Forgotten Small Towns and Backroads In Middle of Nowhere Indiana - Cross Country Fall 2020 Road Trip
Road Trip thru middle of Indiana taking only backroads.
Transcript
0:03
welcome everyone adam the woo here
0:03
today's adventure begins at the state
0:05
line
0:06
of indiana the thoroughfare you see
0:09
going by
0:10
is highway 24 and the reason i am
0:13
showing it from here is because
0:15
old 24 which i will be taking and
0:18
crossing over
0:19
does not have a state entrance
0:23
sign so i'm showing this one for
0:25
posterity it is
0:27
mid 30s a little chilly
0:30
and i'm gonna go through the center of
0:32
the state taking only back roads
0:35
showing only small towns
0:40
it's cold i
0:44
it's brisk i'm inviting you to join me
0:48
i gotta cover about 250 miles i've got
0:51
250 270 give or take depending
0:59
inviting you to join me shall you
0:59
indiana
1:01
from one point to the other not going to
1:04
stop
1:05
i probably should clarify that a little
1:07
better i am going to stop to see stuff
1:11
but not for the evening
1:20
all right going in and what better way
1:20
to introduce
1:22
the landscape than were fields of corn
1:33
still a few leaves on the trees around
1:33
these parts
1:40
not many but a few
1:40
very colorful up on the water tower
1:43
states
1:45
woodland w-o-o-d-l-a-n
1:53
underneath those tents there are some
1:53
chickens
2:08
staying out of the elements
2:08
hello chickens
2:16
the road i was on ended so i rerouted
2:16
this way
2:17
spoiler alert probably going to see a
2:19
lot of barns similar to these
2:23
on this journey and of course
2:27
corn
2:44
however a lot of the fields have been
2:44
plowed down so might not see
2:46
as much corn as i'm thinking
2:51
let's be harvest time looking at the
2:54
markings
2:55
in the road so i was having a
2:58
a real good time through here there's
3:01
not a lot of traffic so you could do as
3:04
you please in the
3:05
street but really they were swerving all
3:09
over
3:14
maybe a squirrel was out they were
3:14
trying to avoid it
3:17
in hoagland the entrance to the
3:20
community park
3:22
sets this up on up on blocks
3:31
on the hardware store is a an
3:31
advertisement that's kind of faded away
3:33
but you can barely make out
3:36
what it says their quality service and
3:38
low prices
3:45
nice now that's a very unique looking
3:45
building
3:51
a little awning there in the front door
3:51
even out here classic car alert
3:55
no idea what this little shack was used
3:57
for but
3:58
looks pretty neat
4:06
there goes a dump truck just ahead
4:06
here is the little community of po p-o-e
4:10
i think that might be a church up there
4:15
yep that's it
4:30
the post office here in yadder y o
4:30
d e r
4:42
see you later buddy took a wrong turn
4:45
sorry
4:50
drain is a big thing around this town
4:50
right here the
4:51
tracks the railroad tracks stop off at
4:54
the
4:55
elevator green elevator a retro pepsi
4:59
sign and that's a
5:00
clock there also maybe dating back to
5:04
70s perhaps here in osian
5:11
population of just about 3 000
5:20
napa auto parts little retro look there
5:20
also
5:21
the date on that building says 1904
5:25
ingrained and also
5:28
coca-cola here at the tavern where
5:31
friends meet
5:34
obviously a new window has been put in
5:36
but you could
5:37
faintly make out the advertisement here
5:40
that
5:40
is still embedded into the brick
5:44
up top there sky looks amazing with the
5:49
cloud formations
6:04
i love these old bridges
6:30
this is montpelier pretty neat looking
6:30
downtown area
6:34
it's not often you see a fago machine
6:44
however there is no there is no phago
6:44
in there there's other products and i
6:46
would imagine this is
6:48
for this is a water machine
6:51
a mural over there of the businesses
6:54
around these parts
6:56
not certain what's going on here with
6:58
the the two gingerbread
7:00
folk
7:07
it says chief godfrey
7:07
that's what the sign states
7:37
this is hartford city home of glorious
7:37
good
7:37
times and good fun wow
7:41
that's the courthouse look at that
7:44
that's incredible
7:46
right here in the town square
8:01
this is matthews matthews indiana
8:01
doesn't look like the breakfast buffet
8:03
is open anymore however
8:15
and i'm not going to stop and disturb
8:15
you i'll just pass it through
8:17
all right see ya see you later
8:23
i know i'm reading it correctly but i
8:24
don't know if it's pronounced the same
8:25
as
8:26
the beauty and the beast character
8:29
gaston says they have fireworks for sale
8:34
here in gaston
8:43
don't be a pig keep gaston clean
8:43
i really hope it's pronounced the same
8:44
way they have
8:46
bad dad beer
9:22
outside of this auction house look at
9:22
this relic
9:41
am i okay to park here giraffe you're
9:41
staring at me intently
9:49
also in this state one of the few places
9:49
you'll find an active
9:50
open video store and they do
9:54
have rentals and also
10:02
other products as well
10:13
dvds video cassettes and blu-rays
10:13
i'm reading this placard here about
10:15
abraham lincoln he was enroute to
10:17
washington
10:18
dc to become the 16th president
10:21
and address the citizens of this town
10:24
right here
10:25
at this spot
10:57
the ground was like shaking so much
11:07
there's an old truck there the franklin
11:07
barn
11:08
where memories are made that's what it
11:11
states on the side of it
11:15
you don't see too many 7-up soda
11:17
machines anymore but there is one here
11:20
in advance that's the name of the town
11:23
and they're doing a little work
11:28
next to the state bank of advance
11:30
there's also a jawbone barbecue
11:34
here on the strip just something very
11:38
peaceful
11:39
and soothing
11:42
about a road trip especially when you're
11:44
out kind of in the middle of nowhere
11:46
like this
11:47
alone with your thoughts
11:58
sights and the sounds
11:58
i love it
12:05
looks like he's out getting a little
12:05
work done
12:15
kind of looks like a train station but
12:15
it's not maybe a
12:17
could have been an old gas station
12:18
perhaps
12:21
and then over here this is one of the
12:24
other few buildings
12:29
in the area right along the main
12:29
thoroughfare
12:30
yep definitely a gas station that's
12:32
where the pumps right there used to be
12:39
little relics of the pups it's not
12:39
wayne's town not the pluralization but
12:42
just
12:43
wayne singular wayne town
12:46
home of pizza king
12:52
there used to be a mattress store there
12:54
that's closed there's a retro looking
12:56
fire truck over there
12:57
parked in front of that house
13:12
in hillsborough that says hotel but also
13:12
a
13:12
dinner theater called the myers theater
13:18
they have a blinking yellow light here
13:20
the town square
14:11
that direction or
14:11
that direction
14:27
i'm almost to the state line i'm almost
14:27
out of indiana
14:31
a few more miles
14:38
there's been a lengthy drive i
14:38
underestimated the mileage because i
14:40
didn't want to go through any big areas
14:43
of congestion
14:44
of traffic and whatnot
14:48
it was just kind of all over the place
14:50
it's just
14:51
a mishmash
14:55
small town indiana and backgrounds
14:59
i gotta roll these windows up it's a
15:01
little chilly
15:03
how you doing
15:12
yeah i'm heading out to indiana i'll be
15:14
out of i'll be out of indiana in a
15:16
couple minutes
15:26
all right see you later
15:26
just keep going this way to the state
15:28
line i know i'm i'm pretty sure i'm
15:30
close
15:32
this way is what you're saying just
15:41
that's the right way right
15:57
if you're new here please subscribe by
15:57
doing so helps keep you in the loop and
15:58
update on future uploads here on this
16:00
channel
16:01
take a step further ring that
16:02
notification bell
16:04
if you enjoyed this particular episode
16:06
of
16:08
just driving through indiana
16:16
give it a big thumbs up let me know you
16:16
care i'll see you in the next video the
16:22
vlog
16:22
is over