If you were to meander the back roads of Alberta, you might find a bespectacled man in his mid-50s toting a camera on the roadside, aiming at what looks like a creepy haunted mansion in the middle of nowhere.
Driving his Chevy Trailblazer, Joe Chowaniec stops to investigate old dilapidated houses across the Prairies. Many are older than a century and bespeak of simpler times, but they’re slowly disappearing. For the past 10 years, Edmonton-based Chowaniec has driven 36,000 kilometres to uncover and document their mysteries before they vanish.