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St. John's Episcopal Church
41.3958, -79.8289
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Giant Squid Museum
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The Old Limestone Arch
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St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
Fort Proctor
This abandoned Civil War fortress is slowly being swallowed by the waters of Lake Borgne.
Jamestown, California
Eagle-Shawmut Mine
Hidden beneath a lake for decades, this brutalist mine has now emerged from beneath the receding waters.
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Bezidu Nou, Romania
Flooded Village of Bezidu Nou
This Romanian village may have been drowned, but it is long from forgotten.
Carhué, Argentina
Villa Epecuen
Once swallowed by flood waters, this village has emerged as an eerie shadow of its former self.
Honolulu, Hawaii
Corsair Plane Wreck Dive Site
This WWII plane died a quiet death, and is now a garden eel playground.
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Gosport, England
HMS Alliance Submarine Museum
This colossal war machine is now a living museum dedicated to underwater warfare.
Nevada
St. Thomas Ghost Town
This former Mormon settlement is reemerging from the receding waters of Lake Mead.
Copenhagen, Denmark
Agnete and the Merman
Beneath Denmark's Højbro bridge, a bronze merman and his seven sons forever mourn for the mother and wife who left them for land.
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Folsom, California
Mormon Island
This former boomtown "island" is now submerged below Folsom Lake.
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