Road Trip Through America’s Industrial Past 🇺🇸

Rural western Pennsylvania is known as a region for industrialization. Many of the towns out here had a significant role in developing America. But a large amount of industries have left the area, so what's it like now? Join me today for a surprising and unexpected journey, meeting the locals to hear their perspectives as we get lost in bygone towns with prosperous pasts and unknown futures.

► 🎞️ Video Edited By: Natalia Santenello

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► Sixteen Wheelers - Ghost Hunt
► Headlund - Return to No Man's Land

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[sherylholcomb]

I’m permanently disabled due to lack of oxygen during a cardiac arrest in 2019. I’m so grateful for your show especially because I have not been on a trip since 2019. I feel like I have a chance to see the beautiful USA through your eyes. Thank you for keeping the shoes going.❤ I have watched them all 🙏🏼😘❤️

[comedyriff]

My favorite videos are the free roaming videos where you meet random people organically. Love it!

[le]

The interview part with the cook on the dock was beautiful. I hope he does really well in life.

[tbonecooks]

That dude on the dock talking was incredible gorgeous inside and out. Humble and pure.

[jeremyleforce]

It's awesome how many people are so comfortable talking to Peter.

[capicolaspicy]

The last portion of the video gave me some really nice insights. The guy that was basically saying when the steel industry and coal industry declined, many people that were around then got stuck in their heads that the town is a dead and they had no realization of a possible new and very different future. They only think of the town as having been viable because of coal and steel. Now people are seeing the wealth of other good things about repurposing an entire town to new jobs and new businesses and new ways of working. Excellent video!

[dockterperoxide]

Seriously! This is getting up to an Anthony Bourdain level. One of the few channels I genuinely look forward to watching.

[keithgrooms]

Peter I’m an avid watcher, and you do an absolutely amazing job at these videos. People really need this kind of content.

[rileywhittenberger]

Thanks for coming to Western PA and the region that built America. We are a proud people…

[ThandlSebe]

*I had problem comprehending trading in general. I tried watching other YouTube trading channels, but they made the concepts more complicated. I was almost giving up until when i discovered content and explain everything in detail. The videos are easy to follow*

[bluelivesmatter]

Instead of getting a single guide for whole video, interaction with multiple locals makes it much more immersive... Thanks for your hard work.

[GYMusic]

Peter, don't change a thing. Great production. You have a unique way of making your interviewees comfortable. Best of luck.

[fcv]

I struggle to find quality YT content throughout the week, but I know this show never lets me down.

[zugzwang]

I was raised in Roscoe, just five minutes away from that Steel Mill. My grandfather worked there. I'm in total awe to see this on YouTube and grateful this little place is garnering thousands of views. It's a time capsule of nostalgia and generational hard labor. Thank you for bringing light to the way of life in the rust belt.

[josepha]

The sound of a train horn off in the distance late at night is the most comforting sound I know. I love these small towns and their buildings and history. That antique shop with the bank vault and the safe deposit boxes was something else.

[davesAkiller]

Peter, I absolutely love your videos. You do such a great job of not only getting off the beaten path, but striking up conversations with anyone and everyone in such an organic way. I also appreciate how you interact with people from all walks of life without judgement or a shift in tone. Your genuine curiosity and desire to connect and learn about people and places really shines through in every video. Thanks for the work you do and for sharing these places that most people have never heard of, let alone visited.

[shotgun]

I think these videos about western Pa are some of Peters best work! He's making me want to tour the area.

[becbec]

“Cigar guys have always got good things to say” Top tip! X

[jKLa]

This is the Appalachian American Midlands, love seeing all that beautiful architecture being the restoration and hearing that very distinct Yinzer accent still alive and well!

[KarenBaker]

Ligonier, Pennsylvania is named after Fort Ligonier, which was built in 1758 to support the British-American Army during the French and Indian War. The fort was named after Sir John Ligonier, a British Field Marshal of French descent who served as commander in chief. The settlement that grew up around the fort eventually took the name Ligonier, which was shortened over time. I love your videos!!!