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A corner of the building away from the highway

A corner of the building away from the highway

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30 Mar 2016 191
Inside, in the dark, there were more pictures

Inside, in the dark, there were more pictures

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30 Mar 2016 196
The balloon contains the words "Mapquest sucks! I am SO lost. Call me when you get this. I'm gonna ask for directions at this farmhouse . . ."
Deep inside the building

Deep inside the building

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30 Mar 2016 203
The "secrets" referred to in the darkened hallway, apparently.
Inside, in the dark, was this

Inside, in the dark, was this

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30 Mar 2016 246
Good thing I had a flashlight (to those of you in Britain, a torch) to illuminate the picture
A typical Real Detective picture

A typical Real Detective picture

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30 Mar 2016 237
Some of them seem to have been painted elsewhere and glued to the building.
Vines and thorn bushes have grown over the pictures

Vines and thorn bushes have grown over the picture…

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30 Mar 2016 204
This image is kind of puzzling

This image is kind of puzzling

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30 Mar 2016 207
The abandoned building is decorated all over

The abandoned building is decorated all over

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30 Mar 2016 164
An alluring theme

An alluring theme

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30 Mar 2016 212
Much of the artwork features women in suggestive poses, police, and shadowy criminals, in the style of the "true crime" magazines of the 1950s and 60s.
Visible only from the train . . .

Visible only from the train . . .

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30 Mar 2016 218
. . . and the train no longer runs. The "real Detective" artist -- who here styled himself the "Rail Detective" -- painted the overpass supports. The work has been defaced by lesser "artists," however.
Side of an abandoned building

Side of an abandoned building

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30 Mar 2016 175
This mural is readily seen from a major U.S. highway, north of Athens, Ohio. But until recently, there was no clue as to who had painted it.