I Stayed at Barton's Club 93 in Jackpot Nevada | Hotel Review & Tour #JackpotNevada #HotelReview 97/100 Description

 

 

 

If you're traveling through Nevada on Highway 93 and need a place to stay, come along as I check out Barton’s Club 93 Hotel and Casino in Jackpot, Nevada. In this video I take you through the hotel room, balcony view, bathroom, parking area, and a quick look around the property while sharing my experience from an overnight stay. 

I requested a top-floor room, checked out the condition of the room, tested the shower, looked at the amenities, and gave my thoughts on the overall experience. I also compare some of the atmosphere around town and talk about how quiet Jackpot felt during my visit. 

You'll also see views of the surrounding casinos including Cactus Petes, and hear some thoughts about the changing feel of this little gambling town along the Nevada/Idaho border. 

If you enjoy backroads travel, small towns, roadside stops, casinos, local history, and hotel reviews, subscribe for more LookSeeTravel adventures. 

Watch next: 

Cactus Pete's Hotel Review: https://youtu.be/hjyx-Z2Sdow 

Econolodge Hotel Review: https://youtu.be/EpPUMMcfIA4 

Jackpot Nevada Tour: https://youtu.be/Qv99IZWRDE8 

Another Jackpot Nevada Tour: https://youtu.be/fNaFETzj48E 

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Things To Do In Salt Lake City Most Tourists Never See #SaltLakeCity #TravelUtah #TempleSquare

 

 

Salt Lake City has far more to offer than Temple Square and downtown attractions. In this video we explore hidden landmarks, strange graves, forgotten history, scenic drives, and unusual local destinations that even many longtime residents overlook. 

We visit the mysterious Lone Cedar Tree Monument, walk through Memory Grove and City Creek Canyon, and explore the historic Salt Lake City Cemetery where the graves of Lilly E. Gray, Joseph Alfred “Jack” Slade, and Orrin Porter Rockwell continue to attract curiosity and legend. 

 We also stop at Artesian Well Park, where underground spring water has flowed for generations, before taking the scenic route through Immigration Canyon past Donner Hill and the Last Campsite Monument tied to the arrival of Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers. 

 If you enjoy hidden history, local legends, scenic drives, Old West stories, and unusual places across the American West, this video is for you. 

Locations Featured: 

Lone Cedar Tree Monument 

Utah State Capitol 

Memory Grove 

Salt Lake City Cemetery 

Lilly E. Gray Grave 

Jack Slade Grave 

Orrin Porter Rockwell Grave 

Artesian Well Park 

Immigration Canyon 

Donner Hill 

Last Campsite Monument 

#SaltLakeCity #Utah #UtahHistory #LookSeeTravel #OldWest #HiddenHistory #TravelUtah #SaltLakeCityCemetery #OrrinPorterRockwell #JackSlade #LillyGray #ImmigrationCanyon #ArtesianWell #MemoryGrove #TempleSquare 

Inside Grangeville Idaho’s Oldest Motel? | The Downtowner Inn Review #Grangeville #Idaho

 

 

Tonight we take a look inside the Downtowner Inn in downtown Grangeville, Idaho — one of the last old-school roadside motels still operating in this small Idaho town. Located just off Main Street, the Downtowner is a throwback to another era of American travel, complete with physical room keys, vintage furniture, and a motel layout that feels straight out of the 1950s or 1960s. 

In this video we tour Room 11, check out the condition of the room, bathroom, wifi, shower pressure, furniture, and overall experience staying at the motel during Easter weekend of 2026. While the room was clean and quiet, the motel also shows its age in many ways, raising the question: is a classic independent motel like this still worth the price in today’s world? 

 Along the way I also talk with the motel manager about how small independent motels survive in modern America, how online booking sites like Travelocity and Expedia impact their business, and why fire season becomes the most important time of year for places like this. 

The Downtowner Inn may not compete with newer hotels in terms of modern comfort, but it remains a surviving piece of old roadside America in the mountains of north central Idaho. 

 If you enjoy small towns, roadside history, forgotten America, travel documentaries, and backroad explorations across the Pacific Northwest, be sure to subscribe to LookSeeTravel. 

#Idaho #Grangeville #MotelReview #RoadsideAmerica #SmallTownAmerica #Travel #IdahoTravel #VintageMotel #LookSeeTravel #Backroads 

Jackpot Nevada: Neon in the High Desert #Nevada

 

 

Right along Highway 93 on the Nevada–Idaho border sits one of the strangest little towns in the American West. Jackpot Nevada wasn’t built around farming, mining, or industry. It grew because travelers kept moving through the high desert — and gambling laws made this lonely roadside stop into a casino town. 

In this short documentary, we take a look at Jackpot from both the ground and the air with drone footage over Highway 93, casino shots, desert landscapes, and the neon glow of Cactus Pete’s rising from the middle of nowhere. What started as a highway stop became a place thousands of travelers still pass through every year. 

Unlike Las Vegas or Reno, Jackpot feels isolated, quiet, and strangely atmospheric. Surrounded by open desert and distant mountains, the town survives almost entirely because America keeps moving along Highway 93. Featuring: 

Drone footage of Jackpot Nevada 

Highway 93 aerial views 

Cactus Pete’s Nevada casino atmosphere 

Roadside Americana in the American West 

If you enjoy small town history, roadside America, forgotten places, western travel, and documentary-style travel videos, subscribe to LookSeeTravel for more. 

#SmallTownAmerica #RoadsideAmerica #TravelDocumentary #DroneFootage #AmericanWest #LookSeeTravel #JackpotNevada #Nevada #Highway93 #RoadTrip #TravelDocumentary #DroneFootage #RoadsideAmerica #AmericanWest #CasinoTown #SmallTownAmerica #DesertHighway #LookSeeTravel #IdahoBorder #WesternTravel #CactusPetes 

Why Did Eltopia Survive When So Many Small Towns Didn’t?

 

 

There are towns across America that seem frozen in time—places where old storefronts stand empty, schools fall silent, and the main street no longer carries the weight it once did. 

Eltopia, Washington is one of those places. 

 But Eltopia is not a ghost town. 

 In this episode of LookSeeTravel, we explore one of Eastern Washington’s most overlooked settlements, tracing its railroad beginnings, its once-active commercial district, its abandoned school, and the surprising modern twist that may have saved it. 

Because while the downtown faded, the land didn’t. 

Today, homes in Eltopia are selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars, proving that this place didn’t disappear—it adapted. 

What happened here? 

And what does Eltopia tell us about the changing future of rural America? 

 Join me as we walk through the remains of old Eltopia and try to understand how small towns survive by becoming something entirely different. 

#AbandonedSchool #RailroadTowns #Eltopia #WashingtonState #EasternWashington #SmallTownHistory #RuralAmerica #GhostTown #AbandonedPlaces #WashingtonHistory #RailroadHistory #HistoricWashington #ColumbiaBasin #TriCitiesWashington #ForgottenAmerica #AmericanHistory #LookSeeTravel 

Grangeville Idaho: The Town That Survived | Nez Perce War History & Idaho’s Camas Prairie

 

 

High above Idaho’s Camas Prairie sits the town of Grangeville — a place surrounded by rolling grasslands, deep river canyons, timbered mountains, and some of the most important history in the American West. 

In this episode of LookSeeTravel, we walk along Main Street in Grangeville Idaho while exploring the town’s history, economy, railroad heritage, and connection to the Nez Perce War of 1877. 

Unlike many rural western towns that slowly faded away after the railroad era ended, Grangeville survived. Historic brick buildings still line downtown streets, ranching and agriculture still shape daily life, and the town continues to serve as the center of north-central Idaho. 

But the land around Grangeville also carries a much older story. 

This region became one of the central landscapes of the Nez Perce War of 1877 — a conflict that began after years of broken treaties, land disputes, and increasing pressure from settlers and the United States government. Near nearby White Bird Canyon, Nez Perce warriors defeated U.S. Army forces in one of the war’s earliest battles, beginning one of the most remarkable fighting retreats in American history. 

Over the next several months, the Nez Perce traveled more than 1,100 miles across the American West while pursued by thousands of soldiers, fighting to preserve their homeland, freedom, and identity. 

 This video explores both stories: • The survival of Grangeville Idaho • The tragedy and legacy of the Nez Perce War.

 If you enjoy small town history, forgotten places, western landscapes, railroad history, and stories from the American frontier, consider subscribing to LookSeeTravel. 

#Grangeville #Idaho #NezPerceWar #WhiteBirdCanyon #LookSeeTravel #SmallTownAmerica #WesternHistory #IdahoHistory #CamasPrairie #AmericanWest #RailroadHistory #ChiefJoseph #RuralAmerica #TravelDocumentary #OldWest

From Washington to Utah | Small Towns, Backroads, Ghost Stories & Open Highways #roadtrip #backroads

 

 

Sometimes the best travel videos aren’t about the destination — they’re about everything in between. 

In this road trip documentary, I travel from Eastern Washington through Idaho and Nevada on my way to Utah, stopping in small towns, scenic overlooks, river canyons, and places most people pass without a second thought. 

Along the way we stop in places like Edwall, Sprague, Colfax, Colton, Uniontown, the Lewiston Hill overlook, Grangeville, Riggins, New Meadows, Eagle, Twin Falls, Jackpot, Wells, and the famous Bonneville Salt Flats. 

This trip includes railroad towns, wheat country history, frontier violence, canyon roads, scenic overlooks, motel stops, casino towns, and one place once called “Gouge Eye.” 

Because every road has a story. 

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If you enjoy small-town history, road trips, forgotten America, and travel documentaries, subscribe to LookSeeTravel for more. 

#RoadTrip #WashingtonState #Idaho #Nevada #Utah #SmallTownAmerica #TravelDocumentary #LookSeeTravel #EasternWashington #Palouse #RigginsIdaho #TwinFalls #BonnevilleSaltFlats #LewistonHill #AmericanWest 

Colfax, Washington: More History Than Five Minutes Can Hold #ColfaxWashington #StIgnatiusHospital

 

 

Hidden in the rolling wheat country of Eastern Washington, Colfax is one of those towns that makes an impression almost immediately.

On this first visit, I drove the streets, explored downtown, captured drone footage over the Palouse hills, and visited the legendary St. Ignatius Hospital—one of the most famous abandoned landmarks in Washington State.

What started as a quick stop turned into something else entirely. 

Founded in the 1870s and built on the agricultural wealth of the Palouse wheat economy, Colfax still carries the bones of its past in its brick storefronts, layered hillsides, and historic downtown core. 

 And then there’s St. Ignatius. 

Built in 1893, abandoned for decades, and surrounded by stories of hauntings and forgotten history, it remains one of Eastern Washington’s most striking historic structures.

This isn’t the full story. 

It’s a first look. 

A reconnaissance trip. 

And a promise to return. 

📍 Location: Colfax, Washington 

🎥 Featuring: Downtown Colfax, Palouse drone footage, and St. Ignatius Hospital 

🗺️ Region: Whitman County / The Palouse / Eastern Washington  

If you enjoy small-town history, forgotten places, economic history, and travel documentaries from the American West, subscribe and come along. 

 

#ColfaxWashington #StIgnatiusHospital #Palouse #EasternWashington #WashingtonHistory #AbandonedHospital #HistoricWashington #SmallTownAmerica #GhostTown #RoadTrip #TravelDocumentary #LookSeeTravel 

 

Battle Mountain, Nevada: More Than a Stop on I-80

 

Battle Mountain, Nevada is one of those places most people pass through without thinking twice. Sitting along Interstate 80 in the heart of northern Nevada, it looks like a place frozen in time—old casinos, aging storefronts, truck stops, and a downtown core that feels decades behind the modern world. 

But Battle Mountain is far from dead. 

 In this video, we explore the modern economy of Battle Mountain and ask a simple question: what keeps this place alive? 

Gold mining dominates the surrounding region, bringing industrial money into northern Nevada, but much of that wealth appears to flow toward larger nearby cities like Elko and Winnemucca. So where does that leave Battle Mountain? 

What remains is a town built around service, logistics, ranching, freight, and local commerce—still functioning, still useful, and still surviving in one of the harshest landscapes in America. 

From Front Street to Interstate 80, Battle Mountain remains part of the economic machine of the American West. 

Not glamorous. 

Not booming. 

But still working. 

If you enjoy forgotten towns, western history, economic stories, and road trips through the American West, subscribe to LookSeeTravel for more. 

#BattleMountain #BattleMountainNevada #Nevada #NevadaHistory #MiningTown #GoldMining #RuralNevada #Interstate80 #SmallTownAmerica #AmericanWest #WesternHistory #TravelNevada #LookSeeTravel #DesertTown #EconomicHistory 

Wally Wright, the Man Who Saved Trolley Square in SLC UT

 

 

In the heart of Salt Lake City sits one of Utah’s most fascinating historic landmarks: Trolley Square.

Today it’s a shopping and dining destination, but more than a century ago this was the beating heart of Salt Lake City’s streetcar system.

 Built in 1908 as the central trolley barns for the city’s electric rail system, Trolley Square once housed the streetcars that moved thousands of residents across the valley every day. But when automobiles took over and the trolley system shut down in 1945, the buildings were left behind—forgotten relics of another era.

That could have been the end.

But in the 1970s, architect and developer Wallace A. Wright Jr. saw something others didn’t: history worth saving. 

Inspired by adaptive reuse projects like Ghirardelli Square, Wright transformed the abandoned trolley barns into what became Trolley Square—preserving its brick walls, timber beams, and industrial soul for future generations. 

In this video, we explore: 

• The rise of Salt Lake’s streetcar system 

• The original purpose of the trolley barns 

• Wally Wright’s preservation vision 

• The architectural details still visible today 

• The tragedy that struck Trolley Square in 2007 

• Why this place remains one of Utah’s most unique historic spaces 

Sometimes history survives because somebody refuses to let it disappear. 

If you enjoy forgotten history, small-town stories, transportation history, and hidden places across the American West, subscribe to LookSeeTravel for more. 

#TrolleySquare #SaltLakeCity #UtahHistory #WallyWright #HistoricPreservation #StreetcarHistory #UtahLandmarks #HiddenHistory #TravelUtah #SaltLakeHistory #UrbanHistory #LookSeeTravel