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Haunting pictures of decay from the Rust Belt

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

A photo showcasing architecture within St. Joseph Byzantine of Cleveland, Ohio. Jonny Joo, 23, visits derelict malls, stations, towers and other places because they remind him of Silent Hill — a psychological horror video game which was made into a film. "When I first started exploring places, so many would remind me of the game. It was a world I was kind of obsessed with because of how dark and eerie it looked," Joo said. His book, titled "Empty Spaces," will feature 116 images and is being released this week.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

An interior view of Cleveland's abandoned aquarium.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

Fanny's '50's Diner of Collinwood near the East side of Cleveland, Ohio.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

A subsequently demolished Victorian home in Geneva, Ohio.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

Smashed pews inside the Tried Stone Baptist church of Detroit, Mich.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

The abandoned Richman Bros. of Cleveland, Ohio.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

An abandoned old grain silo, described by the photographer as "peaceful."

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

The auditorium of Larimer Elementary school in Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

Graffiti lines the walls of the main room within the East Central Station of Buffalo, N.Y.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

A glass-walled corridor at Cleveland's abandoned aquarium.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

The photographer balances on a bar to capture the inside view from the top floor of the Rayon Plant in Painesville, Ohio.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

One of Cleveland's abandoned YMCA facilities.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

Foliage lines the walls of the abandoned factories of Westinghouse Electric in Cleveland.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

A deserted room in Detroit Hope Hospital, trashed by vandals and plundered by thieves in Michigan.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

Trees grow among the tracks of the Big Dipper roller coaster at Geauga Lake Amusement park in Aurora, Ohio.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

An inside view of the Newburgh Masonic Temple in Cleveland.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

The belongings of this house's former occupant, said to be a navy man, lie scattered on the floor in Ohio.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

A favorite of the photographer, foliage lines the floor of the "green room," in the industrial Rayon Corp of Painesville, Ohio.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

The damaged kitchen inside the country home known as the "Safety Brick" in Ohio.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

A damaged bedroom at the Days Inn, situated in the abandoned Randall Park Mall in Cleveland. The hotel is said to have been abandoned since the early 1990's.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

An inside view of the community room of the abandoned Brownsville General Hospital in Brownsville, Pa.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

The dome ceiling rises over debris in the middle of Our Lady of Hope church.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

A row of generators inside the abandoned Rayon Plant in Painesville, Ohio.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

Detritus litters the interior of an old Victorian home in the country hills of Geneva, Ohio.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

A dilapidated country school house in an Ohio area where there has been a significant drop in the population.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

An old country home known as the "Safety Brick" left in a state of disrepair.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

A preserved mural resides above the decaying grandeur of Cleveland's St. Joseph Byzantine church.

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Ohio Urban Explorer Captures Beauty of Abandoned Sites

An abandoned country home in Ohio.