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Helena, Montana

Canyon Ferry Lake's Cemetery Island

This cemetery is one of the last remaining traces of a drowned old Western town.
Văcărești Natural Park
Bucharest, Romania

Văcărești Natural Park

After sitting unused for decades, this abandoned communist infrastructure became a wildlife utopia.
The bud of a black rose sold on the Halfeti pier.
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The Submerged History Surrounding Turkey’s Black Rose

Visitors flock to Halfeti for its unusually dark flowers, but there's much more beneath the surface of the half-drowned town.
Pesha Magid and Laura Neumann May 4, 2018
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What Do Reservoirs Reveal When They Dry Up?

Sarah Laskow June 12, 2015
Igreja Sagrado Coração de Jesus
Pernambuco, Brazil

Old Petrolandia Church

The haunting peak of an old church is all that remains of a drowned Brazilian city.