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Abandoned houses in Mirlo Beach, a once thriving oceanfront town on North Carolina's Outer Banks now slowly being reclaimed by the sea (some of these buildings have since been moved or have collapsed)
[photos: Greg Fitzgerald/ Island Free Press/ Don McCullough]
![Abandoned houses in Mirlo Beach, a once thriving oceanfront town on North Carolina's Outer Banks now slowly being reclaimed by the sea (some of these buildings have since been moved or have collapsed)[photos: Greg Fitzgerald/ Island Free Press/ Don McCullough]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWINsnxXQAEZT9b.jpg "Abandoned houses in Mirlo Beach, a once thriving oceanfront town on North Carolina's Outer Banks now slowly being reclaimed by the sea (some of these buildings have since been moved or have collapsed)[photos: Greg Fitzgerald/ Island Free Press/ Don McCullough]")
![Abandoned houses in Mirlo Beach, a once thriving oceanfront town on North Carolina's Outer Banks now slowly being reclaimed by the sea (some of these buildings have since been moved or have collapsed)[photos: Greg Fitzgerald/ Island Free Press/ Don McCullough]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWINvP0WAAEheks.jpg "Abandoned houses in Mirlo Beach, a once thriving oceanfront town on North Carolina's Outer Banks now slowly being reclaimed by the sea (some of these buildings have since been moved or have collapsed)[photos: Greg Fitzgerald/ Island Free Press/ Don McCullough]")
![Abandoned houses in Mirlo Beach, a once thriving oceanfront town on North Carolina's Outer Banks now slowly being reclaimed by the sea (some of these buildings have since been moved or have collapsed)[photos: Greg Fitzgerald/ Island Free Press/ Don McCullough]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWIN3MvX0AAsGFI.jpg "Abandoned houses in Mirlo Beach, a once thriving oceanfront town on North Carolina's Outer Banks now slowly being reclaimed by the sea (some of these buildings have since been moved or have collapsed)[photos: Greg Fitzgerald/ Island Free Press/ Don McCullough]")
![Abandoned houses in Mirlo Beach, a once thriving oceanfront town on North Carolina's Outer Banks now slowly being reclaimed by the sea (some of these buildings have since been moved or have collapsed)[photos: Greg Fitzgerald/ Island Free Press/ Don McCullough]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWIN4zTXYAAdTrb.jpg "Abandoned houses in Mirlo Beach, a once thriving oceanfront town on North Carolina's Outer Banks now slowly being reclaimed by the sea (some of these buildings have since been moved or have collapsed)[photos: Greg Fitzgerald/ Island Free Press/ Don McCullough]")
[photos: Greg Fitzgerald/ Island Free Press/ Don McCullough]
Lots of people saying how much they would love to see these houses saved and restored — some were, after relocation. The building in the first image, Serendipity Inn, was moved to another part of the Outer Banks and fully refurbished. Happy days!
