Forgotten Small Towns In Florida Off Hwy 17 - Empty Places & Hidden Gems On Backroads / Sunday Drive

[@TheDailyWoo]

Instagram - AdamTheWooATW A really enjoyable drive up Hwy 17. Best part is I’d never stopped in most these little towns before. Love little hidden communities

[@Big_Erm]

We live in Port charlotte and take this way up to disney/universal a couple times a month. Like it better then 75/4 route. Just wish there was a way to go through davenport/celebration instead of having to deal with I4

[@SandraJane82]

Fort Ogden/Arcadia is my home town... I'm up in GA now but visit family there all the time

[@geniushisfriends1260]

Agree

[@amytraveltrails8735]

My favorite thing about your videos is you don’t complain you don’t rant and rave 🤣you just go about your business and explore and try to find interesting things🥰

[@TheDailyWoo]

I rant and rave on occasion . I’m human like anyone else

[@BeingMe23]

I could watch these types of videos every day!

[@5000ballsack]

I respect nailing your own flaws.Your a good man!​@@TheDailyWoo

[@mwroberts79]

I agree. He’s almost like Mr. Rogers in a sense. It’s like he creates a world within our world if that makes sense. He doesn’t bring current events or politics into the videos. With the “backroads & small towns” vids it’s easy to get lost in them. I really enjoy them.

[@ogsquatch1798]

These backroad videos are appreciated more than you know. I’m a local here in Orlando and it’s always nice to see areas I am not used to, makes me want to go out and explore the unknown 🤠

[@RudyRender]

I'm a photographer and it's relieving to find im not the only one who drives to the unknown small and historic towns just to find what intriguing thing I'll run into. Honestly so much fun! Have you checked out the Solomon's Castle before?

[@GM-wr4nx]

You’re pulling me back Woo. Love these small towns and forgotten places. Brings me back to your beginning👌

[@TheDailyWoo]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@theathjr]

Adam this backroads style of exploration is a great part of your channel. Thank you for sharing.

[@MrMetalminded]

Great video Adam. Honestly, these are the videos you do I enjoy the most. That's not saying I don't enjoy your others, but small towns off the beaten path and abandoned places are among my favorite.

[@TheDailyWoo]

Thank you . I really enjoy doing them as well

[@MrMetalminded]

@@TheDailyWoo you're welcome!!

[@pezzychaos]

Love seeing these random bits of florida I won't ever get to see myself. I know so much random stuff about back towns of America . All your fault after the many years of watching your vlogs.

[@styxfan4022]

Enjoyed the back roads small town vibes thanks for bringing us along.

[@amok918]

The whole thing where sculptors sculpt completely eludes me. I could never do what they do.

[@ARATHERLARGEMAN]

The crows timing was impeccable. Lol

[@summerz8867]

🐦‍⬛👀🍃

[@dabprod]

I think he paid the crow.

[@dabprod]

I think he paid the crow.

[@patriciabrammer9177]

I love your style as a v virtual tour guide. Because of health issues. I don't travel much, and through your videos. I sm seeing j h

[@toddsimpson9164]

As a former #trucker (now driving buses at Walt Disney World), I used to deliver items to the nearby WalMart distribution center, or when I drove tanker, picked up/delivered citrus juice to the plant outside town. I always enjoyed seeing these small towns compared with the hustle and bustle of Orlando.

[@mustangcindy1303]

The building at 32:04 was not a jail but rather the Green Hotel that was built in 1925. Then later on it served as a train station. Now it is just basically abandoned which is sad.

[@FireLeyNyx]

I remember it being like a juvenile detention center at one point. Not for very long though.

[@mustangcindy1303]

@@FireLeyNyx Ok but originally it was built as a hotel. I knew from looking at it when I saw it in the past when driving through Bowling Green and looking it up to verify. There is another hotel in Dunedin called the Fenway that is built with the same architectural style just much larger.

[@FireLeyNyx]

@@mustangcindy1303 yes it was and it still looks so cool. When we were driving down south all the time when I was a kid I always loved that building.

[@grace-point]

That building was a juvenile detention for awhile.

[@MyBackyardScience]

That was a gold mine of small town goodness today! 😀

[@billyurkovich2095]

We very much enjoyed this video …. Having lunch and taking a relaxing ride with you on the welcoming back roads of florida …. Doesn’t get any better than that … please share more of these with us

[@christophermcdonald6936]

i love , love , love the back roads videos, its like going to a place or places that time forgot sometimes , and trying picture what things might of been ♥️😊👍

[@johnrogers6291]

Hurray for the ‘small town exploration’ episode…always Great in my estimation. Thanks Adam, you the man!🎉

[@Dan_Can226]

Watching you drive through Winter Haven made me think about Cypress Gardens. Have you been there recently? I live in the UK but use to love Cypress Gardens, not been there since 2006. I hear it is part of Lego Land now, i wonder how much of the gardens still exist? Love this vlog about the backroads of Florida. Very interesting.

[@imarsden1972]

Thank you for the mix of content Adam, it's appreciated. Your Spring training time is like our soccer pre-season in England. It's probably my favourite time of the season with the optimism of the new players joining and the absence of the inevitable crushing disappointment of defeats in the regular season!

[@TheDailyWoo]

Glad you enjoy it. I try to mix it up , don’t always succeed but I attempt

[@Czechbound]

That was excellent. Holy crap, that crow scared the bejesus out of me. And then a vulture ! Love these backroads explorations. Your curiosity and interest make you an excellent travel guide. And Ahnuld would like your impression

[@naybur74]

don't understand why we haven't seen this type of traveling already, been wondering when would see this type of content again, enjoyed it, like seeing an old friend.

[@MonstermindCEOBdclub]

classic Woo video . very nice. Thank You .

[@jamesacklin7261]

Good morning Adam, now this one i like, sloooooowly driving along the back roads.The town of Arcadia looks nice and interesting.Take care from Universal Jamie.

[@dolfan29]

Adam don’t forget your 192 series! Been looking forward to that stretch beyond Kissimmee. Thanks!

[@wayneumbach9413]

I think these are my favorite videos!

[@MrOrlandobob2]

Wonderful Walking and talking

[@mwroberts79]

Hey Adam, I’m sure I’ll tell you again before the year is over, but I wanted to thank you for all of the time and work you’ve put into making the videos over the years. I really appreciate it. I’ve always thought of your work as being like the Anthony Bourdain of KZbin travel and exploration. You bring out the best of people and places. Your positivity is much appreciated.

[@dankohlmeier6081]

That crow had perfect timing. "It's like something out of a horror film." Caw! Caw!

[@krislane7549]

Across the street exactly where dollar general is the house my wife was brought home to after being born used to sit. Cool seeing Adam go though areas close to me

[@dabprod]

Love it. I grew up in central FL back in the 50's and 60's.

[@berksrbify]

I wrecked my knee this morning and I am laid up in bed, so this adventure made me feel like I went somewhere. Quite Enjoyable.

[@gregc3912]

Enjoy these videos very much. All for you doing more.

[@matthewfarmer2520]

Good morning to u Adam. Nice house 🏡 in the beginning of this video, like that your doing back roads again, awesome 😎👍 take care my friend.📸

[@debragundlach1749]

Love these very interesting vlogs, Adam. And spring training too. Big fan,Debra 🤗

[@davidcooper7339]

More rural Florida Woo! Very Cool!

[@andreagreco4203]

Loved the carved statues! They were very cool to see.

[@nancyannrhinehart4718]

Thank you for a great tour around your state.

[@rmannayr2129]

SMALL TOWNS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@jennyf6446]

Always fascinating to watch your backroads videos ! ❤

[@cspat1]

Adam my Dad lived in Fla. Orange city. I just loved this ride and sights today so fun. I mentioned my father because he would take us on small town tours in Fla. Thank you. You do this kind of video so well.

[@georgeshambaugh3803]

Caboose my friend, not just a train car. Awesome videos.

[@Jen_endless_summer_life]

Love the attention to details. Really enjoyed this video.

[@richardcrouse4644]

We enjoy zseeing the smaller parts of Florida. Many FLA videos are the big amusement parks. Keep up the good work!

[@GregsGameRoom]

Worst Arnold ever? You mean BEST Arnold ever! You make me laugh every time! 😅

[@kellybarless90]

I Crack up every time he does Abraham Lincoln 😂

[@TheDailyWoo]

Thanks dude

[@kenpalmer985]

Great fr sure

[@bambikiller338]

Try and make it to Palatka and eat at angels florida’s oldest diner. Since your headed north, they got good onion rings.

[@TheDailyWoo]

Palatka is a great little town . Been a while since I’ve been there

[@robertmoore2049]

@@TheDailyWooHi, Adam! 😊 The Ravine Gardens State Park in Palatka is Beautiful 🤩! Have you ever been there? By the way, I love that diner! Delicious one pound burger! 🍔

[@eileenashe4775]

Awesome Adam so off the beaten path.....thanks for showing many post offices I work for the USPS right in my wheelhouse

[@iamdigbick4675]

Its crazy the Dichotomy that exists in Florida. Between the overcrowding, and the desolation. It is especially crazy when it exist on the same road just a few miles apart.

[@TheDailyWoo]

It is . Super compact then nothingness

[@szandor1214]

With how things are currently going over there in Florida...those gaps will be filled in shortly.

[@GregsGameRoom]

It’s a microcosm of America. A lot of high density cities separated by empty areas.

[@genageeraert8039]

That happens in lots of places

[@jellylegsbutch7482]

I know a guy that had a dickotomy…

[@Mad1Mike]

We did some of that, Arcadia to be exact. Peace River Outfitters would be why we would go back. Drop you off and canoe/kayak back to base. Lake Wales with Bock Tower, Spook Hill if cruising locally. Mount Dora. I'm missing something but we made it to Ceder Key then down the West Coast. We will do it again, and thanks always for you blog!

[@Zahnclassof95]

Awesome 😎 t shirt Adam .my favorite episodes of yours small out of the way towns an country roads .

[@joesherer6961]

Florida Gold by Adam the Woo, thanks for the tour Adam

[@sayitskay]

I love these sort of videos. Seeing the places and animals on the back roads. ❤️❤️😍😍

[@smspirate]

LOVE these backroads trips! I moved back to FL after being gone 40 years. THESE places are the FL I remember from the 60's & 70's. THEY feel like home. WHAT in the world happened to this place?

[@dabprod]

Time.

[@roundtable5626]

Thank you for the Old Florida byways videos. Always a favorite!

[@CCcastro336]

Wow, thank you for sharing this. I love little towns like this those buildings are all amazing the courthouse and that pink building really cool.

[@samking4179]

Great video! Love the small "time capsule" town tours. Looking forward to more videos like these!

[@alliekuma4234]

These are my favorite vids to watch in the morning. The woman you spoke with sounded very kind, and I bet she knew some interesting stories too! I love stories from people who live outside the cities.

[@PsychoAudio667]

Great video Adam. I think that car on the lift was a 70's model Chevy NOVA. I also believe the item on the floor of that pump room was a comercial biscuit cutter. Never know what you're going to 👀. That is why you gotta watch the whole video. 😎👍

[@SherryBennett-d5y]

Thank you for these videos! Really love how you pay attention to these little towns that otherwise would be unknown to many.

[@dnurse3237]

I enjoyed this video today. Nice job.

[@cindyhenning7832]

I’m loving the small town road trips you do. The history amazes me

[@johnlongssilverrailz5873]

Well now, you missed so much in Zolfo Springs. The Cracker Trail Museum, Pioneer Park, Hardee County Wildlife Refuge, and the wonderful Pioneer Restaurant where I especially enjoyed the fried pork chops. The old steam locomotive at the museum is really neat. I guess you will just have to go back. I enjoyed the video. Your depiction of Arcadia was especially nice. Thanks.

[@JohnMarston000]

I’ve followed your page for a minute now and ironically on this one, you started this video in front of an old house I drive past most days of the week 😂

[@jhngh411]

It's truly a shame to see so many empty storefronts in these downtowns that will never have a purpose again. All that you have is to imagine what they used to be and the people who worked there and who they used to help.

[@KLEARSKITHEKREEPER]

Morning buddy..it's gonna be a great day

[@TheDailyWoo]

Indeed it is

[@TheKat1959]

That is not just a vine. That’s a type of Cactus, that is referred to as a variety of Vine Cactus that produces both flowers and fruit. Loves to grow on trees like you showed us. Love when you take leisurely travels such as this. See some places I’ve visited and many places we’ve yet to visit. Thank you for sharing this with us all. 🌎❤️😊

[@guykarafa5866]

Arcadia was cool , nice backroads trip !

[@BrancyCDA]

Always love the small town stuff and sometimes I go to Google Maps and check out the rest of a town you show some highlights in, as I did in Homeland, wondering what the "industry" would be in a town so small and so devoid of businesses and saw the huge pallet manufacturer! I live in the biggest tricity area in North Idaho and our pallet guy is way smaller than that! Also, loved "The Inn", such a cool design and imagined it to be several sorts of business and sad to see it was just wasting away. Zillow listed it as a two bedroom two bath house of all things, but it seems as if that couldn't have been it's original use, hope someone can give us the history of it! Thanks for another off highway "driveabout" as I like to call them.

[@selrod55]

Nice video Adam !!!!

[@louiseshrewsbury5515]

Awesome video as usual. Are those... 🤣 love that use the atlas to show us your plans. Thanks, Adam, for sharing your life!

[@MEEPEES]

Thank you Adam... Cool stuff buddy. We love watching this stuff.

[@timgatz172]

Glad you enjoyed Punta Gorda. That’s my hometown and where I currently live now.

[@lisapolanski9379]

Adam is in fine form today. Good vlog today!

[@ck4426]

I absolutely love your small town walk and talks!!!! Keep them coming please and thank you!!!!!!❤

[@sherrie-deejenkins6504]

Thank you Adam for all your videos. These are my favorites. The back roads of America.

[@debbieparker5377]

Love these old town vids.

[@leonmalett4189]

Love these types of vlogs the park vlogs are amazing but these vlogs are so informative and such a great way for people who don't live in Florida to learn things about the places that we can't otherwise see Thank You kindly Sir 😊

[@brenttravis4665]

Really enjoyed this one, Adam! The Live Oak at Zolfo Springs is amazing. The plant growing on it is called Dog Tail Cactus, native to Mexico and Central America. Love these "Sunday drive" type videos. Reminds me of when my Dad would take us on similar outings way back when!

[@williamanderson9231]

Hi Adam we are will & sue from great Britain we love your show I was glad you are covering more of florida stay cool just like cool we live in a place called clevedon just a bit like where your currant video is from

[@junebug58]

Love the backroads, especially these days😎 ‘MINT’ Green I believe was the color👍

[@weirsgarage]

When I lived in Ft Myers, Hwy 17 was my backroad shortcut to go up to Disney. Drove that road many many times.

[@fadinreigne]

hey adam that place you seen in bowling Green it was at one time place was hotel then it was a crazy house too I just thought tell you that plus I glad you showed my home town of wauchula too love see it again.cause that where I was born at.

[@Sam-02024]

Thanks for the drive around! Seeing the Road Atlas brought me back in time 😎

[@dannfish]

I liked that trip, thanks for posting.

[@donnytucker]

7:03 That brick school is amazing. I'd live in it. And arcadia is super cool with it's old mains street buildings.

[@PammyK-m9b]

I would like to live in an old school or maybe an old post office, always thought it would be cool.

[@donnytucker]

That would be so great. Or an old church.@@PammyK-m9b

[@krislane7549]

That old school in Fort Ogden was converted into a home a someone i worked with at the Prison out on Hwy 70 and a few years ago the people who bought it from that guy built the big shop next to it and my oldest son worked there. That was Auto Mafia Racing.

[@donnytucker]

Oh wow that's cool it's a home now.@@krislane7549

[@davie941]

hi again Adam , yet another cool interesting Vlog , well done and thank you 😊

[@igavehimadollar3354]

Im from oz i really enjoy these videos of your amazing country keep em coming .Hope your doing great

[@matthewsorensen2147]

Really enjoy those videos of old Fla.

[@themodsify]

I don't know how you got that crow to caw at that exact moment, but it was perfect! 😂

[@muchachoCDMX]

Greetings from Germany! (We met at Megacon, at Muckychris' 3Dprinting booth) Great road video! Helps me to get over the wait-time until my next trip to Florida! I love this stuff, as much as I enjoy your Disney, 192, Kissimmee and Orlando stuff! 🤘

[@leeharveyasphalt]

Your trip on 17 reminded me of an old route sales job I had back in the late 80’s early 90’s. Was cool to see the changes / sameness of the area. There’s a castle made of scrape tin (new paper printing tin I think) a few miles to the west of Zolfo Springs - Solomon’s Castle - In Ona, Fl. Still there ( I googled). Could be a future adventure for you…

[@peanuts1173]

Loved this tour! I really like the things that catch your attention. Seriously love it. I was wondering if that town Arcadia had hurricane damage or Something. The cars in that stripped building and the roof of that house next to it or any of that area? That actually would be a neat tour to go through the hurricane damaged areas. Like Find pics of Ian damaged areas then drive through those areas. I did that with Katrina -well pre KZbin careers lol

[@johnrambo7630]

I thoroughly enjoy the small town videos

[@Julie-ms9ss]

Adam ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. Great video.

[@user-rovvt3]

compelling Wooandventure. the best as usual.

[@catalinalomba7848]

Thank you for the tour. Interesting and sad to see abandoned businesses.

[@user-nv5vw8cf2k]

Mr Adam the woo I admire you man you're living my dream ✨️ Always wanted to live like this just doing what I like enjoy myself traveling west to east south to north. But now I have a family and way too many bills to pay 😅 I guess I have to wait until retirement 😢 Anywho Keep doing whatever you like we enjoy all your videos like road trips, theme parks, etc

[@kayleigh354]

Adam I so enjoy this nice drive video and seeing small little towns and forgotten main streets. Oh PS BTW now that you have a homestead will you please plant some Petunias at your house.

[@iamdigbick4675]

You know its gonna be a good vlog when it starts off with impressive wood.

[@Brunhildemaster]

My old stomping grounds... Florida. Two things I'm always looking for when visiting towns; bookstores and collectibles.

[@djsreviewzinunder2331]

I love the road trips! If you ever hit the road to Georgia, please stop in Waycross. There's a mall, a downtown area with a theater and a vintage store, mom and pop restaurants, bowling alley, indoor putt putt, and of course the Okefenokee Swamp park. Safe travels Adam!

[@stevenbryant9648]

That’s a great drive you took. Lots of super spots!