Haunting photos of America's dead shopping malls
The White Flint Mall in Bethesda, Maryland opened in 1977.
The upscale mall was home to stores like Bloomingdale's and I. Magnin. Even Elizabeth Taylor was reported to appear at a department store at the mall.
Source: Washington Post
Before it closed, it was something of a ghost mall.
This is the closed-down Rolling Acres Mall in Akron, Ohio.
This is the Randall Park Mall in Cleveland. It was ultimately torn down in the end of 2014.
Source: CNN
This was taken at the Maple Hill Mall in Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 2004, when the mall was totally abandoned.
This is what was once Glamour Nails at Maple Hill Mall. The mall was ultimately turned into a strip mall called Maple Hill Pavilion.
Source: Deadmalls.com
This was formerly a Macy's at the Brookdale Mall in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. The mall closed in 2010.
Source: Deadmalls
This is the deserted Carousel Mall in San Bernardino, California.
Surprisingly, it's still around, but according to Deadmalls.com, it just has "a few mom and pop type shops and some local businesses that are fighting a losing battle."
Source: Deadmalls.com
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