LONDON -- There's an odd and melancholic beauty to abandoned places. Whether deserted after a disaster or shuttered and left to rot after their inhabitants move on, they stand quietly as a reminder of what came before.
A new book, "Abandoned Places: 60 stories of places where time stopped," has rounded up 60 such places across the globe. These are seven of the most captivating.
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"Abandoned Places: 60 stories of places where time stopped," £20, is published by Harper Collins and out now.