That is the problem I spoke about being dumbed down. Previous versions had
a location bar and the ability to right-click and get information about
location. This is not an Ubuntu or Unity issue, but a GNOME problem. They
are the developers of Nautilus. It has got to the point where Ubuntu 12.10
is going with an older version and Linux Mint is forking Nautilus and GNOME
developers are speaking out about the project failing.

None of this helps you. It just explains why we are in this sorry state.
Easy solution is to install Dolphin, the KDE file manager. Launch Dolphin
and it has a location bar (turned off by default, but can be activated) and
a status bar filter that is to die for. Dolphin is superior to any Linux
file manager by a mile, IME.

sudo apt-get install dolphin (in a terminal) or search for it in Software
Centre and install.

Then Launch Dolphin from the Dash by typing dolphin. It will come up after
a couple of letters. Click on the wrench in the upper right of Dolphin to
customise. It is mostly ticking boxes. At the bottom tick show menubar.
Under Location bar tick Editable location and under Tools tick Show Filter
bar. To Search click the Find icon at the top. Type what you are searching
for; wildcards are okay. It will show the matches and you unfortunately
lose the location bar when you search across folders, but if you right
click on the file it will show the full path in Properties under the
General tab.