45 Times Nature Successfully Took Back What’s Hers

It seems that no matter how hard us humans try to create something, nature always finds a way to take it all back. And sometimes all that’s left is to take a step back and admire this unstoppable force at work.

#1 Amazing Abandoned 13th Century Château Located In France

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In 1932 a fire broke out and caused devastating damage to the building and its contents. It has since been left to the elements.

#2 An Abandoned Church In France

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#3 Someone Added Googley Eyes To This Tree Consuming A Bridge

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#4 Abandoned House, Norway Style

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

#6 Statue Of Buddha Being Reclaimed By Mangrove Forest

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

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#8 Trees Sprouted On Top Of Abandoned Chimneys

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#9 I Saw A Tree Eating A Stop Sign

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#10 Scola Tower, Liguria, Italy

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#11 Abandoned Bike Reclaimed By Ivy

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#12 Mother Nature Is Calling. Somewhere In China

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#13 Trees Grow Inside The Hull Of A Sunken Ship

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#14 Abandoned Asylum In Italy That Has Been Touched By Bob Ross

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#15 Destined To Be Green. Abandoned Escalator

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#16 Shrine In Japan

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

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

#19 A Barn Claimed By Kudzu In Tennessee

#20 Overgrown Roller Coaster

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#21 Abandoned Railway Bridge In Czech Republic

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#22 Mushrooms Growing Through The Floor!

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#23 This Tree I Found Growing In An Old Silo

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#24 This Building Was Completely Overgrown By Ivy

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#25 Abandoned Stone Cottage. Sneem/Kenmare, Ireland

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#26 Just A Little Moss, It Will Buff Out

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#27 Lost Road In WA

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

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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.

#29 I Found A Tree Growing Through Speed Limit Sign

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

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#31 Abandoned Car In Beijing

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#32 This Street Sign Has Been Covered By This Tree

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#33 Colony Of Moss Growing Inside A Bike Seat

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#34 A Tree Eating A Fence

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#35 Abandoned City Akarmara, Abkhazia

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

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#37 Road washed out by flood, WA state

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

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

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#40 Cactus In A Rain Gutter

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#41 This Tree Has Nearly Totally Grown Around A Sign

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#42 Abandoned Office Found With Lots Of Moss And Mold

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

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#44 Found A Shoe In The Woods

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#45 These Plants Growing Out Of Someone’s Car

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