From the beautiful place in Ukraine called the Tunnel of Love covered in nature itself to the dangerous radioactive Chernobyl.

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8. Kolmanskop, Namib
This ghost town lies in the Namib desert that is located in the southern region of Namibia, however, it wasn’t always like this. Back in 1908, a worker named Zacharias Lewala discovered a diamond and notified his supervisor. Eventually, German miners settled in the area and built the town with buildings such as a hospital, school, and even a casino...

7. Cairo, Illinois
This town was once a prospering little community during the 1920’s and had a population of around 15,000 people. That didn’t last for too long. Once railways began popping up they put a dent into the shipping industry as there wasn’t really a need for steamboats to carry cargo anymore. Bridges were built through this town throughout the years and helped contribute to its downfall. It was when the Interstate 57 bridge was built in 1978 that the town’s hotel and restaurant business began to die out. Much of the town is now covered in ivy and it was reported that in 2014 there was only a population of around 2,576 people.

6. The Tango Class Submarine B-307
This Russian submarine called the B-307 was once part of a group of diesel-electric submarines that were constructed by the Soviet Union in order to replace the Foxtrot class of subs. This new class was dubbed the Tango class and was given the title Project 641B. It was better equipped than its predecessor with a longer battery capacity, new military weapons, and an increase in pressure hull volume. As of today, the B-307 resides at the Togliatti Museum of Technology in Samara, Russia. It, along with two other 641B-class submarines, the B-396, and the B-515, operate as museum ships.

5. The Chagos Islands
It was back in 1965 that the inhabitants of the Chagos Islands were forced out of their country to make way for a US airbase that was to be built on Diego Garcia. It took 8 years before the Chagossians were all finally relocated to either Mauritius or Seychelles, depending on where they wanted to go. To this day, the Chagossians continue to fight for their right to return back to their island and resettle. Over the course of 50 years, the island has managed to consume all the buildings and wrap them in foliage. The church in the following image even had its roof collapse.

4. Longgang District, Shenzhen
Located in Shenzhen City is the Longgang District that houses over 120 villas that remain unfinished. The villas were supposed to be extremely luxurious but were left unfinished in 1992 because the developer had apparently run out of money. The area has now been overrun by nature and its said that the buildings are scheduled to be demolished, however, they are still waiting for the official word from authorities.

3. Shengshan Island, Zhejiang province, China
This island was once home to a thriving community of fisherman that lived off the land and part of the nearly 400 islands that make up the Shengsi Islands. However, the natives soon realized that it would be a much easier quality of life if they were to move to the mainland. Eventually, the island was deserted because of other job opportunities found elsewhere and the need for better education. Today, the village buildings have been encased with a layer of plant life as there has been no one to keep up with the maintenance.

2. Fukushima, Japan
It’s here that the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the largest nuclear disaster to occur since Chernobyl, all started due to the Tōhoku earthquake back on March 11, 2011. The shifting of the tectonic plates caused a massive tsunami to emerge and it destroyed the emergency generators that were cooling the reactors. This caused three nuclear meltdowns and forced a total of 470,000 people to evacuate their homes, along with the number of people whose homes were destroyed by the tsunami. The following image that you see was taken four years after the incident and as you can see the forest has managed to practically swallow these abandoned cars.

1. Pripyat, Ukrainian SSR
This happens to be the town where the dreaded Chernobyl disaster took place exactly 30 years ago on April 26, 1986, and is remembered as the worst nuclear power plant accident. A devastating steam explosion in the power plant’s No. 4 reactor caused an alarming amount of radioactive isotopes to be launched up into the atmosphere. The 50,000 citizens of the town were forced to evacuate the day after the explosion leaving their entire lives behind, along with most of their possessions. Today, the ghostly remnants of the town have been slowly consumed by the foliage of Mother Nature during the past three decades.

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