FOTOT spektakolare të qyteteve të braktisura në SHBA

Dyqane dhe kisha të heshtura, një tavolinë biladroje që prej lojtarë, një makinë e shkatërruar në një pikë gazijanë këto disa prej imazheve që përkujtojnë disa prej qyteteve tashmë të braktisura në SHBA.

Secili prej këtyre qyteteve ka një histori të vetën: diskush është shkatërruar si pasojë e zjarreve, një tjetër nga përmbytjet apo nga braktisja e vullnetshme.

Tashmë prej tyre kanë mbetur vetëm copëza kujtime dhe aspak jetë.

Artifacts: The town thrived after the discovery of gold in 1859 and residents enjoyed a wealthy existence. Here, a 1937 Chevrolet coupe sits abandoned

Long forgotten: At its peak in 1880, the town of Brodie had 10,000 inhabitants and 65 saloons

Saved: The town's Methodist Church is just one of the buildings now protected as an historical site. What remains is a popular tourist trap for those looking to go back in time

Road to nowhere: A section of Route 66 near Glenrio, along the border of New Mexico and Texas, that was once home to a bustling community used by travellers for a gas stop

Closed for business: The once popular stopping area, which housed this now closed cafe, struggled after an interstate bypassed the town in the 1970s

Any buyers? In Rhyolite, Nevada, which experienced a boom in the early 1990s following the discovery of gold nearby, a general store sits abandoned with a 'For Sale' sign

Shut: A caboose formerly used as a gas station in Rhyolite, Nevada which suffered a devastatingly sharp fall from wealth. The city was founded in 1905 but by 1920, it was empty

So close but so far: The skeletal remains of chairs lie on the floor in a small auditorium in the school and services building at North Brother Island, near Manhattan

Lost: The island, between the Bronx and Riker's Island, has been used as a hospital, a quarantine, a veterans college and a centre for drug addicts

Eerie: The centre for drug addicts closed in the 1960s after accusations of abuse and cruelty to the patients

Overgrown: The hospital and school now house vegetation and broken furniture - and act as a bird sanctuary

Disaster zone: An abandoned home in Centralia, Pennsylvania, where a mine fire began in 1962 - and still burns to this day, forcing residents out

Ghostly: Unhealthy levels of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide continue to make their way to the surface after the fire, forcing the exodus of Centralia's residents

No one's home: The inferno began after the fire service set the town's landfill ablaze in an ill-fated attempt to tidy up for Memorial Day

No one's home: A $42 million federal relocation program helped 1,000 people move by the end of the 1980s, and only around 10 people still remain

Holding on: Just seven people live in the once busy depot town of Thurmond, West Virginia - six of which ran for office at the city's last elections

Up in smoke: The downtown of the city, pictured, suffered after one of its two large hotels burned to the ground in 1930

Frozen in time: A powerplant, machine shop and general manager's office sit among the Kennecott, Alaska landscape, years after the coppoer mining plant closed. The last train left the town in November 1938

Ruins: The Kennecott hospital (left) stood out as the town's only white-washed building. Most other town structures, including workers' bunkhouses (right), were painted red, the least expensive colour at the time

Empty: Crosses dominate the otherwise sparse landscape in Terlingua, Texas

Back in demand: Terlingua is now a tourist destination and holds arts and crafts and theatre performances - as well as a chili cookoff

Swamped in history

Eerie: The Old Cahawba Archaeological Park also includes a cemetery referred to on early maps as the 'Negro Burial Ground' where slaves were buried

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