We used to do something called the "pointless challenge" 🤪 and miss those days. It was so much silly fun and often frustrating as heck. In these we'd invite people to send in random photos of obscure locations, but not give any information, and then we'd track where it was and shoot something similar.

Most of these came from old family collections, as was the case here. Anyone up to resurrecting the series?

In hindsight, why didn't we pose someone in our shot?

Pointless: “Devoid of meaning (or) senseless” Merriam-Webster.

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Exploring history with Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie.
Photo: ca1970 and 2014. Posted by Connie.

Captured on a cold, cold day many years ago. We've been passing this old house for decades and it's little changed in that time. At some point we expect to drive by and it'll be gone.

Exploring history with Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie.
Photo: 2017. Posted by Connie.

When retired old railway cars usually get cut up for scrap. Sometimes, however, they find their way into the hands of the general public or whomever. Flat cars make good bridges, and boxcars can be transformed into storage buildings and the like. Case in point here. We see them used like this often enough and in this case, it's part of a corral.

Incidentally, this boxcar dates from 1950 and this was found by tracing the old road number, which is still visible.

Exploring history with Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie.
Photo: 2017. Posted by Connie.

On top of little Myrtle Mountain in the Kimberley (BC) Nature Park.

There's some good wilderness fun to be had here and nice views as you can see, but the real reason we came is mining history. The whole area near the ski hill was extensively worked over a century ago and we were looking for evidence of this. We didn't find much in the area searched, but it's a big chunk of property and we hope to return to cover more ground again soon. Of all the subjects we cover, mining related is a favourite.

Still, it was a good hike and that can't be bad. Look to the comments for more info 👇.

Exploring nature and history with Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie.
Photo: 2022. Posted by Connie.

It's a strange curiosity in south Kananaskis, there on a hillside and we have no idea who created it. We asked around and no one's completely sure about its history. In the past it showed the Canada 100 logo from 1967 but in 2017 someone changed it to reflect the country's 150th.

That's our friend Emily from DanOCan.com having a look.

Exploring history with Off the Beaten Path with Chris & Connie.
Photo: 2017. Posted by Connie.