Duluth is named after French explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, who explored the city's St. Louis River in 1679. French trade posts were already established in the area by then as Étienne Brûlé is credited with the European discovery of Lake Superior before 1620. The area was first called Onigamiinsing or "at the little portage" by the Ojibwe however. The city's Aerial Lift Bridge opened in 1905 as a transporter bridge (which had a gondola car suspended). It was one of two ever built in the US, the other being the former Sky Ride built for the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago. It became a vertical-lift bridge between 1929 and 1930. The bridge can be raised to its full height of 135 feet in about a minute and is raised about 5,000 times per year. Curling is one of the oldest team sports as it dates back to the early 16th century from Scotland. Curling in its early days was played on frozen lochs and ponds. The first recognized curling clubs were formed in Scotland, and during the 19th century the game was exported wherever Scots settled around the world in cold climates
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
The lift bridge is cool, but imagine how much cooler it would be if it was still a transporter bridge...
@surf60095 ай бұрын
He suffered from gout.
@Onerouss8 ай бұрын
LOL, "Lake Superior is like, couple hundred feet deep." Just add about 1,100 feet to that. :-)
@beans47067 ай бұрын
13:42 I looked up the "Humbergracht" and found out it is a Dutch vessel that is currently (June 7th, 2024) traveling to Hong Kong. So cool!
@Mesabi193 Жыл бұрын
I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE THIS! Thanks for visiting Duluth Miles! I'm a huge fan and bummed I missed you when you stopped by the Duluth Depot. I'm the manager for the North Shore Scenic Railroad / Lake Superior Railroad Museum, at the Duluth Depot, and I hope you'll be back someday to go for an excursion and to see Duluth in the summertime. But you did a great job seeing a large majority of it during the winter blizzard. Safe travels!
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I really need to come back for an excursion! I mean, at this point it's set in stone that I NEED to return when the Northern Lights Express opens up...
@afimcr287 ай бұрын
Just got served up to me as a Minnesotan and Duluth enjoyer. There is a concert venue right next to Canal Park called Bayfront Festival Park and it's surreal watching a concert and having a massive freighter or cruise ship go under the lift bridge just 1000 feet away. Duluth really is a weird and special place.
@SAHill Жыл бұрын
So happy to see Miles having so much fun in Duluth with his special guest Drew Carey,
@daffquess7006 Жыл бұрын
"Things you can say about a bus route, but not your girlfriend."
@OrigamiMarie5 ай бұрын
You missed the part where the skywalk goes underground, slides beneath two streets, and ends in the library!
@n0us.7 ай бұрын
I have family in Minneapolis and on one visit, we went up to Duluth for a few days. I love that area of the state its so pretty
@Alex-bf9ec Жыл бұрын
As an elevator enthusiast, I can confirm that skywalk elevator you rode in the beginning was manufactured by a now-defunct elevator company called Westinghouse. And yes, I’m glad you got the famous “dinner bell” seconds later!
@PabloBD Жыл бұрын
Great Video! and thanks for the help the other day! Loved the museum
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Pablo!
@zekharye1Ай бұрын
The Minnesota Streetcar Museum has a few historical video lectures showing Duluth’s trolley cars on those steep bluffs. There was once (long, long gone) a funicular in Duluth, too!
@OliverSwimeley10 ай бұрын
Our transit system just changed! With the “better bus blueprint” it’s pretty good and we have 2 rapid transit lines!
@OliverSwimeley Жыл бұрын
I love watching a video of the transit buses I take everyday. It’s super cool!! The blue pedestrian bridge is called the “Minnesota Slip Bridge” and I’m glad you love Duluth
@maxcrazyhorse Жыл бұрын
It’s so weird and cool to see you going to my vacation city, I’m from the twin cities and I always would go to Duluth when I was younger, have stayed at that holiday inn many times, the pools are super weird but I love them.
@reilandeubank4 ай бұрын
I've never been to Minnesota but this whole video (the hotel especially) brings me back to my childhood in the midwest in a way that nothing ever has before
@tbob8212 Жыл бұрын
You rode the bus in the neighborhood I grew up and moved back to after my time in the USMC. The Fond-Du-Lac Apartments was built in the 1880s. There was the original railroad that went to Duluth from St. Paul that ran through the neighborhood of Fon-Du-Lac from Carlton along the St. Louis River through present day Jay Cooke State Park. The original train depot sits next to the Fond-Du-Lac Apartments. Where the bus backed up and turned around was at the Wabegon Bar and Grill (the random bar and grill in the middle of nowhere 😂), the ONLY Minnesota Vikings bar in Wisconsin 😂 it sits on the very northwest tip of Wisconsin surrounded by Minnesota and only accessible by Minnesota HWY 23. The ski resort next to the Wabegon is Mon-Du-Lac. Also the Fond-Du-Lac neighborhood is the original site for the Fond-Du-Lac Band of Chippewa/Ojibwe Tribe whose reservation is a few miles west by Cloquet and Carlton. 🙂
@tylermech666 ай бұрын
Ah, my city is mentioned! Cloquet resident here learning that there is supposedly going to be a rail line from Minneapolis to Duluth and getting very excited because I despise driving. So many people are hating on the new rail line and saying nobody needs or wants a train line to Duluth but they never stop to consider the people _here,_ in Duluth and the surrounding cities and towns who would be _ecstatic_ to be able to get a train ride to the Twin Cities.
@surf60095 ай бұрын
I live in Minnesota. Duluth is only 65 miles away. Thanks for the video. It's a really great area to take a day trip. So much fun and plenty of things going on all year. Excellent food of all kinds.
@innsdigby312510 ай бұрын
the line on the sandbar/park point is for the public access beach, people only really swim second half of July - labor day but for the few weeks when the water is pleasant it can get super crowded! Also you can surf there! (also people surf there in the winter sometimes, look up Ice beard surfers!)
@chickenpommes19 Жыл бұрын
Outdoor urbanity is important BUT I love those backroom type of inside cities, where you can walk through random buildings that are connected by regular hallways, sneaking your way across a whole city block or two. So fun to explore. Also it'd be funnier if it wasn't a bar, just looking out of your living room and seeing a bus struggling to to a turn reversing up your driveway in the snow
@colinsteadland8 ай бұрын
they’re a lifesaver in the winter too, it gets so cold up here
@misisipimike80207 ай бұрын
Thank you for visiting Duluth! Come back in the summer. During the summer months there is a free shuttle bus that runs from downtown to Canal Park that is kind of fun. We also have a music festival in May (the music scene here is insane) and bands play on the shuttle!
@wetasspaddington4 ай бұрын
your videos are always so evergreen i love it. its an actively existing community when people are still coming back anew years after the video was made
@MilesinTransit4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for the kind words!
@stuartdilts272910 күн бұрын
Cool! I'm really hoping the Northern Lights Express actually gets going within the next few years so I can take a train up there.
@gerrit2409 Жыл бұрын
Born and raised in Thunder Bay - this was always like going to ‘the city’ as a kid (despite ours being bigger haha)
@goldenstarmusic1689 Жыл бұрын
If Ontario wants to play ball we could extend the Northern Lights Express to Thunder Bay to make those trips easier! Albeit if we're looking at Metropolitan area population, Duluth-Superior is the largest on Lake Superior!
@gerrit2409 Жыл бұрын
@@goldenstarmusic1689 I doubt the rails still exist.. but theoretically there is a line that connected Duluth to Thunder Bay that could be refurbished!! And to your other point.. debatable 😏 Duluth/Superior’s Metro is like 290k, but that includes the smaller towns. Just Duluth+Superior is still smaller, you need Proctor and Cloquet before you crack above Thunder Bay!
@stormy313 Жыл бұрын
miles this is one of my favorites so far, the aimlessness gives it a little something special
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I do like the way it just kind of putters along.
@AverytheCubanAmerican Жыл бұрын
Yeah I'm a world champion of curling...on Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games that is 😂. Seriously though, the game got me into curling and as weird as it may be, it's definitely interesting to watch. Especially the screaming. A Duluth team led by John Shuster won gold back at PyeongChang 2018! Lake Superior is no joke! It's the world's largest freshwater lake by area, it's the coldest and deepest of the Great Lakes, and it holds 10 percent of the world's surface fresh water! Don't forget Lake Superior is where the SS Edmund Fitzgerald met its demise. The ship was the largest on the Great Lakes when it launched in the late 1950s and had the duty of carrying iron ore from Duluth to Detroit for nearly two decades. Even if it closes for weather, kudos to Duluth for having a Downtown Skywalk in the first place! The elevator having an old-school bell and no elevator music, the arcade by the pool, the transit machines having an animation of a bus dropping off passengers...it's the little things that count. And dang, 75 cents for ordinary fare? Good deal! That's how much it is on the Newark Light Rail if you only go between the underground stations (Warren St/NJIT, Washington Street, Military Park, Penn Station)...as a certain song about NJ Transit fares goes: ✨Newark Light Rail, cheap if you stay underground✨.
@Josephcavagnaro Жыл бұрын
Me too i love that game. I have the sochi version
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
I had it on the DS and always played Curling Bowling!
@INEEDCAFFEIN3 Жыл бұрын
As a Graduate of University of Minnesota Duluth I really enjoyed this video. Duluth is quite lovely. Really excited for the Northern light express (doubly so now that it has planned state funding).
@trep533 ай бұрын
The “ship” as you say is referred to as a “Salty” in Great Lakes boat watching lingo due to it being an Ocean going vessel.
@busandrail Жыл бұрын
20 seconds in and I already love it
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
The beginning of this video was MADE for you
@Tickle..Tipson Жыл бұрын
Easily my favorite small city, I used to visit every summer or fall in my childhood to watch the ships. I'll be able to visit more frequently again when the rail line between Minneapolis and Duluth is rebuilt🥳
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
I'll have to come up again for that!
@antonsmith97887 ай бұрын
13:15 Reminds me a bit of the Bourne bridge in MA.
@ryanjohnston9313 Жыл бұрын
Such a shame you missed out on Bentlyville, it really is incredible. However, I’m glad you enjoyed our beautiful city. As you pointed out there is some traces of good urbanism in parts of Duluth, and with the right policies, we can turn this place into a world class small city. Thanks for shining a positive light us!
@royallpricc Жыл бұрын
Wow, truly seems like a charming and genuine city.
@amberreed5104 Жыл бұрын
Lake Superior is a couple hundred ft deep? Try like 1,300, largest fresh water lake in the world
@charlesbaran11067 ай бұрын
I hope to see Lake Superior some day, and Duluth looks like a nice place to see it. Meanwhile, there are live views of the canal and lift bridge on KZbin. Miles finds amusement wherever he goes!
@sundontshinedesigns782 Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed this, it highlights the exact kind of odd experience/place/architecture/isolation I seek out (who the hell knows why, man). Liminal spaces can evoke indescribable solitude and comfort. Thank you for sharing, Miles! I had a lovely former coworker from Duluth who was always talking about it. Gotta add it to my travel list now, and maybe see it in the summer too.
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Definitely worth a trip! Thank you!
@janevileta7464 Жыл бұрын
I was there for a visit in December 2022! Grew up there but now I live in FL. Christmas in Duluth is magic ✨
@SteveBrandon Жыл бұрын
That main downtown street in Duluth looks so much like Rideau Street in Ottawa but the hilly terrain and inland seaport also give it Montreal vibes (other than the lack of French-language signs).
@52_Pickup Жыл бұрын
Duluth's first European settlers were by the French, and the city is named after the French explorer Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut. As per the top comment on this video!
@yuminmytum1 Жыл бұрын
It’s so neat to see your own town being explored and appreciated by fresh eyes, especially considering they’re seeing the harshest time of year here!
@feedtheflameforfacts Жыл бұрын
That bridge is amazing - definitely adding Duluth to the list of places to visit. Cleveland also has a lot of really cool bridges over the river - one of my favorite things about the city.
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Cleveland is an underrated bridge city!
@EastBayTransit Жыл бұрын
@MilesinTransit There is too many abandoned bridges on the Cuyahoga River lmao
@LaneThePlane Жыл бұрын
Duluth's also got some really fun and VERY affordable skiing, too!! Such a lovely little town, I yearn to go back with my friends someday and show them around!
@PinaEverlue6 ай бұрын
im going to duluth later this year for a 3 day vacation, i will be riding the busses in your honor.
@MilesinTransit6 ай бұрын
They've finally done that system redesign, hopefully it's good!
@PinaEverlue4 ай бұрын
Im currently visiting Duluth right now for that vacation! Thanks for making this video we used some ideas of yours to kill a lot of time with fun ideas.
@nikkikim6908 Жыл бұрын
That driver sounded so ticked off 😂😂 Easily got a laugh out of me. Hope you're well!
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
He was very mad...we had to convince him to let us stay on!
@nikkikim6908 Жыл бұрын
@@MilesinTransit Ha!😂 Didn't they say the midwesterners are nice? 😂😂😂
@BasedNova7 ай бұрын
I lived in Duluth for 5 years and thank you for showcasing this incredible city…but you went during the worst time of year And I will say that the DTA really punches above its weight when it comes to the local busses
@bgbgbg123 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Your buddy looks like young Drew Carey.
@TheSwitchBlade5937 ай бұрын
yes, i visit duluth every winter, i live there, its is indeed nice
@Hal10034 Жыл бұрын
Watching this made me cold. That's how vivid it is. Nice work.
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Ooh. This is an evocative comment.
@emaglott Жыл бұрын
Your editing... I don't know how you do it but please continue.
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
That means a lot, thank you so much!
@LadyHavoc Жыл бұрын
As a huge fan of the channel Duluth Harbor Cam, Duluth has been on my bucket list for some time now. It’s great to see all of this from a fellow transit rider’s point of view. Thanks for this video!
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@bayareaaviation17 Жыл бұрын
That Holiday Inn is the most liminal space thing I've ever seen
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Right??
@BrentFiore Жыл бұрын
So many old Holiday Inns are, especially the ones with indoor pools. They used to have arcades, restaurant,, lounge, mini golf... Now most just have the pool and empty space.
@bayareaaviation17 Жыл бұрын
@@BrentFiore yeah there’s the one at London Heathrow Terminal 4 in England that has a really famous liminal space photo. I also stayed at one at SFO airport 10 years ago and the lobby could easily have been a liminal space
@jorgynes6443 Жыл бұрын
I walk those skywalks and use that DTC everyday. That DTA fair machine has been out of service now for months
@travelingfool9096 Жыл бұрын
went there in late July, the koa is horrible there and a train in the middle of the night was the icing on the cake.
@ninyaninjabrifsanovichthes45 Жыл бұрын
God I love snowy far-north places. Looking out into the sea and just seeing a snowy white haze. Even in New England you can kind of get this same experience in some places.
@Acela2163 Жыл бұрын
18:12 Be honest Miles: How many times has a bus driver asked you where you're going?
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
SO MANY TIMES YOU HAVE NO IDEA
@eclipseurban13 күн бұрын
a very familiar experience ahah
@OliverSwimeley Жыл бұрын
I am a duluthian, love this and our new system is great
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Glad to hear that, it looks like it was a big improvement! (But I'm also really glad we got to experience the crazy 2 extension in a Proterra before it got cut)
@Ralphbros245 ай бұрын
7:18 I threw up at that pool when I went to bentleyville 6 years ago. There was way too much chlorine in the pool 😭😭😭
@jonahturner6389 Жыл бұрын
As someone that was also randomly in Duluth this winter for the first time, it’s a wacky city but the ships and bridge are awesome
@peabody1976 Жыл бұрын
I visited Duluth (and Superior) once back in 2011, and I had the same thoughts about the hills. But I went in summer when there was a heatwave, so my experience was much different. I did go to the end of the sandbar and dipped my feet in Lake Superior. It was a great trip and a nice city.
@delibakerytravel Жыл бұрын
What A Cool City With The Water And Bridges. The Buses Seem To Do Well In The Snow. Always Love Seeing Snow Since I Don't See It Here In San Diego.🌴 Just Love Your Channel. Thank You!!!
@psychorabbitt7 ай бұрын
I see that Proterra and I think back to all of the ones the WRTA in Worcester used to run. And then they all magically vanished right after the kung flu hit. But yet bay 8 at the central hub still has the charging equipment.
@rhys0204 Жыл бұрын
That hotel is just so 80's and extra, I love it.
@chouseification8 ай бұрын
Had some fun in that swimming pool in the Holiday Inn back in the day - we did some "host a murder" parties there, and there was some swimming before the game began.
@chouseification8 ай бұрын
odd side-trivia related to that hotel. When the POTUS comes to town, that's where he stays instead of the fancier Raddisson. The reason, the Raddisson doesn't have enough fire exit stairwells, so it's considered "a trap" and they'll never have a POTUS stay there or similar places. Clinton stayed there for sure. We know as a bunch of us supporting Rod Grams (the opponent of who Clinton was there to speak for) were running around downtown wearing Grams shirts, and as we ran up the side Avenue near the Holiday Inn, all of a sudden we saw a half dozen Secret Service Agents ahead of a limo pulling down the alley behind the hotel. The Agents all reached into their jackets and put their hands on their firearms, although luckily I and another of our group spotted them fast and halted our group on the far side of the alley. Got some funny looks out of those Secret Service dudes. Then we from only a couple of feet away, saw Clinton through the window of the car... just a normal limo at that point; he was going to do a run on Skyline with one of the Black Student Association program coordinators at UMD. We saw him at campus later on also, this time in the Beast... while we were waiting, I was interviewed by NPR/MPR and we sang "Secret Agent Man" at all of the Secret Service dudes patrolling the crowd (easy to identify as they all had an earpiece with curled cable going into their jackets); most chuckled, while a few were sourpusses. :P
@KDubOriginal7 ай бұрын
I'm from Minnesota and I also love Duluth, but I live in the TC.
@StLouis-yu9iz Жыл бұрын
@0:52 you correct yourself and address Duluth by its proper noun, city. lol That remind me of this quote: Mr. Neely: [about St. Louis] It's a grand old town. Tootie: It isn't a town, Mr. Neely. It's a city. It's the only city that has a world's fair. My favorite. Wasn't I lucky to be born in my favorite city? -From Meet Me In St. Louis. Anyway, thanks for sharing, great video as usual! :]
@EVIL-t4o Жыл бұрын
I remember going to duluth a couple years ago and being amazed. I never thought that in the moddle of no where Minnesota there was such a beautiful city
@Mrtraveler01 Жыл бұрын
As someone who is just as aimless when they travel, I enjoyed this video and can relate to this video very much.
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@anthonylamesa7619 Жыл бұрын
Really a fascinating video. You see how these Wisconsin and Minnesota towns/cities have so much in common with Canada and Scandinavia. A unique region of the United States. You should do more like this one.
@52_Pickup Жыл бұрын
We need another Miles trip to the Twin Cities! It would be interesting to see videos on other cities like Madison, Rochester MN, Wausau, Milwaukee, etc.
@Molejules Жыл бұрын
You know, i actually find the Wisconsin side... Superior.
@AverytheCubanAmerican Жыл бұрын
(Seinfeld credits)
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
HEH
@joshg2945 Жыл бұрын
Soup town!
@Mr.Howell78k Жыл бұрын
@@MilesinTransitit's 1:56am and I am somewhere in America with a"Special Request" for you (in fact it's the only special request tonight) and it is: I hope you can start staying in Hostels and review them. Dorm bunks or private rooms, your choice. Okay thanks, from someone, somewhere in America😂😂😂😂🎯😏💇🏆😆🗑️🦞🥪💈🪒👔🇬🇧🇺🇲 get some 🐸 frog legs!🐰🐷🐰🐷🐰🐷🐮
@Mr.Howell78k Жыл бұрын
@@MilesinTransitWHAT HAPPENED? I'm almost popping my top like some crazy 1920's cartoon because after 19 minutes of busses you two are suddenly in a "car"! Wow, isn't that verboten? 🚙🚌
@joermnyc Жыл бұрын
Bus driver on the long run into Wisconsin wondering where you’re going. 😂 Maybe you got a new subscriber that day.
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Signs point to no since he was pretty mad... 😂
@davidwolfhudson Жыл бұрын
@@MilesinTransit But, fortunately, no profanity from the driver as you wouldn't have had anyone to get you back 😂
@alittlebitgone Жыл бұрын
That room is literally the exact opposite of a liminal space, Miles
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
There's a reason I referenced the Twitter account specifically, which also tends to post non-liminal spaces
@DoorsClosingTransit Жыл бұрын
Haven’t finished it yet but I already know it’s going to be GREAT!
@tannerbarsness99927 ай бұрын
Funny y’all went to Va Bene. I used to work there.
@OMeara84 Жыл бұрын
Just started watching your channel, last video I thought I'd see is a random one about Duluth, MN. I've lived in MN most of my life, and visited Duluth at least once a year with my family growing up. It was cool to see the Holiday Inn, always remembered there were 2 pools on different floors and thought that was cool as a kid. Glad I found your channel!
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@stevelknievel4183 Жыл бұрын
All of the UK's curling rinks except one are in Scotland. As for that one other rink? Its in Tunbridge Wells, which is a town just over half an hour southeast of London by train.
@joermnyc Жыл бұрын
Not sure if it’s every stone, or just the Olympic ones, but the curling stones are quarried in Scotland.
@kelvinc Жыл бұрын
@@joermnyc Island of Ailsa Craig off the Scottish coast. The other main source is Trefor in Wales, though AC is better known.
@GuineaPigLover6666 ай бұрын
Come back in the summer!!!! It's so much better!!!!
@jackbates7467 Жыл бұрын
Reminding me of a recent trip to Houston, "oh its 7:00pm, pedestrian tunnels are closed".
@RyanHollis Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: The last surviving Civil War veteran was buried in Duluth. He died in 1956
@Tolya1979 Жыл бұрын
Great video, Miles! Did you know that Bob Dylan grew up in nearby Hibbing and Ely, Minnesota? They were old iron mining towns.
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
You know what else started in Hibbing, MN? Greyhound!
@ztl25052 ай бұрын
@@MilesinTransitNot sure if you’ll ever be in this part of the country again but you absolutely must check out the Greyhound museum if you are
@Anngrl69 Жыл бұрын
The thumbnail photo is awesome, had to click and see what you got up to
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Thank you! One of the coolest views I've ever experienced.
@mswheelz13 Жыл бұрын
It's so great to see videos of people enjoying my city! The winters are really long so we get tired of the snow once Christmas is over. As you can see we get a ton of snow! Even so, we love living here. You should come back and visit in the summer time and get that experience as well. I'm glad you enjoyed your trip here.
@stephenkeever6029 Жыл бұрын
You made it work in a completely enjoyable way! Thanks for opening me up to an experience I would have never tried.
@tyleralberico Жыл бұрын
What I love most about your videos is that you do an excellent job at including the audience. It just feels like I’m hanging out with some friends and I love it!
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Aww, I'm not even sure what I'm doing to get that vibe, but I appreciate it - thank you so much!
@danmcintyre97338 ай бұрын
“Skywalk” … huh. I didn’t know Duluth called their elevated covered walkways skywalks. In the Twin Cities we call them skyways. Seems unnatural to me. Anyway I love Duluth. The city and the North Shore of Minnesota is such a great place to visit. We try to get up there at least once a summer. I’d say it’s one of America’s best kept secrets. I also stayed at that Holiday Inn with my wife almost 9 years ago. It really hasn’t changed one bit.
@jonat_gabl Жыл бұрын
Honestly, this seemed like an awesome time to visit Duluth, other than the snow emergency. Maybe it'll have to be the next trip I make when I get free time, though that Empire Corridor to Chicago Line to Empire Builder, oof. Albany Tangent, since that's my thing now, I guess: if you want a weird hotel experience, there's a hotel here in Albany that has an indoor "green" (actually, it's mostly brown) designed to emulate an idealized colonial Albany green (which is kind of unpleasant in hindsight, _especially_ since it was built in the 70s).
@kelvinc Жыл бұрын
Finally the transit KZbin / curling KZbin crossover we all needed! 🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌🥌
@jeremyzorek Жыл бұрын
Duluth has always been on my radar for places to visit, it looks so cool! I'm so happy they're finally getting a train there
@eawviolin8 ай бұрын
You’ll have to come back and review the “Better Bus” redesign you mentioned-we’ve got a completely new route system with more frequent and faster trips and also express lines, new signage and shelters. Oh, this is so cool! I’ve been watching this channel for a few weeks and didn’t know you had a video on Duluth. I’m a lifelong resident of the Twin Ports-my mom worked in that Holiday Inn for decades and I basically grew up there, and I’ve street performed up here, and am a daily bus rider. It’s so interesting to see your hometown from a stranger’s perspective, especially one who is also presumably pro-transit! Duluth/Superior seems to be an especially car-centric small metro even for America, probably because of the major urban sprawl (since we are divided by the bay, and the hillside has made sprawl cheaper), the proximity to the Iron Range, and the climate.
@eawviolin8 ай бұрын
Also, the restaurant is Sara’s Table-come under recent controversy for the owner’s anti-transgender policies. The sand bar is Park Point. And the building you were in is the Dewitt-Seitz building, and it’s on the National Registry of Historic Places. In my opinion, taking the Blatnik bridge on the bus over to Superior is one of the best views in the area, because if you have a clear window, you get to see the Bay from up high with a huge window. Way better experience than the automobilists get.
@MilesinTransit8 ай бұрын
Did we ever actually shout out the name of the restaurant? If the owner's an ass then maybe it's a good thing we didn't...
@eawviolin8 ай бұрын
@@MilesinTransit I mean, fair.
@friedzombie47 ай бұрын
Definitely come back in 2028 when the x4 round trip per day train is built.
@eawviolin7 ай бұрын
@@friedzombie4 I pray to all of the gods above that we get the Northern Lights Express. That would change so many lives.
@DuckOfRubber7 ай бұрын
Reason to go to Duluth Trading Co in Duluth- Minnesota is one of the few states where clothing is tax exempt.
@whatsupthom Жыл бұрын
second-best thing ive seen set in a small city on lake superior. sorry, joe pera still holds the lead (and also i think you would probably like it?)
@tdvandy2 Жыл бұрын
Duluth is a beautiful city and there is a lot to do. The skywalk system was built in the sixties and seventies when most of the major shopping places were still downtown, including the big department store called "The Glass Block." Lake Superior at it's deepest is about 1400 feet deep.
@EPiche09 Жыл бұрын
Duluth rules. I used to go there for hockey tournaments and stay at the holiday inn. Love the tin bottom pool. You're lucky the place wasnt packed with hockey players. Yoi got a great tour, that curling club won the olympic gold in 2018. Its criminal Amtrak doesnt go to Duluth
@maxcrazyhorse Жыл бұрын
The northern lights express is funded Amtrak is going!!!
@goldenstarmusic1689 Жыл бұрын
Just you wait until Northern Lights Express begins service! Thank goodness we funded it this year after all this waiting.
@lily-kp1ll11 ай бұрын
I rode it in the 80's. Glad its coming back.
@Wkay04 Жыл бұрын
I think you would like green mountain transit in the burlington, vt area.
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
I've ridden it pre-redesign, it definitely punches above its weight!
@lucykwiatek5159 Жыл бұрын
For some reason, I want to see the end of Let The Right One In set in the arcade pool.
@benjaminwagner8141 Жыл бұрын
You got me wanting to travel. I've been trying to conquer the southern states but now I'll hit the Midwest
@plantaddict4951 Жыл бұрын
Duluth is an amazing place to visit! However, as a resident of the area, you missed so many cool places and opportunities. Like Tubing or Skiing down the hills at Mount Du Lac, Snow Shoeing through the Snowy Trails in Hartley or Bagley, Exploring the Local Shops and Resturants in West Duluth like FrostRiver and OMC, The Bentlyville Light Show, Glensheen Mansion and the Older, Rich Neighborhoods, Indoor Malls like Miller Hill Mall, Duit Sites, and Fitgers, Driving through Jay Cooke State Park to see the Swinging Bridge, Driving over the Bong or Blatnik Bridge to Visit Wisconsin, The Views from Enger Tower, Eating at Pizza Luce, Crooked Pint, The Cast Iron, The Beacon, Duluth Grill, Canal Park Brewing, Tavern on the Hill, or Blackwoods, Going Bowling at Skyline Lanes, Throwing Axes indoors at Bent Paddle Brewing Co., Walking Along the Boardwalk, Riding the Scenic Railroad, and more. Don’t even get me started with things to do in the summer.
@leafsan462 Жыл бұрын
Didn’t know the back rooms had a subway
@Danno385 Жыл бұрын
Is that a direct quote from the driver in the description?
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
No, that's for the normies who find this expecting a normal travel vlog!
@Danno385 Жыл бұрын
@@MilesinTransit hahaha didn't realize I was in so deep, felt normal to me
@MassbyTrain Жыл бұрын
16:35 that’s most likely ski resort condos
@maybesmusic223 Жыл бұрын
oh man this is such a great video, people don't give duluth enough attention! live here for college and its such a beautiful city
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Thank you! It's so true!
@joshantonich2930 Жыл бұрын
@@MilesinTransit Stop Gaslighting...This city is horrible, not to mention the random robberies that occur weekly. Listen to someone that STILL LIVES HERE, The ONLY good thing here is the view.
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
You're replying to a comment from someone who also lives there
@GamblingAdvocate Жыл бұрын
@@joshantonich2930I’ve lived in Duluth my entire life and I can definitively say that you just are dead wrong. Yes there is crime but if you compare it to other cities then it’s minuscule. If you’re scared for your safety then just to West Duluth. It’s probably cheaper anyways.
@joshantonich2930 Жыл бұрын
@@GamblingAdvocate I've lived here my entire life as well, you must have a different experience than me, it's not that I'm scared, i just rather not live where people don't care about each other, that's all. Surely you can attest and understand to that? It's beautiful here sure, but I'm talking the landscape, not the environment.
@Skip6235 Жыл бұрын
Lake Superior is the largest fresh-water lake by surface area and the third largest by volume in the world. It contains a full 10% of all of the Earth’s fresh surface water. It has an average depth of 480 ft, but at its deepest point it’s over 1300 ft deep!
@harlander-harpy Жыл бұрын
Lmao you released this as I'm visiting Duluth
@MilesinTransit Жыл бұрын
Ha, good timing! It's probably got quite a different vibe now that the weather's warmer.
@harlander-harpy Жыл бұрын
@@MilesinTransit yeah, no, I was impressed you guys were walking around at night cos my friend was saying winters are typically below 0 and that sounds miserable with the lake wind. Feel like we should pick it up and swap it with Bellingham WA. That would be nice