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“When Humans Leave, Nature Starts To Take Back”: 35 Abandoned Places Lost In Time
In the hustle and bustle of modern life, it's easy to forget that we are mere visitors in the grand scheme of our planet. But a Twitter account called 'When Humans Leave' is here to remind us of that uncanny fact.
With a simple yet profound bio that reads, "When Humans leave, Nature starts to take back," this account offers a captivating glimpse into the power of Mother Earth.
From forgotten cities swallowed up by lush greenery to crumbling structures enveloped by cascading vines, each post is a poignant testament to time and its ability to settle the score.
While the account's bio invites submissions, it remains an enigma who is behind this online project. However, it is affiliated with the UK-based @WowTerrifying group, known for their colorful collection of viral content.
So, go ahead and immerse yourself in these captivating wonders of nature's resurgence!
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Nicholas Jaden Husein Student 2 years ago
Something about this just captivates me. It's so stunning
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elleestrebelle 2 years ago
It belongs to the side buildings of an old castle. The castle has been renovated but the pool and horse stables are slowly decaying.
Living Example 2 years ago
This evokes mixed feelings. You smile at the thought of people splashing and playing, but feel sadness at its demise. Abandoned buildings do have their own kind of beauty. Also, there are so many stories to be told by an empty place and the relics left behind.
andrea jennings 2 years ago
I LOVE when Mother Earth reclaims from us what is hers. This picture is beautiful
Living Example 2 years ago
Yes. I would love to be able to see it in 50 and 100 years.
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Freya the Wanderer 2 years ago
Imagine when the ride was operating, and the train rolled into that creature's mouth - serious nightmare fuel there.
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Agfox 2 years ago
So, you're saying it wasn't a money-making dragon, then?
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ｍƗ𝐍Ɨ 𝐓𝓱𝑒 𝐀𝐍𝕘𝑒ᒪ (Read bio!) 2 years ago
Yeah… imagine how many spiders and mosquitoes there are!
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John Kamau 2 years ago
Then there is that one person that keeps visiting to see if it is still open
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Jenna Logan 2 years ago
I don't know why but the first thought I had was Jumanji lol. Really pretty though
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S. E. in Indiana 2 years ago
The inside doesn't actually look all that bad. Surprised nobody has tried to refurbish this place. Diners, drive ins and dives could add this to the list.
Lord Carlinhos Benetti junior 2 years ago
It's depends where is located! British have the culture of eating out even a coffee is rather taken not at home! Culture also matters!
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Louisa Johnson 2 years ago
Yes I was thinking this looked the same. Not sure this is actually legit
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Carole Reid 2 years ago
And serve a great burger and a delicious Black and White soda!
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BetterBitterButter 2 years ago
I don't know why but i want to know the story behind this. What exactly happened that the homeowner left their house like this?
Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
That’s really sad. Didn’t anyone try and reunite the presents with their intended recipient?
ERIKA H. 2 years ago
I'm pretty sure this one is a staged photo. The home probably is actually abandoned, but those are likely propped
Mark Bayliss 2 years ago
Can't put my finger on it but there is something sad/sinister about this picture.
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ｍƗ𝐍Ɨ 𝐓𝓱𝑒 𝐀𝐍𝕘𝑒ᒪ (Read bio!) 2 years ago
UPVOTE FOR THE SIMPSONS REFERENCE!!!
Load More Replies... WiggleJiggle the Emo Penguin 2 years ago
Are those the Statue of Liberty shoes why r they so big????
Blyss Blyssylb 2 years ago
My Favorite Bowling Alley! I can Always get a lane to bowl in here! 😁
PlatinumTheCat 2 years ago
I want to know what happened, what was the reason for leaving it like this
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Salem nothing 2 years ago
Is this from the Vice video where they find what appears to be a drowned animal in the fountain? Abandoned building can be fun to explore, but you can find a lot of bad things. Occasionally bad things find you...
ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago (edited)
People living in tents would beg to disagree. And take their chances. I personally believe that all abandoned malls should be renovated by billionaires to house the homeless. I'd do it. If anyone's doing it; I'd invest.
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Steven Berryhill 2 years ago
Malls weren't really a thing back in the 70s. The 80s, malls were the only reason to live.
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Nice Beast Ludo 2 years ago
Sad... so much waste. So much more to come when they all close down for nothing
Seadog 2 years ago
I've been inside a dying mall. They're strange. Many locales have learned the days of big indoor malls are gone. After our city decided to let a developer build one, thus killing the CBD & downtown businesses which couldn't afford the rent in the mall, they learned about 20 years later the mall was a bad idea when it folded and an outside company bought it, Leveled 1/2 of it and turned the remaining stores into outside entrance like the malls of yesteryear so none are dependent on a set schedule or what others are doing. The worst part is they lost nearly all the good stores and now they've filled it with anyone that's interested just so they have a tenant. So they have a bunch of c**p stores. If we need to shop variety, we have to drive nearly 100 miles.
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unknown 2 years ago
That was. A. Weird. Book. Mostly because. Of all the. Short. Sentences. And periods every. Few. Words.
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
No, that's just a typical Pennsylvania highway. They're all like that.
Rivers of Belief 2 years ago
That's what roads look like in Pittsburgh PA! Typical size pothole
Stymied Egan 2 years ago
I used to snorkel over an old section of A1A in South Florida that has been underwater so long there are strange coral formations on it. I found some beautiful tropical fish living there. Took some research to find out that it was formally A1A.
Nancy Lynch 2 years ago
A rock slide could have taken out a big section and it would cost too much to repair.
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Mariele Scherzinger 2 years ago
In a few thousand years, some archeologist will dig up this place and wonder WTF those crazy atomic age people thought they were doing.
Kevin the Manager 2 years ago
Those shrubs are like "WHEEEEE" over the course of several years...
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Blyss Blyssylb 2 years ago (edited)
Amusement Park in Pripyat, Ukraine 30 + years after Chernobyl Power Plant had a Radioactive disaster.
Tasos Papadopoulos 2 years ago
Farewell to the fairground. These rides aren't working anymore...
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Veronica Devlin 2 years ago
I thought that immediately! Maybe I just watch too much Mr. Ballen?
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PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Yes, looks like a great place to see a show :'-(
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Steven Berryhill 2 years ago (edited)
This reminds me of the abandoned theater I slept in in New Orleans 6 months after Hurricane Katrina. That place was haunted . At least the ghosts were cool to me while I stayed there.
S. E. in Indiana 2 years ago
Need a historical group to refurbish this theatre and make it grand again.
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S. E. in Indiana 2 years ago
The franchisee that owned this burger king should be held responsible for the building maintenance until it is sold or torn down. I think the city that this is in should be fining them.
Michael Hauck 2 years ago
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men. Couldn’t put BK together again.
Seadog 2 years ago
When a restaurant goes this long without a tenant, there's a bigger story behind it. Sometimes it's a matter of the lease. BK may have signed a 20 year least then pulled out after say 5 years but the building can't be leased until their lease is up. Everyone loses in the end. Rent is paid on a building they're not using, and while the owner does get money every month, in the end they're left with an unusable structure. Here, a developer built a strip mall back in the 80's and made an agreement with someone to make it happen that the rest of the land wouldn't be developed for 100 years. So now all parties are dead and gone, the original business are all long gone and a large commercial space sits undeveloped. At the rate things are going, by the time that century is up, there won't be any reason to develop it. Everyone loses in the end
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Hoody Hoo 2 years ago
That's it , we're planning a trip to eat the Forbidden Crisps.
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Eli 2 years ago
Thinks like this always blow my mind with the thought that one day, however long ago, someone used this without any thought, with absolutely NO idea they would be the last person to EVER use it. Same with places, someone left that house/theme park/swimming pool one day and no one ever went back. Especially the ones that still have stuff in them, like no one cleared it out. It implies that it wasn't planned that no one would go back, rather than a planned shut down/move. Just a weird thought.
Just me, myself, and I 2 years ago
Every once in a while I get a similar eerie thought. What if this is the last time I do this? Then I try to enjoy the heck out of it. Turns into a kind of Zen-like thing.
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Wow. The level of deterioration of the machine compared to the contents... What is that stuff made of??
Dak Janiels 2 years ago
That should say a LOT about what we eat...even vermin didn't eat that stuff.
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Amberlie Mikelsen 2 years ago
Why do I picture a Nightmare On Elm Street marathon in a place like this?
Shankshaw Redeemer 2 years ago
Anyone else see some white tennis shoes a ways down the aisle? I'm really high or just crazy!
Shankshaw Redeemer 2 years ago
Maybe it's just a stain in the carpet. But you may see what I saw.
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Juliane Maxwell 2 years ago
What crazy fool snuck in to leave graffiti behind? Are they alive and cancer free?
WFH Forever 2 years ago
What clearly took place was a nuclear reactor that exploded and then started to melt down which does the entire world with radiation.
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Dagnirath 2 years ago
Not before you said something. Thanks for the nightmare fuel!
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Cindy Hathaway 2 years ago
Just seen the face on the first door on the left but if you zoom in closely you'll see a face on the second door as well...SWEET DREAMS SLEEP SWEET 😘😜
Marley Wilson 2 years ago (edited)
*takes one step in and hears maniacal laughter* NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE *books it* (edit; i realize thats cringy but you must understand... its 2:01 AM where i am... i don't have a brain)
Peeka_Mimi 2 years ago
What would suck, haunting a prison. Like you died there and still can't get freedom? That ain't right.
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Thomas Ewing 2 years ago
Why not the "Mr. Ed" theme song? " A corpse is a corpse, of course, of course..."
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ValdaDeDieu 2 years ago
If walls could talk. Or you could stand in a certain spot here and go back in time.
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The Other Other White Meat 2 years ago
It'd be really cool if a lot of these abandoned buildings could be cleaned up and maintained by some kind of grant funding to help the homeless get back on their feet 🥰
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Agfox 2 years ago
Burj Al Babas in Turkey - almost 600 finished & unfinished houses. Construction commenced in 2014 but the developers went bankrupt before the 4-year program could be completed
Hobby Hopper 2 years ago
That explains why they're all a plain boring color. Such a waste. If only someone could have bought them out or something.
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Blyss Blyssylb 2 years ago
Turkish government should take over and make that available Housing for quake victims.
Sinnsyk Jakte 2 years ago
Who would want to live in a Renn-Faire themed cluster suburb anyway...?
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Lord of the laserprinter. 2 years ago
Can you imagine exploring all on your own and going into the vault and the door swings shut and locks?
LonelyLittleLeafSheep 2 years ago
Does anyone else remember the movie "The Vault" with James Franco? 😱
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Anyone-for-tea? 2 years ago
Where are all these bigger places, like theme parks, cinemas etc? Don’t the owners have an obligation to get rid of what can be recycled and not to leave junk lying around?
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
I would imagine not. And even if they did how do you get a broke company to do that?
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Shayne Randlett 2 years ago
This is The Swingers' Tiki Palace in Birmingham, Alabama. The owner was convicted of tax evasion and hiring a hitman to kill his wife's lover. So, basically he was living the exact sort of life you would expect someone with a giant Playboy pool to be living...
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Ken Beattie 2 years ago
They're... not... mannequins... *runs away screaming*
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mhoulden 2 years ago
Aldwych Tube station. Trains don't run there any more but it's still used for things like filming.
agender idiot (he/they) 2 years ago
reminds me of one of the fantastical creatures movies
Load More Replies... Markus Weiler 2 years ago
The Dead Milkmen - Only the Dead Get off at Kymlinge https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ly2IUHpb8Ys
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David 2 years ago
There was a santa park not too far from where i live. I think it closed. I never understood such an exclusionary theme for a theme park. Park designers: "Let's base it on a holiday". Okay, but one that is only celebrated one day a year". "And one that is focused around a religion that much of the world does not follow." "Okay, but let's also alienate many people in that religion by focusing on a distorted stereotype image of a dead saint instead of on the deity the religious holiday is actually about!" "Perfect! There's no way we can fail!"
Sinnsyk Jakte 2 years ago
I imagine this Hellish Santa golem pulling the sharpened candy cane stakes from the ground as it rises to its full height and utters a low but bellowing growl of 'Ho. Ho. Hooo.' And then you run.
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Hugh Walter 2 years ago
Something like half the Olympic sites ever built look like this, or have been cleared - monumental bankrupter for all but the richest nations.
LALALand 2 years ago
Let's go ahead and top that pool off before jumping off those platforms.....
PolymathNecromancer 2 years ago
Actually, even that seems to be not NEARLY enough water
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Gustavo Heredia 2 years ago
I alway wondered about this abandoned places... Are they free to take or have lazy owners?
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Rivers of Belief 2 years ago
You actually had to drive there park and go inside to see if they had the latest movies....oh the pain...leave your house to get a movie
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Grace Knowlton 2 years ago
The last blockbuster on earth is in my hometown and they turned it into an airbnb where you can watch movies on a giant screen with popcorn and snacks like your own private theater
Craig Jones 2 years ago
They already have that. The last Blockbuster in operation in Eastern Oregon.
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S. E. in Indiana 2 years ago
You know that this is in a shopping center somewhere, why hasn't it been maintained for a new tenant to move into?
Johnnynatfan 2 years ago
Not necessarily. There were stand alone blockbusters
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Bad Ass69 2 years ago
Blockbuster! The gankiest video rental place to ever exist!!! They hired the biggest jerks on the planet to run them! Video Giant was a smaller outfit but lasted longer! Blockbuster was so ganky it got to where you could buy the movie for cheaper at Wal-Mart than renting from Blockbuster!
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S. E. in Indiana 2 years ago
Yes, but remember, they are the last ones who would ever let you down.
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Laura Travis 2 years ago
I'll bet that shake machine is worth some bucks. I'd take it and restore it.
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Pat Curran 2 years ago
If you build it, they will come. But dammit, put in some seats so they can watch the game when they get here!
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Seadog 2 years ago
When you look at the real talent that's displayed in much graffiti, it's a shame they couldn't paint something worth seeing instead of just a name or words.
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Hoody Hoo 2 years ago
There's a diner in Maryland that's across the street from an abandoned fairy tale type park. It's super-terrifying to be eating & look out the window at gnomes and s**t covered in kudzu.
El Howard 2 years ago
In most of these, people had grand plans and just ran out of money.
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Hoody Hoo 2 years ago
There's a diner in Maryland that's across the street from an abandoned fairy tale type park. It's super-terrifying to be eating & look out the window at gnomes and s**t covered in kudzu.
El Howard 2 years ago
In most of these, people had grand plans and just ran out of money.
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