While some monuments are well taken care of and protected, those that are partially or even completely run-down often are the most interesting. Here's are some of the most ghostly abandoned places around the world. Beneath all the dust, rust and cracks, there are the stories of people who used to live there.

We should warn our readers that some of these pictures may upset them, while others may fill them with joy. But that's precisely because these images reflect some of the best and worst parts of the human experience and world events – our suffering and our triumphs, our perseverance and our failures, our compassion and our hatred, our intelligence and our stupidity.

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In the ridiculously adorable photo series "My Daughter Kanna," Japanese photographer Nagano Toyokazu poses his daughter Kanna in whimsical costumes and

If playing fetch with your dog has become a weary chore for both parties, the Rogz Grinz ball will make it fun again! Designer Porky Heffer from a South Africa-based company Rogz created a fetch ball that has a crazy wide smile drawn on it, which makes your dog look as if he's grinning every time he fetches the ball. It can also be stuffed with your pet's favorite treats, to make sure that no dog could ignore the ball.

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