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Ruins

Summerville, South Carolina

Dorchester, South Carolina's Abandoned Town

First established in 1696, this settlement was abandoned after the Revolutionary War.

Creative Commons by sean_carney

Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba

Old Pinawa Dam

The ruined remains of an early hydroelectric dam.

First Shearith Israel Graveyard

New York, New York

First Shearith Israel Graveyard

Revolutionary War casualties fill the only 17th century structure remaining in Manhattan.

The Tomb of Ali at Shakhimardan. (Wikimedia Commons)

Ulugnor District, Uzbekistan

Tomb of Ali at Shakhimardan

Beautiful palace stands tall over the Fergana Valley.

Vintage illustration of the Midwinter Exposition

San Francisco, California

Site of the 1894 California Midwinter International Exposition

San Francisco's first World's Fair, dedicated to the wonders of California.

Walls cut through the vegetation in Ston. (Saskia van de Nieuwenhof/Flickr)

Walls of Ston

Longest fortress system anywhere in Europe.

The carving of the horseman. (Gerhard Palnstorfer/Flickr)

Kaspichan, Bulgaria

Madara Rider

Rock carving created 1,300 years ago 75 feet off the ground.

Arènes de Lutèce

Remains of Roman amphitheater hidden in a sleepy quarter of Paris.

Society Adventures with the Ghost Fleet

Annetta Black July 11, 2011

The Prague Metronome slicing through summer skies. (Macskafaraok/Flickr)

Prague, Czechia

Prague Metronome

Steadily reminding Czechia of its past.

Entrance to PJ's B and B, White Cliffs, New South Wales. (Wikimedia Commons)

White Cliffs, Australia

White Cliffs

Australia's first opal field led to a mining rush in the 1890s.

Permanently Closed

Berlin, Germany

Spreepark

An eerie, derelict amusement park in Berlin.

Divers in Chuuk Lagoon.

Morbid Monday: Shipwrecks & Disasters at Sea

Annetta Black June 13, 2011

George Air Force Base. (Benedict Siegel/Atlas Obscura)

Victorville, California

George Air Force Base

Abandoned Air Force base that has fallen into disrepair.

Campanile di Curon

Bell tower juts out from a village buried under a lake.

Moses with tablets of the Ten Commandments, painting by Rembrandt, 1659. (Wikimedia Commons)

Mount Horeb

Site where Moses may have received the Ten Commandments.

The main concourse. (Wikimedia Commons)

Buffalo, New York

Buffalo Central Terminal

Ruins of a once-prized railroad station in New York.

Golden Calf Altar. (Creative Commons)

Golden Calf Altar

Idol made by King Jeroboam for the Israelites.