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Versailles House, a 90,000 square foot home which would have been the largest in America. Construction was put on hold following the 2009 financial crisis. Florida

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A rotting home on the Pennine Bridleway. Diggle, UK

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This simple stone shack was once home to some of the first European settlers of New Zealand. Deepdell, Macraes Flat, Otago, New Zealand

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All it needs is a new roof. Kirzhach, Russia

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A lone house in the middle of nowhere. Carter Ferry, Montana

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A small house in a vast plain. Auckland, New Zealand

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Where man decays, nature prospers. Buffalo, New York

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This 'Futuro House' dates back to 1968. Only around 100 were ever sold. Pennsylvania

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A breathtaking home in the harsh wilderness of Norway. Bjorke, More og Romsdal, Norway

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With a population of 171, much of Ulysses is a ghost town. Ulysses, Nebraska

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An abandoned farm house and water tower consumed by ivy. Riverhead, New York

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A desolate home in the magnificent Alps. Austria

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A decaying home in an incredible landscape. Iceland

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A deserted home set in a desolate environment. Idaho, USA

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The decaying face of a once loved home. Benasau, Spain

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An abandoned house deep in the Haugh Woods. Herefordshire, UK

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A pair of long forgotten homes covered in vines. Val-Jalbert, Qubec

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A decaying farmhouse amongst desolate fields. Sheridan County, Nebraska

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A wreck amongst golden fields. The Dalles, Oregon

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A row of abandoned and graffitied houses. Iceland

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This hut was used as a base in Scott's Terra Nova Expedition 1911-12. After the party died from extreme cold, starvation, and exhaustion on their return journey to the South Pole, the well-stocked hut they were attempting to reach has been left untouched. Antarctica

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An abandoned prairie house. Howard, South Dakota, USA

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An abandoned home on North Brother Island, New York City. In 1885, the island was used as a dumping ground for people with smallpox and typhoid fever and later, a rehab center and prison. It has been abandoned since 1963. New York, USA

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An abandoned child-sized Victorian-style tree house. Florida

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Flooding means that much of Holland Island in Chesapeake Bay is now under water. This abandoned home is the last remnant of another century and home to only birds. Maryland, USA

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A decaying wreck amongst trees. Virginia, USA

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A tree emerges through an ancient ruin. Wales

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A run down home hidden within dense vegetation of the magnificent Vancouver Island. Canada

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A run down home hidden within dense vegetation of the magnificent Vancouver Island. Canada

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This life sized doll house is built out of an abandoned farm house. Sinclair, Manitoba, Canada

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A run down Hobbit hole. Iceland

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This abandoned farmhouse in Seneca Lake, New York, also acts as a graveyard for many vintage cars which are now empty shells of their former selves. New York, USA

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These 'UFO homes' in San Zhi, Taiwan, were intended to be sold to U.S. military officers when construction began in 1978. In 1980, work was halted due to loss of investment. Taiwan

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This magnificent abandoned house in Bologovsky was built in the period of late eclecticism in the spirit of the romantic style. Tver, Russia