http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one en Copyright 2013, History.com Sat, 25 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-25T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo1 Los Angeles' famous highway system goes "green" as it begins to be overrun by plants and shrubbery. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo2 The ivy, along with buckhorn shrubbery, has now completely overrun Wrigley Field, covering everything in its path. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo3 Without any water, Los Angeles is in decay. The dried out vegetation causes wild fires. Without people there to put out the flames, they spread everywhere. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo4 The lines holding the S.S. Missouri to the docks succumb to corrosion and decay. The ship, now free of its moorings, floats out to sea. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo5 The Houston Astrodome, no longer air conditioned, become enormous contained eco-systems which house bats, insects, fungi, and many other creatures. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo6 Flooded and overrun by vegetation, New Orleans is in shambles. Broken levees are not the problem however. It is the fact that drainage pumps in the city no longer remove rainwater. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo7 Down in Atlanta, the Kudzu vine has completely taken over downtown and is even causing catastrophic damage to buildings downtown. Even the Georgia Dome is no match for this natural predator. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo8 Chicago's iconic Elevated Trains lay collapsed and in ruins. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo9 Connecting Detroit to the Canadian border, the Ambassador Bridge has been an icon of the city for many years. Without people there to care for it, however, it finally succumbs to nature's wrath http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo10 The tallest building in Boston, the iconic Prudential Center, crumbles into the lush gardens that have overrun the city. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo11 The Chrysler building, once New York's tallest skyscraper, finally collapses http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo11 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo12 Texas' tallest building succumbs to corrosion and finally collapses under its own weight. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo12 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo13 In Washington DC, the rusted and corroded dome atop the capitol building finally gives way. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo13 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo14 Corrosion finally takes down the Statue of Liberty, leaving America's symbol of hope to crumble into the ocean. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo14 http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo15 The Washington Monument is losing its battle against time and nature. http://www.history.com/photos/life-after-people-season-one/photo15