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While not an orphan, the Haskell Free Library and Opera House is an interesting border case.

 

http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-us-canada-border-runs-through-this-tiny-library

 

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Hello,

Illinois also has one, and it turns out that it was Illinois' first state capital -- Kaskaskia, Illinois.It can only be reached by driving into Missouri. The channel of the Mississippi River changed after floods in the 1880s, and the town ended up stranded west of the river.

Linda Zellmer

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