Florida Roadside Attractions & Abandoned Places - Forgotten Hardware Store & 3 Lost Ghost Towns 

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In a very weird coincidence...you showed a gravestone of Larry Eugene Alford. If you look up his obituary, he worked for 43 years at his parents restaurant......George & Gladys BBQ

I found the cemetery marker of Mickey Mouse very interesting, and when you said it was a father and son that passed recently, I found it even more interesting. I was able to get the fathers name off the headstones and I googled it and here he had worked at his family restaurant for 43 years, which was George and Gladys‘s barbecue the first building you showed in this video. Don’t know if you planned that on purpose but kind of interesting how it came full circle

Tampa Bob here. I grew up in Lacoochee where my father had a Dry Goods Store. We moved to Tampa in 1954 and a fire in 1958 took out most of the downtown. Thanks for the memories.

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People come for the sunshine, but they stay for Lacoochee 😂😂😂

George and Gladys had good BBQ back in the 80’s sad to see its closed. Thanks for the video, there’s some beautiful land in that part of the state.

Thank you for showing the Florida I never got to see! You do it the best!

The water tower in lacoochee is the old cummer cypress mill property. Shut down in mid 1900’s and moved south. The silo and elevator property belongs to cal Maine. It is no longer used. The old cracker barn belonged to Johnny Morgan until he died a few years ago. Love the video!

I noticed that at the front of the state park ,there was a large amount of litter. That made me sad. Give hoot and dont pollute.

Like the back roads you go on

Hello, Jay! Another great roadside attractions & abandoned places video. We always enjoy seeing what many call the real deal/Old Florida. Once you leave the Hussle and Bussel of the big city tourism, Florida can be calm and relaxing! Thanks for sharing this awesome adventure. Safe travels, like 310.

Another great Vid - My Grandparents had 'people' there (from the 1920's) & would drive up from Lutz to visit; & the stillness in the air, even before plane noise was of the Fla I grew up in during the '50's & '60's - those concrete posts (we thought they would last forever) were street signs - showed up about that same time: white posts with black lettering indicating which street was which; I could almost smell the air & the buzzing of sandflys rising up from the white sandy roads we walked on to & from school, eagerly awaiting Sat morning when we'd be up by 5am with the best friend to go cane fishin in the creeks for Brim; it was so quiet you could hear your breathing, as well as deer, rabbits & other critters squirreling about in the early morning dew -- or was it the lung-crushing humidity ...? Time sure does march on ... Thx again for the memories of a Fla long since gone. (Look up the movie, The Yearling - it was all so true) Thx again👏🙋‍♂️

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John Cougar Melloncamp sang about pink houses. Needs some flamingo 🦩 in front of that house.

Hi Jay. You were curious as to whether or not George and Gladys's was any good, I was actually very fortunate to have had the chance to eat there before they ended up closing they had some amazing food homemade potato salad coleslaw baked beans and they had some of the best pulled pork and barbecued ribs that I ever had it was a sad sad thing to have lost a good restaurant and some good people from the community there

That is the play that the Trilby hat takes its name from, the same with the play Fedora. People would see the play, then go to the millinery (hat) store and ask for a hat like they saw in the play. Thanks, Jay, It's been twenty-five years waiting to use that bit of trivia.

I grew up in Dade City and George and Gladys was a great bar-b-q restaurant! Loves eating there.

very nice .. we love it when you explore fla abandoned places ...

I grew up in Dade City. I pass some of these buildings every other weekend when I go visit my family. I’ve learned more about the history of the area from this video than living here. Love your videos!

I love it 301, in the 70s it was more heavily traveled by tourists because some sections of 95 in Virginia and the Carolinas were not completed. I miss the roadside attractions. I remember when some were still open. Stuckeys!

I really enjoy these backroad videos. Thanks Jay.

Hi again. My granddad worked for Atlantic .Coast Line RR, which later joined The Seaboard Railway and became the Atlantic Seaboard. I rode on the ACL float in the 1967 Strawberry Festival parade. Love your videos

Highway 301 is really interesting. Feels like you can go back in time when you travel North towards the border

Hi, Jay! Y'all may remember me - Days of the Dead, Buc-ees Tshirt autograph. I love these abandoned towns videos! Love to you and Cris, and hope to see you at Dragon Con!

We just took our kids last weekend to the Dade City Drive-In to see a movie. Pretty cool.

I remember traveling thru these towns back in the early 80s on the way to concerts at the Lakeland Civic Center (coming from New Port Richey)..

I did it all for lacoochee!

I just love the old buildings and abandon places. A good look at our country's past.

Cool video ! Love the graveyard ' also the respect you show . 😃🤗✌❤

Enjoyed going along with you on your walk through the natural beauty of the Florida woods.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Even though all these roadside spots have seen better day ,they look cool to see !!! And all the views are breathtaking!!!

Jay another well done roadside / abandon places video. What you call "Real Florida" has an element of spookyness about it. Even in the day time I would be leary walking down that dirt road you were on might be a big foot out there...lol. Keep up the good work sir.

God is in control watching your back out there Tampa Jay.

Awesome vlog Jay!

Beautiful and relaxing scenery, my friend. Thank you for sharing 🤗 Hugs and God bless 🙌 March 20th??? LOL

Love your roadside attraction videos! My husband grew up in Tampa, so I’m familiar with the area and coincidentally I’m from Indiana, so I love the videos you do when you come back home also 😊

Interesting

🎉 flamingooooooos, number 1 like , going to watch it now. 😮just watched 2 days later, interesting VIDEO, all those abandoned places,

This is my home town.. my family owns Pinkston road. Used to eat at George and Gladys all the time when I was a kid too. Food was good asf

Ive eaten at that Bar-b-que before and it was excellent. The tennis player Jim Courier use to eat there, being from Dade City.

Thanks for the nice visit to the inside of Florida.

Man, those are the best!! Thanks Mr. Jay!

Bless you Sir, Thank you for your time with this video. Greg

Excellent video and love videos like this! Thank you for taking us alone. Florida trailblazer and others go inside these forests and find some really really interesting things. On the other side or perhaps not too far, is the Richloam General Store and Post Office from the 1920's as it was then. Worth the visit! I forgot the area was in a big drought, as I've never known the Withlacoochee to be so low in water levels as can be seen from the water marks/lines on the trees. Crazy low! Keep up the great work, this is one of my favorites! The reviews on yelp of the BBQ place are rather interesting......

Takes me back to a day gone by… 😊Your a good guy Jay!

I remember my mom and dad taking me as a kid to George and Gladys's BBQ. From what I remember, it was great barbecue.

Such a waste with all the destruction. Seems things could be recycled. Thank you, Tampa Jay for sharing.

Thanks for the trip , sorry bugs found you too sweet.

Greetings, Tampa Jay! You were just "up the road" from us. You must ride your bike on the trail. I've ridden many times to Inverness, through Brooksville, Nobleton, Floral City, then Inverness. So glad you appreciate old Florida!

The Junction is now run as a little flea market... Tools, some antiques, used goods... On the weekends... I lived around the corner from the post office for a long time.

Thanks for taking us back in time brother. The day when when business signage was hand painted priceless. Talk about where Florida came from. Rays uuuuuup!!!

Just stumbled upon your channel... I was born and raised in NSB. Not the small, wonderful town it sed to be. Keep up the good exploring!

So close to our home in Hudson. Love all your content! from the craziness of the Parks, to NYC to peace and quiet, You Rock My Friend! If you're ever in Hudson.......Keep The Peace ✌✌

Hey hey it’s my man Tampa Jay 👍🏻

Nice relaxing video. I love the mix of nature scenes and abandoned places.

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Awesome video! Nice rigs Pasco has and when see them all roll out it means its JOBTOWNNN Hahaha

so peaceful!❤ thank you for taking us along.

I really enjoyed the lacoochee segment that you did I now live in Long Island but I grew up in lacoochee and know a lot about the buildings that you showed brought back a lot of good and bad memories by the way the building on the corner the white building on the corner of 301 and 575 used to be called Tiny's bar

Keep going straight past the post office you'll get to a spot on the little withlacoochee river we used to go

do u ever worry about encountering any crazy people out there when ur by urself? do u carry? idk how laws r out there in FL

Hey JAY! What's up? Another great video ! So sick !!!

I use to eat there a lot. They did have really good food and tea.

I am so behind. Doing my Spring yard and house cleaning I will catch up. These are my favorite videos just under all the Spooky Halloween ones that you and Cris the Girl do.. "Watch your step"...You always make me feel that we are right there with you. Thank you. I love you and Cris the Girl.💕

Back when I was a kid I-75 stopped at I-275 and you had to take US 41 or US 301 all the way to the Everglades and across the bottom to US 1 and US A1A back north to Jacksonville FL north to I-95 up in VA US 301 in Georgia had the most famous speed trap known from NY to FL ludowici Georgia

Thank you for sharing... ❤

Excellent video if i dont say. Mr Jay. Thanks . Stay safe

I love these videos.

Hi Jay love your videos. I used to live about a mile north of there in ridge manor nice peaceful area. I remember swimming in the withlacoochee river when i was younger. Good times. GO RAYS

Fascinating video. TFP

Awesome adventure..appreciate you taking us along😁

I love these videos

I grew up in Dade City and the BBQ was great.

Love these videos and your baseball videos! Keep them coming.

i just found your channel and love you. I'm huge on cemeteries.

Great video, Jay. Judging by the YELP reviews of George and Glady's BBQ.....I can see why the restaurant closed. Yikes.

I like these videos

Some of them places reminds me of that movie fried Green tomatoes damn good movie, oh George sure did have some good barbecue didn't he yuk. You'd have to watch the movie to understand that. You mean station number 34 it's amazing how much you sound just like that guy that does the daily woo, you do a voice comparison wow it's close.

Tampa Jay the Crooner from back in the day! It's ashame folks just don't have respect for places present or past. Walk this way reminds me of Marty Feldmans Igor lol. That was a peaceful cemetery touching the respect you give the places you visit. As always thx 4 taking us all along on your adventures

thanks jay again

Hi, Tampa jay love the new video and also let go rays , this year I can’t wait for haunt season again cause I will be going to Florida for Busch garden hollow scream and sea world hollow scream and Halloween horror nights and other haunts

i like these back roads and abandoned stores and buildings .That whole town seemed like it was like a zombie apocalypse . i sure at one time the towns were booming . i think since Florida is gaining a lot of new residents , Some of these small ghost towns would rebuild . thank you Tampa Jay an Chris . like i tell jordan the lion . even of the love ones are not in the videos they are huge part of your life so i like including mention thank you . much appreciated 👍👍

Never seen your videos but recognzed george n gladys...we lived likue 5-10 min from there. Went ti school lacoochee elementary. Used to be cumberland farms there... haven't been by in years😊

Yes, i would say there is definitely a Big difference between Manhattan, New York and Trilby, florida. 😆

Hey I used to live at Lacoochee😂

That looks cool

Good to see you back in Florida Tampa Jay. I enjoyed your New York excursion with Adam. If you and Cris the Girl go to Universal or Islands the last week in June, my daughter and I will be there. I'd love to meet yall in person. I'll be videoing content for my channel while there as well.

Hey Jay, just wanted to say I love your channel and just subscribed. :) found you via AdamTheWoo. Btw I love the bluesy music you use in your videos!

Great video man!

Couple sport stars came out these forgotten places

My last name, wonder if we are related, Im from Canada but lived in Bonita Springs Florida from 76 to 04. Love the videos :)))))))

George and glads closed? Wow. They use to stay busy. Good and the best ice tea. Sad.

Everytime you said one of the towns names, I would start singing Rock n Roll Hoochie koo 😂 & Yes sir its skeeter season " WEAR BUG SPRAY" & stay safe guys 🎃

A lot of these “mom n pop” roadside diners were crushed by Covid closures. Just couldn’t bounce back. Very sad. A place that was opened in the 1950s... 🥺☹️

I drove Route 301 from Emporia, VA. into Florida, some years back. I photographed dozens of abandoned motels and restaurants. Sad tosee.

The Florida trail is right back there behind

Ate a few times ay kountry kitchen too...there was more trees in that parking lot

Well that you're in my old neck of the woods here d-10 building that you're looking at with the Rusted Tin Roof you should be a hardware store and it was also at one point a restaurant / bar but currently it is actually a private residence but a friend of mine was that there he does a lot of bike repairs so the front of the building or the hardware store used to be is actually full of bike and bike parts but the back part of the building is private residence where they live