Abandoned

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Something an insect abandoned:

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This place has been cleaned out since I took these, and there are now no trespassing signs all around it. It never had any indoor plumbing and was built in the late 1800s. It's behind a cemetery and in front of the railroad tracks just on the north edge of Holland, Texas. The last person to live there was an old woman named Pacha, and her descendents seem to have not been able to agree on what to do with the house since her passing. This house was one of my lotto dreams for a long time.

I can't find my pics of the outside of the house from before the clean-up, but here's the outside:








And this is what I can find of the insides - before the clean-up:

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i would live here!

http://www.messynessychic.com/2012/0...omes-for-sale/



Imagine converting old cinema converted into a home?!
The Tivoli Theater stands as one of Owen County’s most recognizable landmarks.
Constructed in 1928 by E.M. Viquesney, famed artist of “The American Doughboy” sculpture, the Tivoli is the only example of Mission Revival architecture in the county.
Original exterior elements include stucco, stylized parapet, clay tile pent roofs, and second-floor balconies and arched windows.
Original theater space elements include the stage, wood seats, and decorative plaster moldings, architectural features and sculptural figures.
Small street-level commercial space and second-floor apartment provide additional income potential.
The approximate square footage is 5500. Extensive roof repairs completed in 2008.

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http://www.thecoolist.com/abandoned-places-10-creepy-beautiful-modern-ruins/



In the United States, few cities have felt the burn of urban decay more than Detroit.
To capture its slow fade into history, photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre explored some of Detroit’s dying landmarks for their photo series The Ruins of Detroit.
As the industrial revolution came to a close and race riots crippled a once bustling city, many buildings throughout Detroit fell into disrepair and eventual abandonment.
Today, visitors to Detroit can experience two sides of the city– the revitalized, re-invested downtown area, and the high-rises and industrial complexes which crumble around it.


Under the busy streets of New York City rests a perfectly preserved monument to that city’s transportation history.
The City Hall Subway Station was first constructed over 100 years ago, a part of New York’s earliest underground transport network.
It was shut down in 1945, where it lay dormant and untouched until a one night public exhibition on the station’s centennial.
NYCSubway.org and photographer Fred Guenther have documented this event with a great collection of photos, showing this amazing abandoned place in all its pristine, untouched glory.



During the Second World War, the British Royal Navy constructed a series of sea forts for an advanced line of defense against inbound air raids and potential sea invasions from the Axis powers.
The Maunsell Sea Forts still stand today, silent and abandoned a few meters above the North Sea.
One, however, remains inhabited, now a nation of its own referred to as the Principality of Sealand.
These sea forts are a favorite of maritime explorers, a lonely collection of stilted fortresses not far off the coast of eastern England.
[see more photos of the Maunsell Sea Forts by slimmer jimmer]

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Off the shores of Alexandria, the city of Alexander the Great, lies what is believed to be the ruins of the royal quarters of Cleopatra.
A team of marine archaeologists led by Frenchman Franck Goddio made excavations on this ancient city from where Cleopatra, the last queen of the Ptolemies, ruled Egypt.
Historians believe this site was submerged by earthquakes and tidal waves more than 1,600 years ago.

The excavations concentrated on the submerged island of Antirhodus. Cleopatra is said to have had a palace there.
Other discoveries include a well-preserved shipwreck and red granite columns with Greek inscriptions.
Two statues were also found and were lifted out of the harbour.
One was a priest of the goddess Isis; the other a sphinx whose face is said to represent Cleopatra's father, King Ptolemy XII.
The artifacts were returned to their silent, because the Egyptian Government says it wants to leave most of them in place to create an underwater museum.

Read more at http://www.oddee.com/item_96695.aspx...StmRs4O5oUg.99

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2 ancient cities in China were drowned in 1959 by a man-made lake and were forgotten about until discovered in 2001 by a tourist diving company.
The cities remain intact and in good condition.




The city of Shi cheng under water. (Photo: Chinese National Geography)



http://www.amusingplanet.com/2012/05...-lake-and.html

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http://www.messynessychic.com/2013/0...-of-a-problem/


Some cities have a litter problem, some suffer from high crime rates and others might have a lack of affordable housing.
And then you have Dubai, which for the last several years has been facing the unusual problem of high end sports cars being abandoned and left to gather thick layers of dust at airport car parks and on the roadside across the city.




Thousands of the finest automobiles ever made are now being abandoned every year since Dubai’s financial meltdown, left by expatriates and locals alike who flee in a hurry because they face crippling debts.
With big loans to repay to the banks (unpaid debt or even bouncing a cheque is a criminal offence in Dubai), the panicked car owners make their way to the airport at top speeds and leave their vehicles in the car park, hopping on the next flight out of there, never to return.







Last year, a Ferrari Enzo, one of only four hundred manufactured, was seized by police having spent several months in a car park collecting dust.
The million dollar motor went on sale at auction alongside other Ferraris, Porsches, Range Rovers and Mercedes plucked from the roadside.