Category Archives: Travel

20 Years of Exploring

Posted on March 18, 2018 by danocan

Sometimes a posting comes together quickly. I’ll get an idea for a topic, throw something up on the screen, and publish within an hour or so. Other posts take a long time to come to fruition. This is one of … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Travel | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, gas station, grain elevator, history, hotel, Montana, Saskatchewan, school, service station | 1 Comment

Lethbridge Road Trip: October 2017

Posted on February 4, 2018 by danocan

I think I’m finally catching up on my photos and items that I have wanted to post. That is more a product of colder weather and staying close to home more than it is any sort of increase in productivity. … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged abandoned, Alberta, Brant, Canada, Champion, Ensign, gas station, general store, grain elevator, hotel, Kirkcaldy, railroad, wind farm | Leave a comment

The Last Trip of 2017

Posted on January 1, 2018 by danocan

The year 2017 will go down as a very good one for the DanOCan.com blog. We managed to increase our number of postings and thus we attracted a lot more visitors this year compared to 2016. It turns out people … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Photography, Travel | Tagged 2017, abandoned, Aberdeen, Alberta, Alvena, Canada, church, Craigmyle, Cudworth, Dankin, Eatonia, Fiske, grain elevator, Hanna, Harris, history, hotel, Laporte, Mantario, Saskatchewan, service station, Seymour Hotel, Smuts, Tessier, Wakaw | 3 Comments

STST2017: Fort Steele

Posted on November 26, 2017 by danocan

I’ll bet you thought we were done with the Scratch the Surface Tour 2017, didn’t you? Well, surprise! There’s at least one more story to tell… It had been more than thirty years since I had visited Fort Steele, British … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged British Columbia, Canada, Fort Steele, ghost town, museum, vacation, Vacation 2017 | 1 Comment

Retrospective: McDonalds Museum

Posted on November 21, 2017 by danocan

This is the second in my now-officially-a-series lunch break postings… Today’s post was inspired by an article I saw in my Facebook Newsfeed as I ate breakfast this morning. “McDonald’s museum in Des Plaines will be demolished next month” I … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Travel | Tagged Des Plaines, fast food, history, Illinois, McDonalds, museum, USA | Leave a comment