Daddy bought his cars from Mr. Anderson. My Mother worked at Watson's for a while & then the Dairy Bar. and that is where my parents met. The "castle" use to have these big numbers that they put out for guides of some sort for the river boats. A friends Father, Mr. Ron, worked there & my friend & I played there. LOVED this video111

Enjoyed that one! (I'm from Mississippi, and we usually think of Illinois as being "up north", but in the Ohio River towns of Illinois I always feel like I'm still down south.)

@billgrandone3552

Ай бұрын

Southern Illinois should be called Northern Kentucky, it's very Southern and not always in good ways. Lots of poverty.

I wish I would’ve known you were back in Southern Illinois. I would’ve tried to meet you. I love your videos.

I live in Golconda Illinois. Thank you for doing a video here. Lil Hank (Mason Ramsey) is from here and still lives here. His grandpa comes to the bar where I do DJ/KJ but the grandpa doesn't have a voice like Mason 😂

Cairo (Kay ro)was on my list since "The adventures of Huck Finn" the Movie. The bridge over the Mississippi from Missouri ends at a stop sign by a park at the south end of town, a right turn puts you on another bridge to Kentucky over the Ohio River. Cairo has Magnolia trees and levees with massive flood gates on the highway to keep floods out. The "City of New Orleans" still passes through Cairo ,a town with history...

@billgrandone3552

Ай бұрын

When was a boy 65 years ago Cairo was still an active town as it was a river and rail hub. I was lasr through there 20 years ago and it was sad to see how much of Cairo is gone to ruins. It shouldn't have happened to such a historic place. Now it is lost to changing timrd.

Good job on the video. We loved Marty's insight about heating the building and the construction of buildings. Very interesting to us. Well, we loved the entire tour actually. And Pam noticed that you were able to climb the stairs and that makes us happy. Thanks, Doug and Pam

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Doug and Pam, glad you enjoyed the vid! As much as I dislike wearing them the compression stockings have made a world of difference in my day to day life.

Southern Illinois is horribly hot and humid nine months of the year. The other three are mud season. Hubby is from a town a little farther up the Ohio river. He hates Wisconsin winters, however he doesn't miss the other nine months. Wow, a court house without a security guard and metal detection system!

@raystack6250

4 ай бұрын

So right a c is on from may til Oct high humidity and tornadoes

@yvesfrancoisritmo

4 ай бұрын

These are so interesting and somehow at some time in the future I would not be surprised that small towns like this get discovered by digital nomads like they are being done in certain places in Europe.

Glad to see you guys back in the saddle again!! Yay!❤ Your faces let me know you are in your happy zone. 😄 What a wonderful historical dive into a very neat town! Thank you.👍

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Yes we are! Thank you!

I live in Most Southern Illinois, in a mature home that has seen its share of family rearing, coming and goings. . Our largest winter bill is around 300- for our 5 bed-3 bath home. We do have a supplemental fireplace too. Yes, our winters are Very much milder than Wisconsin.

Never heard of this town, and am from IL. Thanks!!

Thank you for featuring our home town. Great getting to talk with you two. Lovely video!

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, it was our pleasure! We enjoyed our visit to your town. Getting to see the historical museum was great and so was our company at lunch.

A small group of us rode our motorcycles through Golconda on our way to Cape Girardeau from OH two summers ago.

Interesting town..............thanks, Sally and Marty! Love those old mansions........

I grew up in southern Illinois. When I hear of rents in California, Florida and Oregon being outrageously high, I think of these quiet midwest towns with nobody on the streets and wonder what a two bedroom home would rent for? These towns are perfect for retirees. I now live in Virginia and we have the same quiet little villages. So enjoyable with homes going back to the 1700's.

@katiemoyer8679

Ай бұрын

Shhhh, we like it quiet & off the trodden path here in the Shawnee honey.

@billgrandone3552

Ай бұрын

I live in Central Illinois about equal distance between Springfield and St. Louis and for me this is the best place to be the way times are. House prices are high but other costs are not bad and Illinois does not tax retirement nor Social Security so it is ideal for my wife and . My wife and I have lived average cities (Decatur IL ) , large cities (St. Louis Mo.-San Antonio TX ) and small towns (Gillespie and Lebanon IL ) and there were good and bad things about each. But here in Gillespie where I was raised, we are living the small town life but are only 50 minutes from either St. Louis on Springfield IlL.) We can enjoy a relatively safe area to live with access to hospitals, restaurants, and city amenities like the Sr. Louis Zoo and At Museum, Cardinal Baseball, Blues Hockey, and the Lincoln Home, Law Office, and Presidential Library. There is also the Mississippi and Missouri River nearby and the historic cities of Alton, Belleville, Lebanon, and Cahokia within an hours drive.

@bentnickel7487

Ай бұрын

@@billgrandone3552 You have gifts that money can't buy and that's appreciation for what you have and where you live !!!

@billgrandone3552

Ай бұрын

@@bentnickel7487 Yeah. I would agree. We don't have a lot of things in a small town but at 75 the issue is not what I need , but how get rid of the stuff i've accumulated and inherited over the years. Grocery shopping becomes simplified. Between the foods that i have outgrown, and the stuff the doctors won't let me eat, shopping is simple, cheap, and i recognize most of the songs.LOL

@Michelle-oc4ty

3 күн бұрын

Employment isn't as good in Southern Illinois as it is in many geographical areas.

I always save you videos for Sunday morning with a coffee. That Marty cracks me up with all his talking in stuff. my guess you can't get a moment of silence around him.. lol..

So nice to see you two on the road again. Love to see the small towns and the cool old buildings. Thanks for taking us along. Best to you both, Lynn & Steve😎

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Our pleasure! We’re so happy to be back out and about again!!!

I must say that was a dam interesting tour. I also loved the opening music you chose!

I'm enjoying your Southern Illinois travels. Having passed through frequently a half a dozen years ago I have a fondness for the area and small towns in general. Good job as usual for you guys.

It was a very good video, I enjoyed it very much.

Yo Marty! I collect all kinds of spuds Mackenzie memorabilia!!! Love the reference!

I love Golconda !!!

Awesome! ❤❤ Would love to go there!!!

New subscriber here, thanks for the travels. i enjoy your videos.

Interesting,I’ve lived in Evansville all my life,even worked with a descendant of the Mesker family and never heard of the building materials. All the time I knew of the company,they dealt in steel,coil and such

Nice sunny town

I love this video! A friend of mine years ago retired to Golconda for a few years. Then, she moved back to Northern Illinois. This is the first I heard of this town. This is a neat little town!😊❤

As she went into the " Castle" I spied the creed of the Engineers how cool.

This was very interesting. I love the history of places like this. Thanks for posting.

Really enjoyed your video on Galconda. I made several observations and comments. Unfortunately they got lost before I could post them. It was an enjoyable video.

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

No worries, August. Just letting me know you enjoyed it works too. 😉

Informative video again as always Sally! I like it when Marty is with you and of course your adorable pups! I always enjoy your videos so much!❤

I enjoy your videos, especially of Southern Illinois. I live in nearby Makanda, a small but interesting town adjacent to Giant City State Forest. Makanda is basically an artist community and is close to the town of Cobden and Alto Pass. This area has a rich history and I think you should also check it out.

@katiemoyer8679

Ай бұрын

Agreed‼️

Best view by dam site!

I really enjoy your videos! Especially when I can’t get out if my back or sciatica flares up. You go to such a variety of places and the history is really interesting! Thank you!!

I appreciate that you know how to use the word 'gnarly', and its forms:)

I enjoy watching you visit the forgotten areas of Southern Illinois. My grandmother is from the Hurst/ Carbondale area so I really enjoy small towns. I haven’t heard of that little place but enjoyed seeing you explore.

Hi, Sally. Thank you for your video. I hope you to travel good places. Have a good week.🎉.❤.

most enjoyable, nice work!

Suggest that you check out an interesting and historic Illinoiis town which my wife and I had the pleasure to live in for several years before i entered the Air Force. , Take a trip to Lebanon Illinois and step back in time on their main street and the Mermaid Inn . Charles Dickens stayed there on his travels in the United States. Take in a stage play at the Looking Glass Theater, established in 1973 and still going strong 51 years later. My wife was the first secretary on the board and I came in two years later. Well worth the trip. especially at Christmas when the downtown looks like something from a Currier and Ives drawing.

Most excellent tour!! Nice work you two👍 😀

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! It felt great to be back in the groove again.

@darrellashby3906

5 ай бұрын

@@SightseeingSally I could tell. You both were obviously pleased to be back at it! Even your dogs looked happy in the scenes where Marty was walking them. 😄 I’m looking forward to your next video!👍❤️

Nice tour of Golconda you two! I got to see a rare sight, two damn buzzards sightseeing two sightseers. Cool! 👍😉

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

I can't believe I thought those buzzards were fake lol 😂

I enjoy this…❤

Nice town ! Sally ! Glad you both doing OK !

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Glenn, appreciate it very much!

I'm glad to see you back in my neck of the woods.

Great show🎉🎉🎉🎉

I read a "Trail of Tears"history book many years ago that said someone felt pity for how hungry the Cherokee's were and gave them pumpkins to eat. However, this gave them diarrhea which made things worse for them. Also, they were given spoiled & rotten food many times on their journey east to west. This book commented that vultures would travel along and at night roost in nearby trees. Sitting around camp at night they could hear the droppings knowing full well that that was their relatives and members of the tribe. An estimated 6,000 died on the 1,200 mile trip. Did they not bury the dead? Not hard to believe they didn't. Hard to hear at times that America is a Christian nation.

Your videos are always great. I live in wausaukee and enjoyed your video of my town

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 Wausaukee is such a neat little town. I love the ice cream stand there!

Very cool and a job well done.

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Watchin from north port fl , love you sally and marty

Great 👍 video 👍....SALLY and Marty

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😃 Glad you enjoyed it.

Always informative about hidden treasures.

Golconda - you know you wanna - go and see it.

Thanks!

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome 😉 thank you!

Part of me was hoping you'd show the public school, as my cousin spent his educational career as a teacher and administrator in the Pope County schools in Golconda.

The cannon in front of the court house looks cool........ wonder it's history.

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Same here. I never thought to ask when we were at the Historical Museum.

Hello from Longview Texas

@petersemple9278

5 ай бұрын

Hey, from Northern IL! I lived in the DFW area during the 70's and 80's, and was out around Longview now and then. Nice part of TX. Now I travel up near Sally and Marty's neck of the woods. Nice part of the country!

@kennykittrell2549

5 ай бұрын

I worked in the DFW area in 1986 installing phone booths. Long time ago.

@bentnickel7487

5 ай бұрын

@@kennykittrell2549 What's a phone booth, Grand Pa? Just kidding. 😀😁😉 I'm 74 y/o, I remember when a local call was a nickel.

9:59 - Looking nice without glasses!

I really dig the story about the guy who supposedly helped feed some Indigenous folks who were suffering on the Trail of Tears. didnt find a ton of that kind of compassion in those days. love the vid, guys 🤙

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@wylolister3218

5 ай бұрын

It gave them diarrhea which made things worse for them.

i hope you and marty are doing well with your health, take care!

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Thank you Michael.

Interesting. New heard of it. Is it near Cairo?

Love this video! You are so pretty!

Ride, Sally, ride!

Grrreat!!!!

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😁

The castle that looks like a lighthouse

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

I believe it was part of the dam that used to be there.

@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434

5 ай бұрын

@@SightseeingSally Yeah Thanx baby, in all your trips never such a construction!

A dam good video 😂

What happened to the ending of this video? Seems like its missing

A mammoth sized exploration. Thank You kids for bringing us along .

Does Marty’s let’s go mean extract the digit??…..lol

The doctor told me I've got aortic aneurysm. I had heart attack 7 years ago. Thin ice skating is fun!

southern Illinois was a coal producing region. I imagine it was cheap to heat that building with coal.

👍🤠

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Woohoo! Thanks John 😉😁

Oh Marty 😂

Cool Video, except it ended right after you pointed at the Stires grave. No typical Sightseeing Sally ending. Was that on purpose, or did KZread do a number on you?

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Question for you: when you got to that point, was it a surprise when the video ended?

@justnerdystuff

5 ай бұрын

Yes! I just thought it was a commercial interruption, but it was the end.@@SightseeingSally

Historic District but a dead town...Went out of my way to see this, I was the only one there. No one was there..

Watson Hardware’s phone # was “29” ?

he needs that cannon

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

lol don't give him any ideas

Why did they change the name to an ancient city in India ?

They should be embarrassed at the condition of their cemetery.

What year did you graduate Sally???

@bextar6365

5 ай бұрын

1990

@kennykittrell2549

5 ай бұрын

I graduated in 1979 but I enjoy your open video because I didn't know how to do that kind of thing. Have a good One

Do you know what the current town population is

FIBS

6-700? Here in southern il a ton of coal delivered by Mike the methhead will last all winter and set you back $200

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

Thank you 😊 Wausaukee is such a great little town. I love the ice cream stand there!

700 a month to heat that home would be about right

I was born and raised in Illinois. There is no freaking way I would live in Illinois.

McCoy of Delta Force?

@SightseeingSally

5 ай бұрын

McCoy of the Hatfields and McCoys feud

@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434

5 ай бұрын

@@SightseeingSally I meant Chuck Norris movie! Seen it Sally?

@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434

5 ай бұрын

@@SightseeingSally Oh girl I haven't seen it! Is it a program?

@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434

5 ай бұрын

@@SightseeingSally Thanx Darling for tellin! Just saying!

@ahmedhumayunrasheed2434

5 ай бұрын

@@SightseeingSally Love you Sally, you're so pretty!

The Mason’s and Freemason’s….😐

A nice improvement would be : if you would look at "us" - (into the camera), when you are talking to "us". Thank you.