In the past decade, online retailers like Amazon have flourished, while stores and shopping malls continue ... photos below that show how badly America's malls have been hit over the last decade.

Amazon is reportedly taking over the site of a once thriving mall in Akron, Ohio, that was abandoned after falling ... to great fanfare as the premier shopping destination for the surrounding ...

The Metro North Shopping ... into the abandoned property to show how time has not been kind to this decaying mall. You can see more of Lawless' work in his upcoming book, Autopsy of America ...

With the rise of online shopping and changing ... like Sears and Macy's - which most malls financially depend on to survive. Many dead malls still lie abandoned today. But some are luckier ...