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Where Automobiles Went to Die
The idea of cars being reclaimed by nature might sound a bit strange. When were cars ever owned by nature in the first place? But think about it. Between them, materials like metals, glass and rubber make up the bulk of our precious roadsters. So, when cars are abandoned, moss and lichen move to a new home, and trees decide their leaves and branches need a novel hiding place, our friends from foliagesville are only taking back what’s theirs.
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Tuesday, February 3, 2009
It’s like a trainspotter’s sick dream. In southwest Bolivia lies a place where it looks as if all the country’s ailing old locomotives have rolled into the wilderness to chug their last chugs – or been struck dead on the spot at the hand of the evil stationmaster in the Earth's furnace. If the sight of decaying trains doesn’t give you the creeps, take a tour through this South American train cemetery. We dare you.
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Monday, October 5, 2009
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