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Its main street is lined with brick buildings, some more than 100 years old.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

In 2010, he came across an old yarn mill in Maine that was still operating.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

Instead, he's interested in what happens when someone returns from the city and tries to fit back into their old life.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Brenen Thompson is from Spearman, Texas, at the top of the panhandle, where the gusts are constant and the only tourist attraction is a collection of old windmills.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 25, 2026

Hospital authorities had buried the unknown old man in the paupers’ cemetery.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom