Nebraska Ghost Towns Part 4 // Sparks, Meadville, Brocksburg

[@cassandrapowers8627]

Thank you for showing our beautiful state! We aren’t just a flyover state at all!! ❤

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Beautiful state to explore!

[@DebRunyan]

What a great video! I lived 20 south of Meadville for 26 years when the Meadville store was open and thriving. Our kids grew up going to Meadville on Sundays to play in the river at the Meadville park. Then after getting all tired and wet, we'd go to the Meadville Store and have a pop and a burger. Meadville is the best place ever. It is now closed and possibly for sale. Someone needs to purchase it and reopen it!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Awesome! I really enjoyed visiting Meadville. Such a cool little area! Thank you very much!

[@petermeatmeatwagon9906]

I love going down the river and seeing the falls

[@papabear562]

That little storefront in Meadville was awesome. Talk about a time capsule. Truly remarkable.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

This video was one of my favorites. Great towns and very authentic!

[@ralphcantrell3214]

Thanks for the video. That is indeed the original Meadville General Store and Post Office. I never got to see it in person, but my father-in-law was raised to adulthood in it, and his parents were probably the last Postmasters there. He and my mother-in-law kept an old photo of it in on the wall of the den in their home, where we all enjoyed hundreds of cookouts and wonderful family get-togethers. They both passed away a while back, and this video brought a flood of great memories.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

That’s great! Thank you for sharing that story - I really loved visiting Meadville!

[@Quitealways]

This area of Nebraska is very peaceful & pretty area. Drone coverage of area was neat . 😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

This video wasn’t that popular when I released it, but it was one of my most favorite ones I’ve ever done. Thank you! 😊

[@kathyc8284]

Great job!! Only 1 thing: Ny-o-brea-a ☺️

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks!

[@nikkicooley5001]

I like this content and the creator.

[@dcolwell2010]

Love your videos on Nebraska as a resident! at 7:55, you're correct! Those are old tornado shelters built right into the ground. Most small towns, or even homesteads would have one cause you would lose your house if a tornado went over you. They also double as an underground cooler for canned foods. One thing though.... Niobrara River = "nie-uh-brair-uh"

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you! I knew I’d get that pronunciation wrong haha.

[@aaronshutts1024]

Live in Valentine, just west of Sparks.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Beautiful area!

[@robertwynn5844]

Great video as always. All these areas have 3 feet of snow right now!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yeah I got lucky when I was there!! Thanks!

[@alerobabes01]

The snow melted here

[@tinman7130]

Rode 12 two summers ago, lonely, scenic and quiet. thanks for this one

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks! I really enjoyed it too!

[@chiefamylee]

You are a lucky guy to physically be there. Next best thing is watching your video so thank you!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Aww that’s very sweet - thank you!

[@ozzyfan7299]

Southwest Nebraska is very pretty too. Beautiful country.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

For sure! Love exploring that area!

[@AmuroRay114]

Aye to ive hellped clean them headstones in sparks

[@adriansalas2367]

watching your vids makes me miss home. im from Scottsbluff now living in georgia. i get home once a year but i miss it everyday

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Hope you’re able to make it back more often in the future! Thanks for watching!

[@southloupriverhomestead4696]

Root cellar could also be used a tornado shelter but built as root cellar

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Gotcha thanks!

[@glorias8540]

Enjoy your travels and videos. I have a niece who lives in Valentine, NB. She's a Park Ranger in Niobrara National Scenic River. Beautiful country!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you very much! Beautiful area up there!

[@terriquotskuyva4594]

You are so brave to go down that creepy cellar

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Haha! I had an extender on my selfie stick so I was able to get a preview before I went all the way 😂😂

[@rideinthedark]

When you went down that tornado shelter in Pitcher, Oklahoma, I figured there had to be some snakes down there. You'd never see me go down into those things.!

[@hungarysammy]

Awesome video! Love Sparks....need to visit that store! Beautiful Meadville area!!! Again...well done!😊

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I definitely recommended it! Thank you very much!

[@huskerchuck9212]

The Niobrara (pronounced Nigh-o-brar-a) River is one of the top 10 canoeing rivers in the country. Incredible scenery! I grew up in Plainview, NE.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Really beautiful area!

[@ronald9279]

Great job, looking forward to your next video.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks! I’ll be back Sunday!

[@ronfullerton3162]

Got a kick out of your hesitation in that last clip about going down into the tornado shelter. Made me think of the song"Should I Go or Should I Stay". Do not know if that is the title or just a verse in the song. But sometimes animals or even what use to be classified as a hobo just may be holed up down there. You just never know. Thanks for another great trip out into the country!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Haha! I have a long extension on my selfie stick so I did give it a preview before going all the way down there 😂😂 It was the end of a fun day!

[@ronfullerton3162]

@@TravelwithaWiseguy Does that fit under the old timers saying of, "There is more than one way to skin a cat"?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Absolutely 😂😂

[@twistoffate4791]

"Should I stay or should I go" by The Clash. Awesome song. My brother & I sing along when it comes on the car radio.

[@ronfullerton3162]

@@twistoffate4791 Thank you for that information. I just couldn't remember for sure. Too many years for an old mind. My boys were on high school then. And for whatever reason that popped onto my mind right then, I will never know!

[@lindastepp9842]

Beautiful drone shots !

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thank you!

[@stephenyoung2742]

Nice I like Seneca better! The abandoned exercise equipment is from birthdays and christmas! You go fishing and camping load them up and when you get back your wife who bought the equipment asked where they at! Just say you donated them to the Brocksburg activity center! Bet they got a closet full of ladies pink dumbells! You know the ones your wife leaves on the carpet, and you stub your toes on every morning!

[@sueelliott3206]

Exercise equipment in an old run down building is curious. LOL Loving these ghost towns you've been sharing. Thanks

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yeah that is a bit odd! Thanks for watching these videos! Glad others enjoy them!

[@jamosgarage9006]

Nebraska is so peaceful. We're hoping to make it out there in April for three or four days.

[@spies510]

If you ever come through Nebraska again, i would love to meet up along your trip with you! I live in Nebraska btw

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Thanks! Hopefully I can get back there before too long!

[@jamesgoforth5644]

I wished I could put that background music on my phone, its a good down home tune.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Song is in the description of the video if you’re looking for it!

[@diannabrown7754]

Do you ever do any geo-caching while you are exploring these old towns? Love your videos.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I’ve met some others that do that while I’m out there, but I haven’t. Usually I’m focused on trying to film.

[@tyreegreen1496]

👍

[@bglrj]

Was there a store that was open in Meadville? It sure looked like it.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yes I’m not sure what days/hours, but it’s still open!

[@bglrj]

I love it. Way off the beaten track and still in business.

[@karlpiepenburg127]

I definitely want to travel highway 12. Did you have a hard time finding gas stations on it? The towns along it look tiny on the map

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Highway 12 is great! I didn’t seem to have too much trouble finding gas on this trip.

[@pamelaherriford1940]

I wonder who was using that workout equipment…..

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

My first thought too 😂😂

[@alerobabes01]

There's a sparks Kansas that's a ghost town and white cloud ks as well. Twice a year these two towns have flea markets. Steele city, ne is not quite a ghost town. The salty dog saloon has good food and there's flea market in the town once a year.

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yes! I’ve done videos on White Cloud and Steele City. Not Sparks KS (yet).

[@rossbryan6102]

RATHER STRANGE THE MODERN EXERCISE MACHINES BEING IN A LONG ABANDONED BUILDING! I DO LOVE TO LATCH ONTO DISCARDED EXERCISE MACHINES AND GET THE STRUCTURAL STEEL OUT OF THEM, AND BUILD OTHER THINGS OF THEM ! REUSE , RATHER THAN RECYCLE!

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Yeah I found that odd too! Wonder what the story is.

[@ronfullerton3162]

Maybe some deer are working out trying to keep an edge on the hunters. You know, make that quick jump as the hunter pulls the trigger!

[@johnd1216]

Do you watch out for snakes?

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

I try to be as aware as I can for sure. Always wearing long pants as well.

[@travis303]

Brocksburg has a gym 😆

[@TravelwithaWiseguy]

Open 24/7!!

[@AmuroRay114]

Home town is valentine

[@AmuroRay114]

Bro murdered the name of the river

[@rideinthedark]

Believe it or not, I'll bet you'd butcher Arkansas City, Kansas and he'd get it right.