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The deserted lighthouse.

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Klein Curaçao

Shipwrecks, ruins, and turtles are all that remain on this haunting Caribbean ghost island.
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The mouldering manses of wealthy colonials still pock the streets of a Curaçao neighborhood.

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Mikvé Israel-Emanuel Synagogue

The floor of the oldest surviving synagogue in the Americas is entirely covered in sand.
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