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10 Abandoned Places on Earth

Travelers looking for a getaway from the normal getaway should skip the sandy beaches to walk amid silent relics in Namibia, Chernobyl or an abandoned California gold mining town. These empty places may look like Scooby Doo set pieces, but they hold important clues to bigger mysteries about both the past and the future; the creep of urban decay and the necessity of memorializing tragedy. http://news.travel.aol.com/2011/06/15/visiting-10-of-the-most-interesting-abandoned-places-on-earth/
http://www.thecoolist.com/abandoned-places-10-creepy-beautiful-modern-ruins/

Abandoned Places: 10 Creepy

Abandoned Places: 10 Creepy, Beautiful Modern Ruins Abandoned Places | We humans are explorers by nature. The quest for discovery, both old and new, is part of what separates us from rest of the animal kingdom.
http://www.gadling.com/2011/04/27/the-worlds-ten-creepiest-abandoned-cities/

Creepiest abandoned cities

Some cities die.

50 of the Most Important Landmarks of the World

http://www.pxleyes.com/blog/2011/05/the-50-most-important-landmarks-of-the-world/ Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area. Now, a landmark includes anything that is easily recognizable, such as a monument or a building, or any other spot to designate places that might be of interest to tourists. A few examples are the Statue of Liberty, Uluru, the Taj Mahal, Mount Everest, and the Eiffel Tower.