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Deep in the Brazilian Amazon, roughly 300 kilometers south of the river city of Santarém, sits one of the strangest relics of American industrial ambition: a cluster of white…
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Long before the drive-thru window or the self-checkout kiosk, there was the automat, a restaurant concept that let diners serve themselves from a gleaming wall of small glass-fronted compartments,…
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On the eastern coast of Cyprus lies one of the Mediterranean's most haunting sights: Varosha, a once-glamorous resort district of the city of Famagusta that was abandoned virtually overnight…
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Rising dramatically from the arid hills of southern Italy, the abandoned town of Craco is one of Europe's most striking ghost towns. Perched atop a steep clay cliff in…
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In the rolling countryside of central France, about 14 miles northwest of Limoges, stands one of Europe's most solemn places of remembrance: the ruins of Oradour-sur-Glane. Unlike a typical…
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For much of the twentieth century, the corner drugstore was a beloved community institution, a place that was part pharmacy, part soda fountain, part general store, and part social…