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The ruins of a general store in Rhyolite, one of Nevada's better known ghost towns.
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Visit the Ghost Towns of Nevada

The abandoned treasures of the Silver State.
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Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt

End of the World Cinema

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.
Qatar

Al Jumail

A 19th century pearling and fishing village abandoned before Qatar's economic boom.
A hallway in Annie Lytle Elementary.
Jacksonville, Florida

Abandoned Annie Lytle Elementary School

Jacksonville's highways rendered this century-old grammar school unusable.
Even though the terminal has been closed for around 40 years, the light of the information kiosk remains lit by the volunteers trying to restore the Terminal.
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Peek Inside Buffalo's Abandoned Art Deco Train Terminal

A look at the empty grand hall of a once-bustling station.
Luke Spencer January 5, 2017
Intempo by the sea.
Benidorm, Spain

Intempo Building

This 47-story "M" needed 20 years to be completed
From this vantage point, the “battleship” nickname is well earned.
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See the Crumbling Concrete Dwellings of an Abandoned Japanese Island

Tiny Hashima Island was Mitsubishi's coal mining base for nearly a century.
Wil Kuan January 3, 2017
Clophill, England

St. Mary The Virgin

A reportedly haunted 14th-century church is curiously facing the “wrong direction.”
Detroit, Michigan

St. Agnes Church and School

Once a bastion of its community, this gothic cathedral now stands as a haunting ruin.
A piece of pottery dating to the late 6th century B.C.
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Found: A Lost City in Greece

No one realized how extensive these ruins were.
Sarah Laskow December 13, 2016
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The abandoned Futuro house.
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Abandoned Dome House

Rotting dome home spotted near Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Yulier Rodriguez decorates Havana's decaying buildings with art.
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The Haunting Street Art Adorning Havana’s Oldest Buildings

Artist Yulier Rodriguez is filling Cuba's capital with melancholic alien creatures.
Sarah Laskow December 2, 2016
The ramp up to the Space Needle observation deck on Boblo Island.
Amherstburg, Ontario

Boblo Island Abandoned Amusement Park

An abandoned Victorian-era amusement park is rusting away amidst luxury houses.
A replica of an operational base.
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There Are Hundreds of Secret Underground WWII Bases Hidden in British Forests

Built to fight a Nazi invasion, they remained unknown for decades.
Sarah Laskow November 30, 2016
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Pirou-Plage is located near the beach and was intended to be a holiday village, complete with hotel, houses and tennis courts.
Pirou, France

Pirou-Plage Ghost Village

An abandoned beach resort in Normandy reclaimed by artists.
The ruins of the holiday resort of Pirou-Plage in Normandy, France.
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After Being Abandoned, This French Beach Resort Was Adopted by Artists

The ghost village of Pirou-Plage in Normandy was reclaimed in the 2000s.
Elisabeth Blanchet November 21, 2016
Vidin, Bulgaria

Vidin Synagogue

The second-largest Jewish temple in Bulgaria was deserted after World War II, seized by the communist government and then abandoned again.
An old classroom in Latton National School, County Monaghan.
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Looking Inside the Abandoned Schools of the Irish Countryside

Ireland is full of deserted schools. I've photographed 150 of them.
Enda O'Flaherty November 17, 2016