great Smokey Mountain National Forest is probably THE MOST RELAXING place I have ever visited in my entire life. It is beyond comprehension that anyone could ever set fire to this gorgeous majestic place. I'm so deeply saddened by the fire. I'm praying for everyone who has suffered loss. Things there will never be the same.
@debrahelmlinger6256 Жыл бұрын
Yes, the Smokey Mountains were the 1st forest I had ever been in and I kept expecting Little Red or the big bad wolf to go running by
@ajwalker61753 жыл бұрын
I love hearing stories from the elderly & the history. I'm like tell me more I'm curious. It's like I can't get enough of it. I guess that's why I get along with the elderly so much bc I want to sit down & hear the stories good or bad. I love it, I just can't get enough of it!!! Thanks for showing us this video!! I appreciate it so much!!
@conniegoldthwait14635 жыл бұрын
Thank you John! Great video about a nearly forgotten place. Cool cabins. 🏚
@GeorgeVreelandHill7 жыл бұрын
I have been to Tennessee a few times and it is a beautiful state. Warm and friendly people. It is a shame that this area is like it is. I live in Los Angeles and know that countless people would love an area like this in the woods. Quiet. peaceful and nice. It needs to be brought back. It's real life.
@kaitlynmckee60886 жыл бұрын
Yes Tennessee is a beautiful state I live there and have lived there my whole life and it is a shame of people setting fires to the smoky Mountains that recently happened not to long ago and not keeping it up I am a beautiful place.
@MonaLisa-bw8dw5 жыл бұрын
Don't forget evil is everywhere which is sad
@lindabergman31275 жыл бұрын
George Vreeland Hill yes it's a beautiful state😘
@tennesseecurtiss57412 жыл бұрын
We don’t want any more people from California, yall ruined that state, we don’t want you ruining ours. Middle Tennessee has changed so much in only the last 10 years because of everyone moving there. So if your a radical Californian, stay in California.
@RLReagan2 жыл бұрын
Isn’t it funny that now I live in LA/Palisades. I looked at TN as escaping it when I left years ago. I came to CA with a TV, Futon and clothing. Now I live in one of the best locations in the area. Look to the left driving just south of Sunset Blvd, north of Temescal. I’m the last house on that 2nd ridge south of Sunset and could never have imagined such a home in my youth.
@lesau.92057 жыл бұрын
What an awesome place. One fun fact is the cabins that you walk thru the front door and lined up straight thru the cabin is the back door, They are called shotgun houses I forget the reason why. Thanks for uploading this interesting place for us to visit with you!!!
@soonermimi537 жыл бұрын
Ve Vee because you can walk in the front door and shoot a shotgun and the bullet just goes right thru the back door.
@JSmedic17 жыл бұрын
Ve Vee ... because of the layout that you described ... they are as straight as a shotgun
@TheArmedassailant7 жыл бұрын
Ve Vee they are called shotgun houses because you could shoot through the front door and and straight out of back.
@TheJer19637 жыл бұрын
That is just like the first house Elvis Presley lived in. Still there and open for the public to visit.
@Anarchy_Angel943 жыл бұрын
I enjoy exploration videos like these where the person is educated on the location and shares it's history and doesn't use a click bait thumbnail to get views. It was cool to learn about this place, thanks for showing it to us 🤗
@christinablack65573 жыл бұрын
The park service is restoring some of these cabins now. The last time we went about 5 were being worked on. I don’t know what the plan is for them but I know you can rent the lodge there for weddings, reunions, business conventions, etc. We go a couple times a year. No live it here. Since the pandemic it has become unbelievably crowded with tourists though.
@FightingIrish3277 жыл бұрын
I love your videos has for me and my wife and kids also have a special place in our hearts for Gatlinburg pigeon forge area we have been going there last couple years for vacations. I enjoy watching your videos for the nice information and footage of such and amazing place as well as I can see ur passion and love for that place. it also broke my family's hearts with the wildfires prayers to all the families that lost. we actually just got back home from pigeon forge this past Monday stayed Easter weekend in echota cabin community. thanks again for the videos and I will continue to be a fan
@RocketCat5257 жыл бұрын
Smokemont was a big logging town there also. Love it there. I lived in Bryson City NC for 21 years until just recently. Beautiful there,
@apower9123 жыл бұрын
Yes, Bryson City is a lovely town of lovely people.
@Rktect39025 жыл бұрын
I was there before the town was abandoned. There were people in half of them. It was 1994. There was a petition one owner was asking people to sign to save it. That house had a real nice log cabin behind it. The town was bought out in the 50’s but once he last of the original owners children died off it went to the National Parks.
@charliepc562 жыл бұрын
That little Hewn Log Cabin is my favorite also, and that place should have been preserved from the time it was abandoned. People like stepping back in time like you did there. Thanks for sharing.
@richardthetroll67587 жыл бұрын
since it is a camping site. How come they don't fix the cabins up and rent them out?
@pambeyers90815 жыл бұрын
Richard Peralez They dont own the land. Camping site is up the hill and probly privately owned. I think the Govt. owns that land. They take tax $ and let it rot. Sad. It could be such a nice place for families kids who ever. But its to run down now.
@paxhumana20155 жыл бұрын
@@pambeyers9081 , then why not simply offer a fair amount of money and buy up the fucking land? Surely someone can not do that, right?
@neildecker30615 жыл бұрын
The National park system does not likely have the money to fix them up and use them as rental cabins. Would probably be a money-losing opportunity anyhow.
@lalee3297 жыл бұрын
I love Tennessee! Thank you so much for the tour. I hope Ivan visit this place some day....
@littledancingfawn4 жыл бұрын
I was there in October 2019. They were working on a couple of them fixing the roof and chimney.
@anitatucker88125 жыл бұрын
Hi Jon, thanks for sharing. We've been to Elkmont and had a great time the summer before last. There's supposed to be a cemetery there as well. We wanted to take the hike but my mother was with us so we decided against it. Earlier this year we heard in the news an arsonist had set fire to some of the cabins. :( Hope we can make the trip again soon.
@barbararuss3881 Жыл бұрын
The cemetery is below the cabins. We were there a while back and the wooden arch entrance was worn down quite a bit by bear. You can see their claw marks all over on that little dirt road.
@ohsnapthatskingdom7 жыл бұрын
Would make for a great scene on the Walking Dead 👍🏽
@ericawinn91274 жыл бұрын
Brandy Young yes it would
@billybiker57124 жыл бұрын
Yes it would be a great scene for anything like that
@billiedeffenbaugh74504 жыл бұрын
Or a Dark Shade Creek movie with Cyrus.
@dreamscott59132 жыл бұрын
Yes, it would because it has the same energy as a graveyard.
@CarrieGerenScogginsOfficial7 жыл бұрын
Should be given back to the #Cherokee Nation.
@pqpqpqpqpqpei7 жыл бұрын
easleybadboy America doesnt owe them. White people do
@269adventures7 жыл бұрын
easleybadboy yeah I second that, tired of ppl always saying that shit, we owe the Indians, we stoled their land. Hahaha ppl need to learn real history. Everyone things mighty white owes them.
@jackieo.99047 жыл бұрын
People of every race have been "conquering new lands" "invading" & "taking over" others since the beginning of time & it still occurs today. The strong survive.
@269adventures7 жыл бұрын
Jackie lisa yes true. I conquered my backyard this weekend, I'm the king of that shit lol
@bryanclark48097 жыл бұрын
Carrie Geren Scoggins [Official] that sounds racist
@dessertdiva20104 жыл бұрын
It would be really neat to see all of this restored and a museum created to show how the original settlers lived.
@randyhutchinson99106 жыл бұрын
the small town I grew up in is also almost totally abandoned, just a shame, beautiful place, memories of almost daily adventure, small quiet little place, everybody knew everybody
@ybsambo45737 жыл бұрын
I don't know where you're from if those places don't look too awful bad to me I'm sure there be enough people out there that would love to live in a place like that including
@539Productions7 жыл бұрын
I really want to check this place out sometime! Love the Smoky Mountains, one of my favorite places to visit!
@roselanemable31416 жыл бұрын
539 Productions mine too. I'm going tomorrow for the 4th of July parade in Gatlinburg Tn, & Knoxville, Tn. 4th of July festival & fireworks.
@elanorcarnell95246 жыл бұрын
Great job, Thank you. any snakes
@deborahchesser73756 жыл бұрын
Smokey’s are def gorgeous
@michaely.91495 жыл бұрын
Check out Greenbrier while there. It's off the usual tourist traps. Great place to really enjoy the mountains.
@lindabergman31275 жыл бұрын
539 Productions yeah I would also!!! Beautiful 👍
@cattycorner83 жыл бұрын
The "cabins" are beautiful! Not what I expected at all. lol Fine, solid foundations and craftsmanship you cannot find anymore.
@CC-df3xy6 жыл бұрын
It's really amazing what one finds deep into the woods/ forests, but this place is out in the open. They should restore them, it's a pity to let it rot away!
@barbaraboggs2937 жыл бұрын
Nice job documenting.. I have always loved hiking.. thank you an God Bless
@kandiceh78497 жыл бұрын
Very cool, these are such nice cabins. The wood floors look amazing. I'd love to see this place.
@hannahmartin28552 жыл бұрын
Just got married in Elkmont in July! One of our favorite places it’s so beautiful and serene!
@Shar_Bandraoi5 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks for sharing this amazing location. Hope to see more :D
@DJ-ng2ui7 жыл бұрын
I love the smokies! Shoutout to my fellow Tennesseans!
@randalljones28234 жыл бұрын
Shout out back at ya! Gotta love the Great Smokey Mountains and just waking up to them every single day!
@altha-rf1et7 жыл бұрын
If anybody lives near there, it would make a good bug out location. Make a Cache and hide some supplies up there
@sherylmanz72322 жыл бұрын
Wow wish I could go there to see this place it looks so awesome. I love old homes on how they look.
@thelogician98795 жыл бұрын
Hey, good for you, man! You said you have gotten into better shape while also doing something fulfilling for yourself and that also brings joy to others. I can't think of anything much cooler than that. Thanks for the tour of a place I never would have known existed if not for your video!
@lindalane73417 жыл бұрын
The government can renovate all those houses and have homeless housing made what shame.
@MrRobertkroger7 жыл бұрын
don't be given the Gov Ideas, they will send Syrian immigrants there
@raymondharvey18217 жыл бұрын
Linda Lane they already do it's called sec 8 and they don't take care of what they're given, and noone wants to live by them bc they act like heathens and take everything for granted.
@MrRobertkroger7 жыл бұрын
Truth
@natashadavis29595 жыл бұрын
Don't let the gov touch these beautiful cabins. If they renovate them it'll be a catastrophe, and a shame. They'd use cheap materials in crappy apartment aesthetic. Ahh! No, no, no! Just no. Let local people take care of them. Keep the gov out.
@cabinlifeatedensprings17105 жыл бұрын
Linda Lane needs to be given back to the Cherokee nation. It was there land.
@madisona39077 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tour. Why, with so many homeless people would the Gov not fix these cabins up for Homeless Children? The scenery is so beautiful and a children's sanctuary would be a good thing?
@SimplyShannan6 жыл бұрын
Awww amazing video. I seen ya in Marks stream and had to see your channel. Amazing town and history. Smashing the like button
@deejenkins83145 жыл бұрын
Most of these cabins are not “left overs “ from the logging era. They were a part of a “vacation community” built after the logging heyday to keep the Wonderland Hotel as a viable business. You could either build your own home, rent rooms in the hotel , or buy an apartment in one of the buildings built beside the hotel. My husbands grandparents owned one of the apartments and spent every summer living there with the grandchildren in tow. The hotel building proper was dismantled when the US Parks service shut it down . The last apartment building burned to the ground 5or 6 years ago. Most of the cabins are being let fall to the ground. They are not hidden, there is a paved walking trail thru the middle of the community, but because of the condition of the homes entrance is forbidden.
@donnag49407 жыл бұрын
This is so sad to see. I would totally live in one of these cabins. Put in a little work and it is totally livable.
@greggo79787 жыл бұрын
There's been a alarming amount of people that have and still continue to go missing there and never been found,not even a trace.
@blvckfiretrvpfire157 жыл бұрын
Bigfoot...I've heard about this place before
@cecerae86375 жыл бұрын
It is such a shame,the gorgeous log cabins could fixed up,people could hire them for a two day hike,it shocks me when you come across this type of thing,I think to myself "why" is nobody fixing these beauties up?
@ageorgiapeach94426 жыл бұрын
It’s a fireplace from a house in the very beginning. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
@eileenruth97947 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!! You needed a stronger light on your camera, however.
@tashamichelle34375 жыл бұрын
Shut up
@sherriweibert33113 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, brighter and bigger beam would make it so much better!
@carmay36007 жыл бұрын
See how our government waste money. The homes could have been sold toprivate owners while the land could have stayed public and maintained as a public park. Somewhat like the homes built on golf courses. Allowing the homes to fall apart is inexcusable. There is apparently not enough tax payer dollars to keep up these kinds of homes so the money earned from them could have been used to preserve the surrounding park.
@Sylique6 жыл бұрын
carmay3600 indeed
@sb78406 жыл бұрын
Agree. But it's easy to waste money when you're not the one earning it. Ugh.
@steveescher15545 жыл бұрын
Yea but the government does believe in common sense, or in helping the people
@paxhumana20155 жыл бұрын
@@miriam_8450 , so let me guess, you are also a racist, as well as a promoter of the LGBT movement, abortion, genocide, patricide, euthanasia, and assisted suicide?
@lovelystorm8915 жыл бұрын
carmay3600 My ansestor s we’re forced to sell their farms. No They should GIVE it back to original owners Family. Not rich strangers
@m.mickeypayne98116 жыл бұрын
It was popular in the 1920's-50's to have outdoor stoves to cook your wild game or fish,. Aka BBQ facilities for outside of house sometime near a patio or outdoor structures. My grandparents had a similar fire place on their property that they built their house in the 1930's. They had a brick house, plus outside oven/fire place were the men entertained, while the women where in the house, in the kitchen. In the books/outdoor magazines of the period, they talked of steaming and smoking meat in such ovens.
@cameronbyfield23802 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful place. There’s a really relaxing energy. I wish there was a way to get permission to rehabilitate the cabins. I’m sure there’d be plenty of people that would volunteer their labor if the state paid for material. I’d absolutely be out there, then hope to buy one after lol.
@oliviadolan4680 Жыл бұрын
they actually have since rehabilitated the town! it's still abandoned but the cabins have all been fixed and refurnished. i visited in april, definitely worth it :)
@deekrivers17 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video,it was very enjoyable, I love the simple old buildings.
@kahleedurdenproductions19997 жыл бұрын
I would squat there then take it as my own.
@AngelINTheMatrix7 жыл бұрын
so me to (:
@bea.utifulqueen314eternity47 жыл бұрын
lol
@terrandroid6 жыл бұрын
Cee Dee I want be the new mayor
@teresaweaver10125 жыл бұрын
It's been a long time, but I don't see where anybody has answered your first question about that furnace you came across at the beginning. I live up in Carter County, but I believe that is what my father showed me once when we were in the Shenandoah Valley in Northern Virginia. He said it was a pig iron furnace, which would fit with the Appalachian scenario of the 1800s since pig iron is a crude form of iron, "poor man's iron". The one we saw was beside a stream, and my father said they are usually located alongside a water source. It looked like there may have been a somewhat dry spring/stream there off to the side of it.
@u.sonomabeach65283 жыл бұрын
I went to that town late one night and felt a presence. The feeling grew stronger as I walked in a certain direction. I followed it until I came to one of the abandon cabins and when I crept around back I saw two demons sitting on a bench sharing a snickers bar. I accidently farted loudly when I tried to silently slip it out passed my butt loafs but my cheeks were smashed tightly together in my acid washed good butt jeans and the demons instantly glared at me with glowing red eyes. I blacked out and woke up two days later on my back lawn. One of the freakiest moments of my life!
@edgarr73487 жыл бұрын
dope vid! now i know where to go If i ever go homeless
@deborahcrawford54415 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing! 😂😂
@keymoflex39615 жыл бұрын
So true lol
@ronr.534005 жыл бұрын
Edgar R bug out location no doubt 😁🤘
@goodman54255 жыл бұрын
me too. 😂
@eviljedi29885 жыл бұрын
I stayed there for a couple weeks summer 2018 it was.... Fucking great
@mesmerizebyjessicas7 жыл бұрын
This is so cool and amazing place to do meditation embracing the nature! Thank you for sharing and God Bless. Later kiddos:)
@Mandy-gi3nb3 жыл бұрын
I have been playing there since I was a child, my mother and I always played "pooh sticks" on the little bridge over the river there, it's where I'm going to put her ashes per her request one day, it's very special to us.
@beckyt70573 жыл бұрын
This is amazing to see!!! Maybe you could get a REALLY GOOD light and go back and redo. The lighting was so dim I couldn’t see very good. Still, I love history and learning about places like this.