Ottumwa, IA: Wandering Walks of Wonder Slow TV Walking Tour 4K

[@tg8150]

After you turned the corner from the old movie theaters, you also went back 50 years as everything from that point on is pretty much the same as it was 50-75 years ago- crumbling away. The same as all the streets in that town.

[@QueenRoseFlower]

Great Memories !!!!! I saw The Hotel my Sister and I stayed at, back in the 80's !

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

[@JerusalemWalker]

Thank you for your work, nice video

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

Thanks for watching!

[@AllanEland]

Great walk. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

Thanks for watching

[@ReiseVisionen]

What a beautiful walking journey. Take care my friend and keep it up. Watching from Germany.

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

Thank you very much!

[@CassySoSassy]

Heading here in September. So glad to have an idea of what the town is like.

[@gregpotthoff8617]

Show us what’s in the stores I don’t need to see the sidewalk

[@DeniseLynnCentralPark]

aww the Canteen. The memories :-). My Grandma and Great Aunt worked there when I was a kid.

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

So cool! I loved wandering around Ottumwa!

[@CrunchyTire]

I was just there for the first and probably only time and the "pie lady" was gone on vacation. They only had lemon meringue😭😭... It was still really good though...

[@budellis696]

Born in Ottumwa in 1933, left to join USAF , June 15, 1950 only back when parents were alive, would like to visit but at 89+ can’t make it.

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

I really enjoyed my time in Ottumwa. I'm sure much has changed since you were there. The city has done a wonderful restoration of the downtown area.

[@budellis696]

Is the Canteen still open

[@toribracco167]

@@budellis696 yup!

[@brayan9675]

I lived in Ottumwa for 1 year now I live in Albia and I really miss Ottumwa a lot 🥺

[@CrunchyTire]

Its a nice place. The worst thing about it is really the weather for me. I've been traveling around the country for 38 days now and Ottumwa is easily one of my favorite places yet. The weather is rainy in the summer, thunderstorms, and extremely humid/dewey. Cars covered in rust even newer ones.

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

Thanks for sharing! Yes, the Midwest can have some bad weather - Spring and Fall are easily the best times of the year in the Midwest. That's way I travel in the Winter and Summer as I live in the Kansas City area and would rather be somewhere else during the bad weather times.

[@walterscott2286]

Whats the air like in this town? Does anybody know? I mean, basically fresh, or "factory stinky"? Looks like a nice, clean place to go out for long walks...

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

It really is clean smelling - it is in the heart of Iowa's agri business area - but the town is lovely to explore.

[@walterscott2286]

@@WanderingWalksofWonder Ah! 😃Thank you so much for responding and letting me know! I'm a fresh air freak, retired, who likes to go out for long walks nearly every day. A stinky, industrial smelling atmosphere can really ruin all appeal for a town...no matter how good it looks. My town of Two Rivers WI is lovely, but the air quality has been rated an "F" due to the air flow pattern along Lake Michigan, coming up from Chicago and Milwaukee. Yikes. Thanks again so much. Am considering relocating, and Ottumwa seems pretty nice. Not too "fancy", but that's to my liking. Your video has been very helpful.👍

[@jamesmaize8641]

You should have went to the Hutchison Building right next to the train station. Great stuff in there...

[@debbiebasche7760]

Ottumwa Rules!

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

I've been here a few times and enjoy my time exploring and eating in some of the downtown restaurants.

[@SamiullahBangulzais]

Nice

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

Thanks!

[@nononoki6330]

yo ottumwa is a good city i have been here i still live in Iowa Ottumwa and where you went I actually went before

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

Cool - Great city to explore!

[@Pileits]

The number of store fronts that appear to be empty and or abandoned speaks very poorly for the this dying town

[@sluggliano2000]

You walked by the twin galaxies arcade and didn’t even glance at the plaque! What’s up wit dat?

[@dougkirk9019]

Not sure what the point of this video is. With no commerce taking place, no pedestrians and no activity, the town looks like a vacant Hollywood set piece for an invasion of the Walking Dead. If you could provide some history to the tour, pointing out buildings and what they once were... because clearly the city was once vibrant, I think you would have an interesting tour. Otherwise it looks abandoned. A city with no life is creepy.

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

Thanks for the feedback. That video is a few years old. Starting this year, I have added more narration about the history of the places walked - including the history of the town and key historic buildings.

[@ursgruber9398]

Whats wrong in this town? There is NOBODY in the streets.

[@WanderingWalksofWonder]

Quiet Sunday morning walk

[@debbiebasche5337]

Its a typical Sunday morning..half of Ottumwa people at church..the other half nursing a hangover from Saturday night..