Today’s photo contest isn’t as evident as some of the past ones, so I’ll offer you a clue: Salt and ice Would make things nice For connoisseurs of old. Today these coils Will almost boil To keep libations cold. … Continue reading
I know what it is, but I don’t know how it works. This dinosaur from offices past was forgotten in a bedroom in the suburbs. It’s a Victor adding machine, a mechanical precursor to the calculator. I had previously only … Continue reading
At the house with the sketchy frog in the basement, this plastic pup stayed upstairs. He didn’t seem particularly ferocious; indeed, he sought refuge in the shadow of a hymnal. Ten dollars proved to rich for this piece of… well, … Continue reading
While taking photos of an old farm house in southern Minnesota today, I came across these drawers in an outbuilding. I can’t figure out what the heck they were for. These drawers aren’t in a barn, but rather a small … Continue reading
Doing property checks the other day, I came across a mid-1950s-vintage home with a custom basement. I’d be willing to bet that Sputnik had not yet entered space when this beauty was conjured up. The Northwoods-themed wall mural was a … Continue reading
I went and checked out a job in a first-ring suburb the other day. It was mostly piles of junk: clothes, odd pieces of lumber, dirty blinds, dusty brik-a-brak. It wasn’t a truly fascinating trashout like this one or this … Continue reading
I had to leave the office for a while yesterday to check out a possible excessive trashout and check if an abandoned vehicle was free to be towed away. In the end, the trashout was not excessive, and the vehicle … Continue reading
A fully furnished living room. A ransacked bedroom thick with jettisoned outfits, overturned mattresses, and photographs. Kitchen cupboards stuffed with rice, soup, pasta, sugar. Half-restored cars in a barn. It is oftentimes awe-inspiring to come across the items that people … Continue reading
First thing first: DuAll is back in the news. Twin Cities Metro Mag published an article on our trash art in the latest issue of the print mag. You can find the article online, too. Now on to today’s business. … Continue reading
Dens of vice are always interesting properties to service. At this residence, some enterprising young men had decided to eschew the world of the corporate cog in favor of an entrepreneurial endeavor involving the clandestine sale of narcotics. The authorities … Continue reading
