Check out 48 incredible evolutions of historic icons that showcase their stunning transformation.
The Empire State Building in 1931, the year of its completion…
…versus today:
Flooding in St. Mark’s Square, Venice in about 1910…
…versus the flooding in 2019:
The Eiffel Tower during the liberation of Paris in 1944…
…and on Bastille Day in 2024:
Chichén Itzá in 1892 before excavation…
…versus Chichén Itzá today:
Downtown Shanghai in 1930…
…versus downtown Shanghai today:
The Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco in 1913…
…versus the Casino in 2013:
Abu Simbel in 1933…
…versus Abu Simbel today:
Tokyo in the 1920s…
…and Tokyo today:
The Sunset Strip in 1937…
…and in 2021:
Mount St. Helens in 1933 and in 1980 during its eruption, and…
…Mount St. Helens today!
The Flatiron Building on Fifth Avenue and Broadway in 1920 and in 1965…
…and the Flatiron Building today:
People in front of the Hungarian Parliament Building during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956:
…and the Hungarian Parliament Building today:
Hiroshima in 1945, after the Atomic Bombing…
…versus Hiroshima today:
The Atomic Bomb Dome building, seen in both pictures, has been left in its original state since 1945.
The Brandenburg Gate hung with Nazi flags in 1936 and behind the Berlin Wall in 1982, and…
…the Brandenburg Gate in 2024:
Princess Diana posing at the Taj Mahal in 1992…
…versus tourists visiting in the rain in 2023:
The Titanic setting sail from Southampton in 1912…
…versus the bow of the ship at the wreck site:
The Sagrada Familia in Barcelona in 1936…
…versus the Sagrada Familia today:
Construction began in 1882 and is still going strong!
A church in Boscotrecase, Naples buried in lava flow after Mt. Vesuvius erupted…
…versus the same church today:
Anchorage, Alaska after the 1964 earthquake…
…versus Anchorage today:
The Ponte Vecchio in Florence, Italy after the November 1966 flood…
…versus the Ponte Vecchio today:
The fire and aftermath of the Tillamook Burn forest fire in Oregon in 1933…
…versus the Tillamook State Forest today:
The Manhattan skyline in 1950…
…versus the Manhattan skyline today:
Dresden after its bombing in 1945, shot by Richard Peter…
…and Dresden today:
And finally, the Ziggurat of Ur in Iraq in 1929, before it was fully excavated…
…versus the Ziggurat in 2020:
Source: www.buzzfeed.com