great stories, you tell one about the theft of of otter tail city being the county seat to fergus falls..

It’s far from free. You have no freedom to grow food with chemical farming. Elderly and children stuck in their home as they get drifted with chemicals that are banned most of the world. Chemicals are killing the trees. And they could care less if they’re poisoning you and your children. I can no longer stay at my own home or grow food for children. Stay away from Kansas. They’ll just poison you

Can you send me the link to the video of Tara Iowa please? I would love to hear more about it.:) Cant find the video unfortenately.... :)

Is there a video about Tara Iowa on your channel?I cant find it, would love to see more about it.:)

great story of Tara Iowa.:)

I live in Gilbert MN which was right next to elcor. I knew there was an extinct town next to Gilbert but never had the knowledge of when and where exactly it was. Thank you for the information!

Poor audio, and could have easily been expanded to at least ten examples...

Just a note, Omeme is pronounced oh-MEE-mee. The Omeme town bell hung in my parents' garden from 1962 to 1993, the pride of my mother's bell collection. After Dad died, we donated it to the county museum.

This is the first podcast I ever listened to...I loved the follow up on unique Iowa!:)

Delta, Ia. Is another ghost town.

Do some research, everyone knows its Lincoln Valley.

Philip O’Connor is my first cousin, once removed. His father, Henry, who is buried in St. Mark’s Cemetery in Capa, was my grandfather’s brother.

The suggestion that J. J. Hill started the Northern Pacific R.R. is not correct. He Started the Great Northern Railway.

The eastern part of Minnesota is haunted because I witnessed something that I can’t quite comprehend or understand because I witnessed it at a creepy place in the town of Biawabik Minnesota, I Instill remember when I was 18-19 years old when I met a person friend who mentioned to me that there is a old house that is haunted by a woman and sure enough he was right? Because I remember him telling me that this place is haunted by a ghost, well anyway one day he took me to that town and that house and he told me go ahead and knock on the door!?, and sure enough I did, but it turns out that as soon as I did that the door opened up but there was no one! But it gets worse after that because as soon I left, the drapes upstairs on the window opened up! Yup Haunted! And that was back in 1993 in the fall! Yup unexplainable! 😮ghost stories I don’t think so! 😮

The Bushong story about the baseball names doesn't hold water with me. Any other towns near there aren't baseball related except the ghost town of Comisky to the west near Council Grove. Thanks for your information

Travels with a wise guy does it better

Belvidere Mills

My favorite is Muscotah in the northern part of Kansas. About 2 hours from me or so. It has the worlds biggest baseball.

Well, I gues I’m going to look for gold on the zumbro river. See ya…

Craigville near Effy😅

Used to live in Akron, IA for a short while; just a few miles to the east lies the remains of the unincorporated town of Ruble, IA --- more info. about this town can be found elsewhere on KZfaq. My father also grew up in rural Mills county during the depression, near the unincorporated town of Folsom, IA -- nothing remains there, but an old acreage farmstead and a wayside preserve w/hiking trails by the same name, a mile up and across the road from where the town was once.

Most people don't know it, but in the early 1900s, thete were coal mines in Ankeny, Iowa.

I've been to Peshtigo. I grew up in Shawano. I'm so glad more of this story is being told. The story of O'Leary's cow in Chicago was a myth. Supposedly she was chastised for it. But much of the Great Lakes area was a huge forest land. And that whole area was a tinder box. Chicago, Peshtigo, Holland Michigan and much of the east of Holland was a huge tinderbox ready to go off. And we did not have the knowledge or equipment in those days to handle that. Many structures were wood built and we had to learn from that as well.

I began to hate IL in the 70's. Every year after it got worse.

How about Juliette ND? Pembina County. Used to have a bar, 2 churches, a grocery store and a post office. It’s all gone now.

Went to day care in the donohoe building when I was little. A couple of us with a worker would walk back the lunch cart to the main building using the tunnels. So creepy

The buildings are not abandoned, they are neglected! CMHI is still a functioning State Psychiatric Hospital.

I was born and raised in Old Hickory Village. I’m actually sitting in a parking at the corner of Lawrence St and 9th ave in the village right now… almost every house in the village, are the original homes. The guard posts still exist on the bridge that enters the village. The original shopping center in the village burned down 2 decades ago due to arson. The layout of the village was designed for specific purposes. The village is split in half, with Hadley Ave being the main road. One side of Hadley housed workers and execs. The other side housed families. Riverside drive has the biggest homes, built for execs. The home I grew up in, is on Hadley Ave. This town is full of memories. I don’t live in the Village anymore, but the connection is still there, and I spend a lot of time driving through the Village, or sitting in a parking lot.

There’s gold just south of international falls in the rivers

Im team Bonnie& Clyde

Lake City Iowa was the county seat then went to Rockwell City also

Funny thing is i have found gold in our creeks, rivers and lakes just flour gold and dang fine and some very small pickers if you call them that . But its there i found it in quite a few spots just nothing to make a racket but it sure is fun!

I’d recommend researching the town of Beaver in the Whitewater River valley north of Winona. The town kept getting buried by several feet of eroded soils over the course of several floods.

Another great story!

Thanks for having me! Looking forward to future collaborations!

So Illinois founded Utah.

Those must be your top 5. There are many others. FYI it’s pronounced POT ASH, not poat ash. It’s an important ingredient in fertilizer.

Thanks to you both for all you do to save history.

I live an hour away from Cardiff going to go look it at sometime

Saw the broken building multiple times when we would go outside

I went there 3rd floor

Lexington Carroll County please

Born and raised in Quincy, IL here. You got it right it sounds like (El+uh+noy) bro.

Ok I agree- ''let's keep History alive''...I'm a Life-long Illinois citizen and appreciate your very interesting content (not enough people realize how important accepting our 'past' is to navigate our future!)- posts like yours are very needed. But PLEASE if you're not AI Voice-- please learn to pronounce ''Illinois'' properly...it's NOT ''ELinois'', it's ILLINOIS. Thanks!!!