“Nature is a haunted house—but Art—is a house that tries to be haunted.” —Emily Dickinson. Ever imagined how our Earth will look if humans were no longer be living on this planet? Here are 20 pictures that show how nature takes over abandoned areas giving us a glimpse of what the Earth would be without humans.
1. The Old Piano Tree, California
Image credits: Crackoala
2. Trees Taking Over Concrete, Hong Kong
Image credits: Romain JL
3. Abandoned Inner City Railway, Paris
Image credits: messynessychic.com
4. Bicycle Eaten by A Tree, Vashon Island Washington
Image credits: Ethan Welty
5. Abandoned Train Station, Abkhazia Georgia
Image credits: Flickr/Ilya Varlamov
6. 102-Old Floating Forest, Sydney Australia
Image credits: Flickr/AndyBrii
7. Vintage Automobile Graveyard, Belgium
Image credits: Flickr/Roseanne de Lange
8. Overgrown Ferris Wheel, North Carolina
Image credits: Flickr/Kyle Telechan
9. Abandoned Shopping Mall, Bangkok
Image credits: Jesse Rockwell
10. Old Abandoned Mill In Sorrento, Italy
Image credits: Jason Wallace
11. Abandoned Mining Town, Namibia
Image credits: Marsel Van Oosten
12. Abandoned 160-Year-Old Railway, Paris
Image credits: Pierre Folk
13. I.M. Cooling Tower, Belgium
Image credits: brokenview
14. Abandoned Fishermen’s Town, Kamchatka Russia
Image credits: englishrussia.com
15. An Abandoned Hotel Room, Colombia
Image credits: Matthias Haker
16. Tree Roots Encapsulate Old Temple Ruins, Angkor Cambodia
Image credits: Brad Grove
17. Edgewood Oak Brush Plains Preserve, Long Island
Image credits: Instagram/bridgette_kistinger
18. Weapon Of War Loses Battle To Nature, Tournai Belgium
Image credits: Instagram/joeri.houbrechts
19. Mossy Phone Booth, Washington State
Image credits: Reddit/ethan_kahn
20. Abandoned City Akarmara, Abkhazia Georgia
Image credits: Reddit/hashamean
What do you think of these abandoned areas? Let us know in the comments.
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