I am a life long resident of Montana. I currently live in Billings. I am a Native American Indian woman who's roots are very deep in Montana. All I ever see is beauty living here. I will never live anywhere else ☺️. Thanks for visiting Billings please come back soon.

Fun fact: The Double Tree is the world's tallest load-bearing brick building. They don't make buildings that tall out of brick anymore!

Homeless problem is a lot worse than you just seeing “one.” Walk around at night. They usually don’t hangout on the main downtown streets due to police not allowing them to linger in front of businesses.

I’m from there, and returning soon- It’s clean, people are kind, respectful, polite and friendly…. I love Montana….

I am originally from Chicago. I moved here 30 years ago and do not regret the move. Looking for excitement in a city venue indicates young adults who have not yet realized you make your own excitement.

Born and raised in Billings Mt. We call them the Rims 😁

I am Swedish immigrant living 50 miles north of Billings. I have been living in different places, different countries, but Montana is the best ! Thank you for beautiful video about the favorite US town!

Thank you for the outsiders pov. A lot of our residents don’t understand how great it is here. I think the problem is that they have no idea how crazy and bad a truly big city can be. I’ve seen it and really appreciate my hometown. I actually live in Lockwood on the other side of the river. It is classified as Billings as well. You should have drove through emerald hills for beauty and down by Dickie for not so pretty. Lol. Thanks for visiting 😊

It is a beautiful city, serene with a drop dead gorgeous rock formations . And your narration is mucho mucho good. 👏👏👏👏

Thank you for the video. It helps a soldier that misses home. In Virginia being trained as a diesel mechanic. So thank you so much. God bless you

Interesting facts about the “rimrocks:” Everyone in Billings calls them “the rims.” They were formed by a Cretaceous seaway so they’re made of sandstone and you can find ancient aquatic fossils From inside the city, they are always to the north so they are a great navigational reference point People do fall off of them, mostly drunks in the middle of the night, but my grandfather actually died racing his bike in the rain and falling off the side They are a favorite spot for teenagers who drive up after sunset, hang out with their friends, or make out in the car away from parents’ eyes Usually on earth day there is an annual cleanup on the rims

The Graffiti downtown was painted by the Underground Culture Krew, it was allowed by the business owners downtown

That first empty building that you showed was where I had my first job, my mom worked there for over 30 years and she had me working there on weekends when I was 14 til I graduated. It was partially a restaurant called Pug Mahons and it made the best food and had the best people. We’ve missed that place a lot since it closed.

I currently live in Billings and also a new subscriber, also if you ever seen the bikes on the walls near some of the wall art in the alleyways that’s actually a bike trail in the alleyways it’s called the Light Bike Trail, it’s a great idea because it makes biking downtown a lot safer and also keeps the alleyways picked up and free of debris and trash

Back in the 1980s there was a big brush fire at the Custer battlefield and after it was all put out it was AMAZING how many artifacts they found just sitting on the ground. They called in some archeologists who were able to track the battle just from the cartridge cases they found. So for over 100 years there were hundreds of artifacts from the battle that were just laying there under the brush that no one knew were there. I think National Geographic did a documentary on the find. I remember seeing it and was pretty facinated with the whole thing.

I live right outside of Billings and its always cool to see it from a visitor's perspective. Thanks for the tour!

Love this!! Appreciate you sharing my beautiful town with people 😁😁

My dad is on the city council in Billings and I am currently running for one of the state senate districts here in town. Love seeing an outsider's perspective because so many locals don't realize how truly wonderful it is here! Of course, we have issues like crime and homelessness that need to be addressed, but what city doesn't! Thanks so much for visiting and if you ever come back and need some good food recommendations, reach out any time!

I’m so glad I found this channel! I’ve been to a lot of big US cities, but haven’t seen a lot of these medium sized ones. Great tours, keep up the awesome work! Liked and subscribed.

If you ever make it back to this area of Montana, you definitely need to check out my hometown of Red Lodge and take a ride up the Beartooth Highway. I’m not sure the road is open currently as it was under 6 feet of snow a week ago……

Thanks for the video 📸 My dad was born in Billings but I've never been there. It actually looks like a nice town. Now I'm thinking 🤔 of visiting Montana because of this video. Once again, thanks for your video

August 2006, on I-90 about 15 miles east of Billings, my Jeep broke down. I ended up buying a truck in Billings and made it back to my Army base in NY. 🇺🇸

Just found your channel. I visited Billings in 2018 from the UK and your video did a great job of showing a city I really enjoyed. Everyone was be very friendly, must be a nice place to live.

I was born in Billings, but grew up in Hardin, near the Battlefield. The Battlefield area was an open playground for us in the 60's and early 70's with minimal oversight back then. A friends family owned the land outside Hardin where "Fort Custer" was built after the battle. We found the forts garbage dump in the mid 60's and spent many days digging up old artifacts...bottles, uniform scraps, leather items, ammunition cartridges, uniform buttons, and an occasional "US" Belt Buckle.

I'd move there . I think it absolutely beautiful . Very serene. Thank you for such a nice tour .🏞️

Just moved to Billings from Nevada a couple of months ago and so far I gotta say I love it.

Downtown Billings is very beautiful thanks to the efforts of the Downtown Billings Association and the awesome efforts of the Purple People crew.

Thanks for doing my hometown old Billings justice.

Lived in Billings most my life and in the last decade the place has become so crime riddled it's insane. Also yes very dull and drab. Not a lot to do besides fishing and hitting a bar or casino.

Liked and subscribed, your videos are so enjoyable to watch, great scenery, unobtrusive music and just the right amount of narrative, really well done!

I was trying to see if I knew anyone or saw my car! Thanks for your perspective on Billings, I live 25 miles outside of it. I forget how clean and nice it is overall compared to other places. The homeless problem is there, you're likely to see more late afternoon and evening, there have been random violence from transients. Those houses by the rims do get rocks in them, mostly garages but someone a few years ago got their house crushed. They tried to sue the city and lost.

Yes, dull and drab, folks should not move here... :)

Probably my favorite city I've ever been to. I did the same thing at the bluffs when I was headed out of town to get to the mountains. Lovely place

Beautiful Montana…so clean and peaceful….let’s just hope it stays that way.

I visited Billings about a decade ago for a Billings Mustangs baseball game. The ballpark ( Dehler Park) was very nice and the "Stang Burgers" they grilled at the stand down the left field line were incredible. If I lived there, I would buy season tickets.

I'm so glad you enjoyed our beautiful magic city! if you wanted to see more of the homeless population you'd have to visit the south side of town because they tend to reside there. there are also some other hot spots for graffiti on montana avenue and various other places around town. if you come back you should explore more of the heights and the south side. if you do explore the south side, please do so in a vehicle. there's a few really good restaurants in the heights one being blues bbq and they have the best food in my opinion. thanks for visiting our city and come again soon!

I’ve lived in MT now over 20 years and half the time in Billings surrounding areas. The history is extremely rich here. From Jesse James living on the now what’s called the South Side to an area that the Chinese and Japanese Americans were put in camp during WWII. You can never learn everything about the Magic City and it’s history. The rims on which you stood is also the first cattle/sheep trail down into Billings. If you ever have time to spend here, visit with some of its oldest residents and listen to their stories, from braving the weather at 12 in a sheep wagon, watching over large flocks of sheep, to the mine disaster outside of Red Lodge. Once the mountains call you, there is no going back.

Gorgeous state :) I look forward to visiting one day.

Lived in Billings for 23 years, 1994-2017. It grew a lot in that time. I hear from friends there that the crime rate has risen a lot. Some of the best medical care/facilities in the U.S.

After seeing a few more of your videos, I'M as impressed as you are by the views and grandeur. OTOH the prevailing mean spritedness of those of us who were more fortunate continues to be sad...

Hi, JOE I am from Canada 🇨🇦,I am keep watching your road trips state to state city to city town to town.what a amazing person you are,I am very impressed your efforts towards remarkable journeys.your journeys are very informative.keep up your missions.

We've lived in Billings MT for 29 years, and the homeless problem is MUCH worse than this video makes it out to be.

Thank you, had a good time.

I moved to Billings, in 2018.....one of best places I have lived....retired US Army.....

I like your attitude! Welcome back anytime 😁

Well dang. Lived right down the road. Alil place called Roundup. Brings back good memories 👍🏻

As a kid I met an Indian who was alive at the time of the Battle and had memories of it. This was back in the late 1950's. We lived in Bozeman, Montana, and my mom was an amateur historian interested in the colonization of Montana by Catholic missionaries. We went to the reservation near Miles City where she interviewed some of the older Indians. I remember playing with the Indian kids while she was doing her thing. We got a tape recorder about that time and I'm not sure whether she had it for this particular trip. I don't recall seeing any of her notes on this meeting but it is unlikely that she got rid of them. When she died in 1991 I gave all her historical books and records to Carrol College in Helena, Montana. Anyway, my point here is that "Custer's Last Stand" was just not that long ago.

My daughter just moved to Billings and absolutely loves it. Can’t wait to visit.

I enjoy going to Billings every summer before heading out to go fly fishing. Great town.

All those refineries make for a strong petroleum smell in the city is what I remember when I stayed one night there last year on my way to a very expensive and no housing to be found in Bozeman.

You drove right by my house, in the Historic District!!! 😄 Thank you for your positive outlook on my city!

Great video! Thanks.

That house that you said you wanted, Ive been in it many times, had a friend who lives there for years. Lovely house but so extremely over priced. Unfortunately billings has become so over inflated with not much modernization or affordable things to do here. It’s lead to a lot of crime, drug use and young people falling down really dark rabbit holes. I love my city but it’s gotten dark over the past 10 years.

Looks like a real nice, if somewhat sleepy city. I would prefer a bigger city to live in but it looks like an interesting enough place to visit and I bet a cool, historic place right near downtown would make for a better than decent lifestyle. Love the trees!

Been though there a couple times. All I've ever seen of it is the view from the interstate, inbound and outbound, and the Greyhound bus station. When either taking a coach or driving myself from Wisconsin to the Pacific Northwest, I like the I-94 corridor better than the I-90, even if it is a little longer distance.

Looks like an interesting town. It kind of reminds me of my 80's/childhood hometown of Binghamton, NY, for better or worse too!

I was born and raised in Billings. I left after I graduated high school in 95 and haven't been back. Thank you for making this video. I haven't seen my hometown in years.

I live in Bill8ngs...Thanks for visiting...Come back sometime!!!!

My art class from rocky mountain college painted some of the downtown murals

I’ve spent time in Billings. Real neat downtown! It’s quiet in the mornings, good for a nice walk.

Oh my goodness you couldn't even see the bear tooth mountain on the rims. You need to get back up there and look west on a clear day it's beautiful. Also it's called the south side south park is the name of the park there

Wow, thanks. I am a Little Big Horn enthusiast as well. I have seen a lot of videos on the battle and the battlefield, but your video is the FIRST one I have seen that mentions a horse cemetery for the 7th Cavalry Regiment horses. I didn't know it existed until you mentioned it in this video.

Drove by my house...I live in South Side. Everyone in Billings rags on it but its home 💜 I was also working at one of the refineries when you visited our city! Since you mentioned the smell 🤣

Lived in Billings for 4 years. Still Love the place. Still Love the people. Still Love the Lifestyle. I may retire here !!

Great job! Thanks

Billings looks like a nice city, Thanks for posting.

I love the background music💙🥳 very relaxing

Great tour.

Have traveled this same route many times... between Sheridan and Little bighorn Battlefield the scenery is the best...!!

Excellent!!!

Such majestic views

That is my childhood home! The southside, we were quite a community back then, South Park during a Fiesta in the summer? I always wanted to go home

Amazing!! Thank you ^^

Montana seems like a beautiful state. I don't know if I would want to walk along that cliff. Nice view of the city from above though.

The battle of cuisine aroma! I love it :)

Billings, MT resident here, things to add is that we have bars on every corner like Seattle, WA has Starbucks.. Job opportunities and housing is scarce as more out of staters make their way here. Kids and young adults lack indoor activities to do resulting in a lot of drug trafficking and drinking problems. Our public education here lacks in comparison to bigger cities (from my experience traveling). Aside from that it is a growing city with gorgeous views and only an hour drive away from fun hiking spots.

That part on the river you were at is Colson Park. Where billings actualy started. Was named Colson at first then the railroad come through and the town moved over to the downtown region and was named Billings

I have to say anywhere in Montana would work for me lol, I just love the state. Very cool see Custer’s last stand is really cool. My wife and I are planning a trip out west in a few years to see all this area. I think one must see it more than once in a lifetime.

I own a long term successful business here..worked hard to get where I'm at. My point is this...the ONLY reason I'm in Billings even part time now is said business. I work in about 10 different states a lot and Billings is the most overrated overpriced so-called big city I work in. The crime has gotten so out of hand oh, we have big City crime with no big city payoff. The rent is not only insane it's absolutely ridiculous and not worth what people here are required to pay and I won't even get into the real estate market. Every year I spend less time here building my businesses elsewhere and one day will no longer be in Billings at all. Even going out to eat here is insane. Again every other big city I work in is cheaper to eat. The Silver Lining to Montana used to be you didn't have to pay to live here, but now feels you are punished to live here. I know of what I speak as I have lived and owned a business here for 30 years. Don't even get me started on the driver's it's not so much they don't know how to drive as most have no manners everybody acts as if you need over or you need out of the parking lot is a slight against them and their special. The plus side, I still work here at times and still meet some of the nicest people everyday. But the cost of living in my opinion is not worth the little that you get here. I know some people would disagree and that is their opinion

NYC here I just came back from awesome vacation in MAINE hope to do the same in the great state of MONTANA

We load cream out of the milk plant in Billings, literally a block away is a gym I use to go to! Really a cool city!

something about montanas natural landscape makes me feel nostalgic. but ive never been there or never really spent time in such a green place.

I grew up in Sheridan and live in Billings. You visited during the greenest part of the year for the drive to Billings. Good choice! Soon most areas that are not watered will be brown. Also, there was a boulder that fell off the Rims and crushed a house awhile back, so yes building against the Rims has it's risk but it's been a rare occurrence. Thanks for visiting Billings!

That downtown looks pretty "dead". But that's OK. I love Montana. Imagine that place in the dead of winter though 😱. Keep up the good work !

What a beautiful place to live! Or even visit. Never been this far west. R

My wife grew up 60 miles from Billings. I’ve got a brother and sister in law who live there. Three years ago when I was there for a wedding, I got so hammered. I had so much fun at that wedding and the free drinks too 🎉

I live in Billings and it's a nice place if you like the outdoors since it's rite there and the river is close. The crime is going up unfortunately but nothing like a big city for sure and the homeless hang out in specific spots so there not just everywhere down town.

Just found your channel and watching a couple of your videos Great information!!😎😎🤠. We did a road trip from the U.K. last year. 3000 miles and 8 states… Deadwood,Billings we’re part of it😎🤠 Loved your Deadwood video as well😍

IveI lived in Montana, in Billings. I always thought that Custer got exactly what he deserved. Thank you for a great video!

Looks like a really small city, bet it's safe too. Especially compared to big cities, in other states. Never thought much about Montana, but I would like to see the state one day.

I used to work a Jake's downtown, Billings is fun you just gotta know where to go.

this has been my home my whole life its so beautiful that's y u don't judge a book on its cover

Glad you liked our little city.

Rands custom hats is in Billings too! Awesome place to visit!

Loved the way you began you vid @ the rim. You had to go up historical Zimmerman Trail. Billings itself was difficult to maneuver since it was all one way streets when we were there in ‘86. We helped with Bible School in the Heights (the wealthy side of town). I loved every minute. We were there 2-3 weeks before going to GF to meet the hubby. We stayed south of the river in a trailer park in Pryor. It had a swamp cooler - days were mild but nights were freezing in August. The Yellowstone River is so beautiful. The park backed up to it. It wasn’t like the trailer parks you see in the south. Most were retired or low income, but it was well kept & people were so nice & friendly. One of the residents let my kids stay with her while I had errands. My oldest learned to ride a bicycle there. That is the town where I put my laundry & left. Someone put them in the dryer for me as they needed t1he washer. Like I said earlier you couldn’t do that in the south. We met a couple who were taking in drug addicted babies - the mothers’ were addicts so when their babies were born they were addicts with WDs. An awesome thing to do. They weren’t special needs themselves, but definitely needed the extra attention that foster families didn’t want to deal with. Special people!!! We stopped at Custer’s Last Stand, but they have added the memorials since then. I didn’t see any horse cemetery. So much has changed. You drove from Casper to Billings & passed by Sheridan. I never saw Sheridan bc we came from Worland towards Cody & took the cut across the mountains at Shell to Ranchester. That was the most beautiful drive I’ve ever taken. But I wanted to retire to Sheridan, but hubby didn’t want to move that far north. You wouldn’t believe the people who had moved from the south to WY & MT. Everywhere we went was people from MS living there that would never move back south. Love you vids from the west. Reliving so many wonderful memories.

The battle was over a huge area and several days. Contrary to TV and movies, Custer had very short hair and it was over 100 degrees so they fought in shirtsleeves. According to all Indian chief accounts I've seen, Custer was shot through the chest while crossing the Little Big Horn with intention of taking some of the women and children hostage to stop the hostilities. He wore a wide brimmed straw colored hat pinned up on the right side. He fell from being shot into the river by a small group of Indians at close range there to protect the village. He was pulled from the river and dragged back up the hill to his headquarters (Last Stand Hill). His favorite scout Mitch Boyer was killed in the river. Judging by the markers of where the troopers fell, they had made a mad dash from the hill to the ravine down to the left in hopes of crossing the river to safety. It appears they had no one in charge so Custer was probably already dead. His brother Tom and brother in law lay dead nearby him. Custer was also shot through the temple at very close range so was it suicide or a close friend putting him out of his misery? Two other fights went on with Benteen and Reno's troops that receive little note. Neither knew Custer's fate until long after it was over.

Beautiful city!

Good video edit.

That "clean alley" was behind the Hart Albin building where our offices are located! Thanks for visiting, and we'd welcome you back any time :)

My Dad lives in Billings. I've always enjoyed going up there.