There’s a certain beauty that surrounds something being reclaimed by nature. Granted, some things take much longer to break down than others. But if you leave something unattended long enough the same process always begins. Here are some abandoned places in South Carolina that may surprise you.

1. A forgotten house is starting to blend into the surrounding landscape in Waterloo.
Flickr/Blake Lewis
2. This rusty relic was photographed in 2013 in SC, location undisclosed.
Flickr/Kevin Trotman
3. A corn oil mill somewhere in the upstate.
Flickr/Chris Wieland
4. ...and here.
Flickr/Chris Wieland
5. An empty school decays along the banks of the Congaree River.
Flickr/Hunter Desportes
6. These ruins near Greer are an eerily beautiful sight as photographed in 2008.
Flickr/Nathan Harper
7. "Urban Decay" is a photography genre all unto itself. Here, an undisclosed manufacturing facility in SC is in a state of ruin.
Flickr/David Scaglione
8. ...and here.
Flickr/David Scaglione

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9. An abandoned house looks like a "picker's" dream. But it's still private property.
Flickr/Barbara Mazz
10. This playground looks like at one point it was both fun AND safe. It was photographed about five years ago at an abandoned motel off I-95 in South Carolina.
Flickr/Samantha & Tim
11. An old closed bridge on Hwy 378 is overgrown and has an earthen surface.
Flickr/C Hanchey
12. ...and here.
Flickr/C Hanchey
13. Nature has started doing its thing as seen in this photo taken in St Matthews in 2009.
Flickr/Hunter Desportes
14. This photo gives a whole new meaning to the word "treehouse." Abandoned and photographed at an undisclosed location in South Carolina.
Flickr/Hunter Desportes
15. An abandoned church sits in a sad beautiful state of decay in Berkeley County.
Flickr/mogollon_1
16. If you try, you can almost hear the voices of the traveling children that once played in this now-defunct pool at an abandoned motel in South Carolina.
Flickr/Samantha & Tim
17. Once filled with water, Landsford Canal is filled with dirt and weeds in this photo.
Flickr/Duane Burdick

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