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Chadron, Nebraska
This sod house is part of the Museum of the Fur Trade, in Chadron, Nebraska, built on the site of a trading post for the American Fur Company that was established in 1837. The post was in ruins by the mid-1880s, and it was reconstructed in 1956 on its original foundation stones.
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Mount Lebanon, New York
A settlement designed to fail. Which it did, in 1947, when the last seven members of the community left this site.
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Sharon Springs, New York
Now part of the national historic district in Sharon Springs, New York, the temple was part of the mineral water spa that drew visitors from the early 19th century to the the start of World War II.
The Accidental Highway 