Hypnotic Images of a Chinese Ghost Town Completely Taken Over by Vegetation
By Corina Quinn
June 18, 2015
Credit: ChinaFotoPress
Shengshan Island, a former fishing village that’s part of the Shengsi Island cluster some 96 miles southeast of Shanghai, is visually mesmerizing. Mashable recently reported that since residents abandoned it in the 1990s, the ghost town has been completely run over by lush vegetation. Those photos show the ethereal effect the flourishing flora have on the old buildings. Click through and see for yourself.
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Corina Quinn is the digital travel editor at Travel + Leisure. You can follow her on Twitter at @corinaquinn or on Instagram at @corinaquinn.
Related: America’s Coolest Ghost Towns
Corina Quinn is the digital travel editor at Travel + Leisure. You can follow her on Twitter at @corinaquinn or on Instagram at @corinaquinn.
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By Corina Quinn