You'd be forgiven for thinking that a UFO had landed in this grassy area of Royse City, a dinky settlement east of Dallas. This was the vision of Finnish architect Matti Suuronen, who created a series of otherworldly Futuro Houses in the 1960s. These small, prefabricated homes were designed to be popped up almost anywhere, and they were erected all over the world.

However, many people took a disliking to the futuristic architecture and most were left abandoned or destroyed. This one remains, a decrepit and graffitied shell that draws photographers (and the occasional curious traveller).

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Abandoned places in Texas that time forgot