There’s a particular somber beauty to America’s ruins. We don’t have the castles or ageless monuments of Europe, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t beauty in our forgotten spaces. Vicki particularly found images of our sprawling urban decay I’d find and share with her fascinating. She felt as I do that there’s a history there, a moment in our past caught in time. One can almost feel the men and women who used to bring life to these places continue their daily routines beneath the surface of perception.<\/p>\n
Eerie Beauty in America’s long-forgotten spaces<\/a> over on BBC.com is a great example of some of these places–as you can see from the photos here (for a larger view and to read the article, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t