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If you're into these cool photos, you should consider watching shows like History Channel's The Life After People which have comprehensive timelines of collapses detailing what would happen if humans suddenly disappeared from the face of the earth.

Someone Added Googley Eyes To This Tree Consuming A Bridge

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Karin Jansen 5 years ago

Nomnomnomnom!

74points

The BBC (with scientific advice from Dr. Philip Wheeler, OU.) has entertained the thought about natural forces as well. Within just days, the electricity grid fails as supplies run out. There's nobody to override the power stations' failsafe mechanisms, too.

Abandoned House, Norway Style

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302points

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

nature will always prevail

45points

Within a week, the subways built under the water table flood. To put things into perspective, the 47 million liters ( 12.4M gallons) of water that was pumped out of the London Underground every day inundates tunnels. Without heating and air conditioning, mold takes over surfaces in homes and offices. Other plants begin taking over abandoned homes as different species compete for space.

An Abandoned Church In France

Final score:

302points

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

this looks like a fairy will fly by if you wait long enough

95points

Eventually, the lines between city and countryside get blurred. Windows fall out of rotten frames and nature's reclaiming of towns and cities would more and more evident. Meanwhile, farmland gets covered by scrub and trees.

But scattered on the surface, some things will never degrade. Metals corrode, plastics start breaking down and dispersing, but stainless steel pans, stranded granite worktops, and billions of car tires remain.

Statue Of Buddha Being Reclaimed By Mangrove Forest

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300points

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Agfox 5 years ago

"Be at one with the tree"

76points

Nuclear facilities fail. Some explode, unleashing an enormous amount of radiation onto the local ecosystem causing many animals to die. The radiation makes others mutate, creating new evolutionary lines. In a way, it's kind of soothing to know that the universe would carry on even without us, isn't it?

Trees Sprouted On Top Of Abandoned Chimneys

Final score:

283points

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Toujin C'Thlu 5 years ago

The chimneys look like trees themselves.

79points

The Desert Reclaiming Territories In Namibia. Now A Ghost Town, Kolmanskop Was Once An Oasis Where Miners Lived

Final score:

282points

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Holosexual 5 years ago

Surreal

64points

I Saw A Tree Eating A Stop Sign

Final score:

281points

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A panda 5 years ago

The "no!!"...irony

106points

Abandoned Apartment Building Being Claimed By The Sea In The Former Fishing Village Of Kirovsky, Russia

Final score:

267points

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Peta_C 5 years ago

Incredible! Reminds me of 'Inception'

90points

#10

Scola Tower, Liguria, Italy

Final score:

259points

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David Andreas 5 years ago

i'd live there

74points

#11

Trees Grow Inside The Hull Of A Sunken Ship

Final score:

254points

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Ankita Pattanayak 5 years ago (edited)

This is a chance the trees would not have got otherwise.Finally, humans helping nature!!

37points

#12

Abandoned Bike Reclaimed By Ivy

Final score:

251points

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Pan Narrans 5 years ago

As this is in The Netherlands it's probably an art project. Your bike would have been stolen before ivy had a chance to take hold.

92points

#13

Destined To Be Green. Abandoned Escalator

Final score:

248points

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Peta_C 5 years ago

Very post apocalyptic.

97points

#14

Mother Nature Is Calling. Somewhere In China

Final score:

229points

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Eirik Johnsbråten 5 years ago

This gives me Totoro vibes.

71points

#15

This Tree Grew Over A Grave Stone And Took The Cross With It

Final score:

228points

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Kaisu 5 years ago

This is really awesome!

39points

#16

Shrine In Japan

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223points

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Magic567 5 years ago

he's like plz don't eat me moss

70points

#17

Abandoned Asylum In Italy That Has Been Touched By Bob Ross

Final score:

221points

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A panda 5 years ago

And some street artists on the left😂

40points

#18

Abandoned Stone Cottage. Sneem/Kenmare, Ireland

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213points

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J L 5 years ago

You find these all over Ireland. Most are famine era. Either the people died, left for the cities or left the country. Ireland can feel crowded, tourists everywhere and better roads connecting the whole country and hundreds of thousands me people with the recent immigration but there still less people living here that there was before the famine.

7points

#19

Earth Slowly Reclaiming An Abandoned Boat - SS City Of Adelaide, Wrecked Off The Coast Of Magnetic Island, Australia

Final score:

204points

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

imagine all the creatures that now reside in there. a new world

63points

#20

A Barn Claimed By Kudzu In Tennessee

Final score:

203points

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spirit wolf 5 years ago

This is such a common sight in rural Tennessee, that thing grows at lightning speed.

67points

#21

Overgrown Roller Coaster

Final score:

197points

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A panda 5 years ago

The ride's gonna be adventurous

37points

#22

This Building Was Completely Overgrown By Ivy

Final score:

191points

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The Cute Cat 5 years ago

Can it be called an Ivy League?

51points

#23

Abandoned Railway Bridge In Czech Republic

Final score:

189points

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The Cute Cat 5 years ago

This one is beautifull

24points

#24

Just A Little Moss, It Will Buff Out

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186points

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A panda 5 years ago

Mysterious van of adventures

27points

#25

This Tree I Found Growing In An Old Silo

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184points

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A panda 5 years ago

Amazing

19points

#26

Mushrooms Growing Through The Floor!

Final score:

177points

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A panda 5 years ago

Cutie mushies

28points

#27

I Found A Tree Growing Through Speed Limit Sign

Final score:

177points

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Kaisu 5 years ago

It's amazing how nature finds a way

47points

#28

Lost Road In WA

Final score:

172points

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Kevin Camp 5 years ago

We have many of those in Oklahoma. Especially where the Corps of Engineers have created reservoirs and swallowed up hundreds of small communities. Roads that disappear into a lake is common place here. There are dozens of small towns in Oklahoma that were relocated because otherwise they would be underwater. Some are just gone.

32points

#29

I Grew Up On The Puerto Rico Navy Base Which Closed In 2004. It’s Now Overgrown And Taken Over By Nature

I found a picture of the road I grew up on- this is the part after the hill behind me. It makes me sad, there were lots of good memories there.

jenpriester Report

Final score:

163points

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Lilli 5 years ago

awww... that's sad.

16points

#30

A Tree Eating A Fence

Final score:

158points

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The Cute Cat 5 years ago

Defense-less fence..

47points

#31

This Tree Has Almost Completely Overgrown A Large Metal Sign Posted On It

Final score:

157points

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Misaki Chan 5 years ago

"Tree End" 😅

28points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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Thrill-Seeking Diver Jumps Down Extreme Waterslide, Ignoring The Strict Ban For Women

#32

Nature Winning The Battle Against Civilization In The Exclusion Zone Around Chernobyl

Final score:

156points

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John R. 5 years ago

It's Simon !!!!!

12points

#33

This Street Sign Has Been Covered By This Tree

Final score:

154points

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Adina Vaideș 5 years ago

Wisteria <3

2points

#34

Abandoned Car In Beijing

Final score:

150points

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Luis Milian 5 years ago

I imagined abandoned because hoomans left the area, but to live along side a trash car and let it sit there long enough for this to happen is just lazy and nasty

30points

#35

Colony Of Moss Growing Inside A Bike Seat

Final score:

145points

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A B C 5 years ago

It looks like there's a miniature ravine in there, complete with trees and a river at the bottom

125points

Carson Lujan 5 years ago

I thought that too

1point

Enigmatic Harle 5 years ago

And that's why moss is so amazing!!

1point

hispanic! at the disco 5 years ago

Damn so beautiful.

1point

Lilli 5 years ago

I can't stop seeing that now!

1point

CelSlade 5 years ago

Alternate world...

0points

Elizabeth Butler 5 years ago

So like an aerial shot, it looks photoshopped

0points

Lucia Ottingerová 5 years ago

looks like a small world inside

6points

Gryffindor Grace 5 years ago

it looks like a little valley!

3points

A panda 5 years ago

TBH thats a little gross

3points

Vlad Horobet 5 years ago

No, that's a little moss.

10points

Agfox 5 years ago

Out-take from Men in Black

2points

Catlady6000 5 years ago

I was just thinking the Locker People!

1point

Louise Brigance 5 years ago

Could pass for a miniature Amazon river basin

1point

recoveryforeva 5 years ago

I would make it into I tiny garden :)

1point

dankay01 5 years ago

It's own little ecosystem!

1point

David Jeu 5 years ago

Microcosm

0points

Ally Kaye 5 years ago

I agree A B C

0points

sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago

Perfect environment, for nature to take over !!!

0points

Mary Rose Kent 5 years ago

That looks more like lichen to me.

0points

Zaheen Muhammad 5 years ago

Extra mushy!

0points

Peggy Bereza 5 years ago

Ahh, I hope the biker rides standing up.

0points

Kelly Horrigan 5 years ago

Men in Black

0points

Frankenfrog 5 years ago

Looks incredibly photoshopped

0points

Ed Souza 5 years ago

I can't really tell if it's real or PS.

0points

Deborah Marquez 5 years ago

Photoshopped...

-1point

Bruce Jackson 5 years ago

I think photo-shopped this one.

-1point

Ashley Wright 5 years ago

That’s just gross.

-1point

#36

This Tree Near My School Track That Absorbed A Fence And Shows The Pattern On The Bark

Final score:

144points

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Louise Brigance 5 years ago

Tree is totally uninterested in who was there first! Never mind, I'm coming through!!

26points

#37

Cactus In A Rain Gutter

Final score:

139points

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Toujin C'Thlu 5 years ago

I'm guessing a bird dropped a seed in the gutter.

27points

#38

A Sacred Tree Reclaiming An Occupied 5 Story Building In An Old Section Of Downtown Kolkata

Final score:

139points

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Susan Gardner 5 years ago

very creepy. talk about a 'haunted house.' can you imagine what it looks like at night? yikes!

16points

#39

This Tree Has Nearly Totally Grown Around A Sign

Final score:

135points

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A panda 5 years ago

Sign said "pleASE"

16points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#40

Abandoned City Akarmara, Abkhazia

Final score:

134points

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dzerashvili 5 years ago

It is not a country. You shoul mention the country's name. GEORGIA

24points

#41

Road washed out by flood, WA state

Final score:

126points

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Randomcthulu 5 years ago

I've seen this kind of thing happen in New Mexico after heavy rains caused flash flooding.

14points

#42

Found A Shoe In The Woods

Final score:

125points

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Thenatural 5 years ago

Gucci would sell that at £850 as 'distressed' trainers

63points

#43

An Old Abandoned Road Slowly Healing Over And Being Reclaimed By Nature

Final score:

121points

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Kjorn 5 years ago

road to silent hill

32points

#44

These Plants Growing Out Of Someone’s Car

Final score:

113points

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Toujin C'Thlu 5 years ago

A similar thing happened to my dad's car when I was a kid. We joked that it was becoming a Chia Car

49points

#45

Abandoned Office Found With Lots Of Moss And Mold

Final score:

105points

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GFSTaylor 5 years ago

Are you sure that's not just a carpet left over from the 70's ?

54points

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#46

Castle Hackett

Final score:

38points

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#47

When Nature Takes Over

Final score:

38points

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French Diver’s “Jewels” In Tight Swimming Trunks Become Talk Of The Town At Olympics

#48

Abandoned Bridge Near Manu, Peru Getting Overgrown With Vines

Final score:

37points

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Lilyan 5 years ago

will the vines eventually become the bridge?

13points

#49

Mossy Phone Booth. Hoh Rainforest, Olympic Peninsula, Washington State

Final score:

34points

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Roger Haywood 5 years ago

Nature calling.

8points

#50

Lost War Tool Taken Over By Beautiful Nature

Final score:

33points

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The Cute Cat 5 years ago

One machine is obsolete.. But so sad that the idea is not..

8points

#51

Kudzu Claims A Bridge

Final score:

33points

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tuzdayschild 5 years ago

Kudzu will one day claim us all.

5points

#52

Nature Reclaims! The Trees Grow Where The Tracks Once Were

Final score:

33points

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#53

This Unused Swing Covered In Moss

Final score:

33points

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Kjorn 5 years ago

natural cushion

9points

#54

Rolling Acres Mall In Akron, Ohio

Final score:

33points

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Rob Chapman 5 years ago

This was demolished in 2017.

7points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

#55

The Old Westinghouse Electric

Final score:

31points

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Mom Leaves $250k Inheritance To Son, Throws A Fit When Daughter Stops Looking After Her

#56

My Friend Found This In The Woods Behind His House

Final score:

29points

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Danish Dynomummy 5 years ago

Kill it with fire!

38points

#57

A Tennis Ball Covered In Moss

Final score:

27points

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Niito 5 years ago

All terrain marimo

0points

#58

A Lantern Overgrown By Vines That Looks Like A Tree

Final score:

27points

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Gryffindor Grace 5 years ago

when i first looked at it, i thought it was floating

5points

#59

These Bikes That Tenants Left In The Back Yard

Final score:

26points

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Lilli 5 years ago

wow. I have a story I just made up now! what if a teenager had a bunch of his/her friends over and they had a sleepover? then, the teenager ate their brains after playing video games for hours because he started hallucinating and thought he was a zombie? then, their bikes remained there... sorry, what is wrong with me? where did that thought even come from???

5points

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What do you think ?

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P Piorecki 5 years ago

Anyone recall a show many years ago, I think it was either the Discovery Channel or on the History Channel that showed what would happen to our planet if all humans all of the sudden disappeared from existence. If I remember correctly, I think they said it would take approximately 250,000 years for all signs of our civilization to be completely gone.

6points

Vicky Zar 5 years ago

I think it was called "life after people"

3points

Andrew Yost 2 years ago

NatGeo had a similar show called "Aftermath" followed by a tv special with a similar title.

0points

María Hermida 5 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

Jill 5 years ago

At the office building where I worked, "someone" has pulled the fire alarm. It turned out that one of the trees in a planter had grown so much that it pushed up the lever. I would never have believed it had I not heard it from the firemen themselves.

4points

URA_HippoCritter 5 years ago

Everything created on Earth eventually goes back to that earth. As it should.

4points

Eirik Johnsbråten 5 years ago

"Nature Winning The Battle Against Civilization"? I wish...

4points

Nitro 5 years ago

Life uhh.. finds a way.

4points

Zoe's Mom 5 years ago

SHE will always reclaim what's hers.

3points

sh 5 years ago

I love to see nature taking back over, but the amount of things that humans just abandon makes me sick. To just build places and then leave the mess behind after they're no longer used is terrible.

3points

The Girl on Fire 5 years ago

I would simultaneously love to visit these and also be completely creeped out by some of them

3points

Manu Costil 5 years ago

from Paris with love... or gaz Gaz-Tree-5...5e3c59.jpg

2points

Catherine Spencer-Mills 5 years ago

wreck of the Peter Iredale, Oregon coast near Astoria Peter-Ired...688dc0.jpg

2points

Katinka Min 5 years ago

As romantic as these pics look, so many make me so angry about the waste! We waste SO MUCH - material, things, space. Is it really so hard to clear out an office? I'm sure someone would have had use for that chair. I sort of envy countries wiht so much space - where I live, most of these places would not exist, long term, simply because we have no space to waste.

1point

Podunkus 5 years ago

The titles of Abandoned This and Abandoned That started to get annoying. Those places are total “ruins” and not freshly vacated spaces any more.

1point

bee pot 5 years ago

it's amazing. I wonder what the world would look like if humans went underground for like 500 years?

0points

Michaela Šandalová 5 years ago

https://www.demilked.com/nature-claiming-things-back/ Anyone knows why there are the same articles on this other page?

0points

louvrehvsem 3 years ago

Michaela Šandalová no

0points

Bob Buckley 5 years ago

Tho some are interesting, many look photoshopped.

0points

sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago

Very interesting, persist , prevail, good post !!!

0points

María Hermida 5 years ago

If you enjoyed these photos you should watch a film/documentary called "Life after people". The orginal I think appeared in the History Channel, and later they decided to make a series. I didn't see the series but the film is wonderful. It shows how nature will slowly conquer everything if humans disappeared overnight. It's not depressing; it's just relaxing: life will go on without us.

0points

Rob Wunsch 5 years ago

Malaysia 370 now probably home to many happy organisms.

0points

Sandy Surface 5 years ago

I think the “funny” little comments under all the pictures and subjects Bored Panda prints shouldn’t be allowed. Some people think these are so cool. They’re not.

-1point

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-2points

Roman DeJesus 4 years ago

stop scammer

1point

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P Piorecki 5 years ago

6points

Vicky Zar 5 years ago

I think it was called "life after people"

3points

Andrew Yost 2 years ago

NatGeo had a similar show called "Aftermath" followed by a tv special with a similar title.

0points

María Hermida 5 years ago

This comment has been deleted.

0points

Jill 5 years ago

4points

URA_HippoCritter 5 years ago

Everything created on Earth eventually goes back to that earth. As it should.

4points

Eirik Johnsbråten 5 years ago

"Nature Winning The Battle Against Civilization"? I wish...

4points

Nitro 5 years ago

Life uhh.. finds a way.

4points

Zoe's Mom 5 years ago

SHE will always reclaim what's hers.

3points

sh 5 years ago

I love to see nature taking back over, but the amount of things that humans just abandon makes me sick. To just build places and then leave the mess behind after they're no longer used is terrible.

3points

The Girl on Fire 5 years ago

I would simultaneously love to visit these and also be completely creeped out by some of them

3points

Manu Costil 5 years ago

from Paris with love... or gaz Gaz-Tree-5...5e3c59.jpg

2points

Catherine Spencer-Mills 5 years ago

wreck of the Peter Iredale, Oregon coast near Astoria Peter-Ired...688dc0.jpg

2points

Katinka Min 5 years ago

1point

Podunkus 5 years ago

The titles of Abandoned This and Abandoned That started to get annoying. Those places are total “ruins” and not freshly vacated spaces any more.

1point

bee pot 5 years ago

it's amazing. I wonder what the world would look like if humans went underground for like 500 years?

0points

Michaela Šandalová 5 years ago

https://www.demilked.com/nature-claiming-things-back/ Anyone knows why there are the same articles on this other page?

0points

louvrehvsem 3 years ago

Michaela Šandalová no

0points

Bob Buckley 5 years ago

Tho some are interesting, many look photoshopped.

0points

sharron lynn parsons 5 years ago

Very interesting, persist , prevail, good post !!!

0points

María Hermida 5 years ago

0points

Rob Wunsch 5 years ago

Malaysia 370 now probably home to many happy organisms.

0points

Sandy Surface 5 years ago

I think the “funny” little comments under all the pictures and subjects Bored Panda prints shouldn’t be allowed. Some people think these are so cool. They’re not.

-1point

Santos Oliver Dinero 5 years ago

-2points

Roman DeJesus 4 years ago

stop scammer

1point