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"""Abandoned places have always fascinated me. A place is warm, comfortable, inviting, filled with life-until it's not. We move on and leave behind a cold shell, decaying, lifeless, and dark. Haunted by memories. Haunted by stories. By secrets buried in dust."" For over 20 years, Michael Kleen has been visiting, photographing, and documenting places some say are better left unseen, unwanted, or erased. Many of the locations in this book no longer exist, except for these photographs. Join the author as he brings you on a journey to the not-so-distant past, to places begging for their stories to be told. Every sagging floor, dilapidated roof, and broken window tells the tale of a life rapidly fading from memory."

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Michael Kleen is a Writer, traveler, and raconteur with a passion for history, photography, and the unusual. He has a M.A. in History from Eastern Illinois University and a M.S. in Education from Western Illinois University. He is best known for his work on Illinois folklore, but his photography has also appeared in Harvard Magazine, North Carolina Literary Review, and Society for Commercial Archeology. He has spoken about local history and folklore at conventions, libraries, cafes, schools, and colleges. Michael has written several books, including Tales of Coles County, Haunting Illinois: A Tourist's Guide to the Weird and Wild Places of the Prairie State, Paranormal Illinois, and Witchcraft in Illinois: A Cultural History. Find out more at www.michaelkleen.com

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