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Abandoned States: Places In Idyllic 1960s Postcards Have Transformed Into Scenes Of Abandonment

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The DCist has a fascinating look at resorts in the Poconos how they looked as depicted on 1960's postcards and how they look today:

 

http://dcist.com/2017/08/abandoned_postcards_poconos_catskills_animations.php

 

This building is really, really cool:

 

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As a Pennsylvanian this is cool as shit. I might have to check some of these out in person.

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there was a series of blurbs on similar themes focusing on Afghanistan's early tourist industry prior to the Russians invading and religious fanaticism turning the gaff into hell on earth

 

 

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=afghanistan+tourism+1970s&oq=afghanistan+tourism&gs_l=psy-ab.1.3.0l4.1529.3654.0.6272.8.8.0.0.0.0.163.745.6j2.8.0....0...1.1.64.psy-ab..0.8.743...0i67k1.GvM6DI2hV64

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