here is the pennsylvania station in the city of baltimore maryland in historic times
this city is a nice port city here on the eastern seaboard
close to the fall line of the eastern or the north northeast part of the united states
of america ships from everywhere would enter these canals these ports these rivers here
and they would find a way to ship these goods across the united states and so baltimore is the
place where the oldest train stations and train lines started and so today i'm with a stranger
well he's not a stranger anymore he's my second cousin whom i've never met until last night
and we're gonna check out the city of baltimore after all it wouldn't be an adventure if i go to
one of america's most dangerous cities with a stranger and as i said i'm with a stranger by
the name of chris o'toole and so he's bringing me around baltimore today he's an expert on trains
he's an expert on urban geography and exploration so join us on an adventure in the great city of
baltimore as i said historically speaking this is a port city and it's known for its
railway station and its railway system being one of the oldest in the united states if not the
oldest right yeah yeah and it connects baltimore to other parts of the united states creating
a transcontinental railway that crossed the appalachian mountains and connected and was a huge
part of westward expansion modern day baltimore is known perhaps in ways that uh would signify urban
decay a crime-ridden city that's been terribly mismanaged and so i want to go investigate
parts of baltimore to see what it's really like we're going from uptown to downtown baltimore
now while we're in a nice part of baltimore you see this is kind of under construction a little
decrepit this part isn't if you were to go to the outskirts of baltimore youtube or google research
baltimore maryland you would see neighborhoods fully boarded up completely in urban decay and
it's something that me living in europe people always ask me what are these american cities like
and it's quite uh contrast to what you see in these really nice downtowns and you know
washington dc and minneapolis and milwaukee where you've seen previously in my videos
compared to what you see in the south side of chicago or the north side of minneapolis or the
west side of baltimore so maryland the state and baltimore the city of about half a million people
and the metropolitan area being much much bigger is part of the original 13 colonies
so before the united states became the united states there was 13 colonies of course when
you see these monuments here dedicated towards people like george washington
other politicians other quote unquote american heroes like you might have here
it's because the revolutionary war made us become independent from great britain
this area was the centerpiece for all those movements along with philadelphia and other places
all right we're going to climb this tower you guys 227 stairs right made of marble from the city
absolutely right here right here in baltimore wish us luck bye-bye all right you guys
look at this incredible and so it loops around about 10 times until we get to the top which
hopefully there will be a spectacular view at the top if you're claustrophobic
this is a seven little scary i'm gonna pass you all right sure oh this ain't for the faint of
heart the other time i've climbed a bunch of stairs like this was in guatape colombia
if you've been there you know what i'm talking about here we go
the city of baltimore the city of baltimore check it out that cathedral down there
very very impressive well that was an interesting adventure i didn't expect
and so people say oh i'm never going to travel to the united states it's too dangerous i've received
that comment multiple times on my channel but i mean you just gotta know where you're going and
you'll be fine you'll encounter the same things you're seeing in this video
wow west baltimore street
just look at this building you guys now we're getting close to where we're going the
bno baltimore and ohio railway station
what up bro to uh show you more about the history with the great railway that started
here in this very city and up there you have the university of maryland flag and another important
university here in the city of baltimore world famous called john hopkins university
the lord baltimore hotel wowzers we find herself on the famous pratt street in baltimore
and this is where union soldiers from massachusetts ordered by abraham lincoln marched
down to get to a another station where they would go to protect the capital washington dc the
white house the capitol building and confederate maryland rebels got together and they rided here
provoking further tension between the union and the confederacy during the american civil war
so we're in camden a neighborhood of baltimore and here's the camden
train station and adjacent to that is a baseball stadium the baltimore orioles play here
baseball's not popular in europe and it's really only popular popular in the americas so for any of
you baltimore maryland fans here's where they play holland holland plays baseball as well
run in this stadium you want to hit it so far that it lands in utah street okay so here is the
orioles stadium this is birdland and if sometimes they hit home runs that are long enough the
baseballs will bounce over into utah streets wow in this building i bet you this building
here is the old vno railroad freight warehouse okay all the all the freight like all the uh
freight that came into baltimore on the b o would be handled through this building here all right
and so they sort of have converted using the modern sports culture to
to combine it with the railway history here to make it a really nice tourist attraction
yeah and and this entire area down here you would not have been able to recognize it
in the late 70s it was nothing but industry torn down buildings it was a mess
and now look at it it's great so i was saying this is one of the nicer stadiums i've seen
an architectural wasteland speaking of baseball we find ourselves in front of
the babe ruth birth place and museum the famous american baseball the original slugger the home
run king of course once was passed by the likes of barry bonds and hank aaron but
babe ruth has a name in american sports folklore and right here in front of his birthplace wow
baltimore maryland i did not know that until i came here in these back alleys of the city of
baltimore tandy was a pitcher he was a pitcher and he smoked cigars while doing it in the 1930s right
oh you live here so george washington used to walk through these neighborhoods yes george
washington used to walk through here this is this is a historic ridgely delight okay it's a historic
block and that's why a lot of the stuff is the original as a matter of fact you can't touch
the house until you go through the uh chapstick historical society but george washington used to
uh walk through here babe group museum is right up the street yeah very briefly here also a lot
of not a lot of history in this world absolutely i'm just looking at it and i'm taking it all in
so you you stay here you live here yes i own this house my wife and i own it it's a
one bedroom one bath house okay yep and so you could we take a look inside sure yeah all right
all right let's check it out thank you very much all right so they're renovating it oh wow these
row houses so you just bought this uploaded a while ago but you know from that process it takes
a while with the city like i can't change this door okay i can't change that door because it's
historic i have to go through i can't put the deck up out back because i have to go through
but all this other stuff i pulled the permits for so i could finish all of that we like we did
the exposed brick and everything okay yeah but one bedroom one bath so with the kitchen so all
of the kitchens were in the basement years ago we moved this kitchen up to the first floor all right
well i appreciate you giving us a sneak peek what's your name
carol carol yep elliot nice to meet you okay good morning thank you and uh appreciate your openness
no problem i hope you guys have a great day alrighty see you later and here we
are at the b o railroad museum the birthplace of american railroading the railroading that would
prove to be the propulsion that we needed for the industrialization of the united states and
it all started right here in baltimore remember how in wisconsin in the town i'm from lady smith
well that's the logging industry well these are the trains the shea locomotive that were used
to haul timber and lumber throughout the midwest and that's because they had so much power and
torque to go up these steep grades and sharp curves with their with their steam engine here wow
impressive to see where all this american history comes together and apart from
transporting raw materials resources and the likes trains were used to transport people
and a thing called a caboose or a passenger car and that's how people started going westward or
north from this part of the united states to really start to homestead and settle in other
parts of the united states and it's essentially the railroad and the railroad system that allowed
that to happen before forced automobiles and highways and roads became a thing in the 20th
century and of course before planes and flying became a thing well
in the 20th century they had nicer trains and they looked just like that on the inside
luxury style travel train wise wow can you imagine traveling with your lady a nice glass of whiskey
traveling to chicago hey let's go to chicago for the weekend well that's where these things happen
wow little did i know the banana which came from the united fruit company down in the jungle of
honduras and guatemala well all those bananas they were coming through here right in baltimore
at the port and then they were transported by the baltimore ohio
railroad so all the bananas we were eating in the middle of the 20th century and thereafter
came right through here and of course there's a long story behind the united fruit company which
when i'm back down in central america i will touch on that that's a different story now what
would be an amazing b o railroad network station without a port that can transport the things from
overseas or other states or other nations just look at it look at the ship over there wow
i would love to go check that out here in downtown baltimore so as you can tell the harbor or the
port railroad company are equally as important and obviously we'll put baltimore on the map
so this is part of the chesapeake bay it's tidewater and you can just see all the ships that
align are lined up there and the yachts bowsers you guys like this place yes this is awesome
wonderful where are you guys from philadelphia philly all right have a great day thank you
wow we've come to a place called berthos we're gonna go grab a beer welcome to bertha's
home of the bumper sticker and fresh mussels daily and so wow check this neighborhood out
hopefully i can get a little bit more of this later first impressions are great
baltimore has been a great day you guys you got to see the inside of this bar birth house
hi ladies american ladies the best it's because i make videos in spain so
everybody's asking us all right is this a nice neighborhood uh yes it's really
nice i'm gonna check it out later thank you enjoy all right let's check out this bar yeah
soup of the day whiskey
come to bertha's bar if you want good ipa beers calamares
and mussels so far we haven't got mugged we haven't got shot at in baltimore and uh
you know we're in a nice uppity little hipster place aged 25 to 40 median age
lots of good places to eat and drink here cool art
i met the owner of bertha's he was he was real keen on me showing his place
and uh friendly people i'm not sure he was the owner i think that's just the
story maybe well the i talked to the uh the employees and they said he was really yeah
you can see all the train tracks that are no longer in use here in
fells point that historic times or when he was a child they would deliver goods
via train to these neighborhoods here and again now they're not in use
but this is what's left and we have water taxes here that are out of service thanks kovid
we were looking forward to taking these today across the harbor but uh
not everything's perfect when you try to make a video for youtube
i'm here in the fells point pier part of an estuary part of the chesapeake greater bay
and in the distance there we can see some navy ships but even beyond that
is fort mchenry and a really famous song in american history perhaps the most famous song
was written out there during the war of 1812 when francis scott key
wrote the lyrics for the star spangled banner right here in the city of baltimore wow
now it's the most famous song you probably hear it everywhere at sporting events at funerals
at everything you can imagine and that all started right here in this very harbor hey guys
well that concludes the full-on tour of baltimore i want to give a special thanks to my second
cousin chris o'toole that's that's it chris we didn't get shot today we didn't get mugged
so would you we didn't would you recommend baltimore to tourists oh absolutely absolutely
absolutely all right and so uh what are my next plans and you concluded it famous for cara's and
we finished uh we finished the tour here in little italy at the famous bakery vacaros we had some
great desserts and so yeah you guys i would highly suggest coming to baltimore these american cities
on the east coast are great definitely come here and so what are my next steps i'm going back to
spain tomorrow i'm super excited i'm going back to europe time for a new year time for new beginnings
and uh i don't know guys i don't know when i'll be back to the good old birth country
my good old country united states of america but maybe i'll be here a year from now maybe
two years we'll see so until the next video let's give a little tour of little italy
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