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In Memory of the Forgotten

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 "...small epitaphs to the often overlooked bits of history that lie rotting all around us."

Bannack Ghost Town in Montana

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My sister recently visited a ghost town in Montana called Bannack. The town was founded in 1862 and was the site of a major gold discovery. Today sixty historic structures remain standing in the town. The last residents left in the 1970s. A ghost sign remains on the ghost hotel. (Photo credit goes to my sister, Adrienne Kovalsky.)

NPR: Architectural Ghosts Of Detroit's Past

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A few weeks ago NPR posted on its photoblog a picture show with photos from the 100 Abandoned Houses project, which documents abandonment in Detroit. "These beautiful architectural portraits are the ghosts of Detroit's past ."