Abandoned Structures: The Stages of Ruin

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In our ten years of exploring North Dakota’s ghost towns and abandoned places, we’ve seen structures in all stages of condition.  Many places meet an unnatural end due to fire, flood, and the bulldozer.  If a building can survive without suffering an unfortunate fate however, it goes through a somewhat predictable process.  We’ve learned a [...]

Nanson: A North Dakota Ghost Town

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Rolette County Abandoned as of 5/12 As we set out to photograph ghost towns in early May of 2012, we had Nanson in mind as our ultimate destination.  We’ve known about Nanson for quite some time, but somehow we just never managed to make it there — it was time. After driving all day through [...]