Lewis Hine photographed young children who worked in factory mills, like this child in Lindale, Georgia, a community that no longer exists.
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Lewis Hine photographed young children who worked in factory mills, like this child in Lindale, Georgia, a community that no longer exists.

Ghosts aren’t just individual people who were once alive. They can also be entire towns – thriving communities that now only exist in memories, historical documents or the remnants of old buildings. We learn more about some of these communities from Lisa Russell, author of the new book, “Lost Towns of North Georgia.”