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Rot in PeacePutting old buildings and settlements to rest.

By Caitlin DeSilveyUpdated Monday, Dec. 5, 2005, at 12:06 PM ET

Click here for a slide-show essay about what's gained when abandoned structures are allowed to decay.

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Caitlin DeSilvey's work on Milltown is supported by a fellowship from Humanities Montana. She is a lecturer in cultural geography at the University of Exeter in Cornwall, England.
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