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Published May 26, 2012, 12:00 AM

Abandoned road


David DeKok stands on abandoned Route 61 in Centralia, Pa., on Thursday. Fifty years ago today, a fire at the town dump spread to a network of coal mines underneath hundreds of homes and business in the northeastern Pennsylvania borough of Centralia, eventually forcing the demolition of nearly every building. (Michael Rubinkam / Associated Press)
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