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Hi guys, i hope everyone is doing good and gearing for the holidays. I had a pretty rough week so i decided to go with my madam to go some sight-seeing and feed/feast my eyes. We threw lots and the village of yester years was what the gods wanted
It was a pretty quick drive even though Minnesota cold was . It was a 20 minutes drive not helped with the folks shopping for hols.

The Village of yester-years as the Americans call it, is a setting of a basically a village of what and how the Americans lived during the 1700s to late 1900s. It consist of some houses,a general store, a post office, church, a train, a fire department, the baker's shop. To say i was amazed was an understatement because every house and items are/were still preserved. The village is opened from May 1 to September 30 for Tourists (Nigeria needs lessons in this dept).

There is a pavement or walk path, it has all the names of everyone that has lived in the village and their names are etched or carved on a wooden path(e bust my brain ). Dont let me bore you guys. Let me samayan you some pictures.

I am trying to send pictures but it is saying files too large. Justwise how do i compress or go about this?? Thank you.

Entrance to the village

I have to send one picture at a time. Nairaland sef. Behold is a picture of what a certificate of citizenship looks like back then.

Names of those who has lived in the village. My Wife said each name costs 5k grand madooo

General store.

General store lmao

This sewing machine was used in 1700 or thereabouts

koi koi shoe

Picture of men’s clothing

Ladies clothing

Picture

Picture. Sorry guys, the pictures are way too heavy. Nairaland won’t allow more.

Still inside the general store. Pikin clothes.

Still inside general store o

Gas pump. Snow don cover am. Minnesota snow I hail o

Town hall.

This is the village school.

School desks.

Piano.

Just arrived. Following

That sewing machine though, pretty fancied back then

Sparrow0:
Just arrived. Following

That sewing machine though, pretty fancied back then

Honestly bro, it was still shiny and ready to be used. i will drop more pictures.

This is great.in Nigeria if we make money we quickly rush village destroy our ancient heritage to build modern houses. In Africa we dont preserve we destroy

Drenimarcus:
Honestly bro, it was still shiny and ready to be used. i will drop more pictures.

Would love to hear the sound of that piano though if permitted and if there's any chance it's still functioning

The village school has better chairs than some universities in Nigeria.

Drenimarcus:
School desks.

Piano.

You na sure man, blessings fall on you

More pics please. I want to be like you when I grow up

I'll create my own travel thread one day and that must be soon!!! God answer my prayers

Danzakidakura:
This is great.in Nigeria if we make money we quickly rush village destroy our ancient heritage to build modern houses. In Africa we dont preserve we destroy

In Nigeria precisely. We don't preserve history. The orientation is bad.

I have been asking same question always. Son will destroy fathers house to build his own,grandson will continue with the same mentality.
We don't use vintage cars, we don't value them at all.

Drenimarcus:
School desks.

Piano.

This is classic and lovely
Thanks man.
I'm enjoying them a lot.
They hire them for shooting classical movies.

Danzakidakura:
This is great.in Nigeria if we make money we quickly rush village destroy our ancient heritage to build modern houses. In Africa we dont preserve we destroy

Africa generally need to do more on "maintenance"

Sparrow0:
Would love to hear the sound of that piano though if permitted and if there's any chance it's still functioning

every damn thing is working, nairaland wont allow me upload videos.

sassysure:
This is classic and lovely
Thanks man.
I'm enjoying them a lot.
They hire them for shooting classical movies.

Thanks bro. I uploading more pictures.

Sparrow0:
You na sure man, blessings fall on you

More pics please. I want to be like you when I grow up

I'll create my own travel thread one day and that must be soon!!! God answer my prayers

Amen to that, you will. More pictures incoming.

ValCon888:
The village school has better chairs than some universities in Nigeria.

Sadly this is true.

More pictures

More.

First picture is how fridge was like back then.

2. Stove and oven all in one. The lady inside gave me 2 cookies.