20+ Photos, That Show How Much the Same Place can Change Over Time

Time changes the world around us, not only over many years, but sometimes even in the course of a single day. And this difference becomes particularly noticeable when you compare an old photo with a new one. These photos are truly delightful to look at!

Here at CHEERY, we’ve found pictures of the same places that will make you feel like time travel is possible.

“On my way to work today at 6 am and returning (almost same place) at 3 pm”

Sequoia National Park, California, USA: the famous tunnel rock on the road into Sequoia National Park, 1995 — 2019

Rice paddies in different seasons

«The day the sky turned orange in San Francisco vs today»

View of Lake Tjörnin in Reykjavik, Iceland, in 1908 and 2019

Sydney, Australia, 1989 and 2021

«Grandma’s house 1979 vs today»

Hairpin Turn Clarksburg, Massachusetts

«Portage Glacier (Kenai Peninsula, Alaska), 1958 vs 2001 That’s me in the pic»

«A small old town street in Cēsis, Latvia, 1960’s and now»

«Asakusa 1981 vs 2019. My dad’s trip (his photo) vs. 2 years ago (my photo) when I took him back again»

«Explored an abandoned house in the woods today, and found a picture of it from 1981 inside!»

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 1965 — 2021

«The same place in a burnt down forest 3 years apart»

Trinity Church Copley, Boston, USA, 1900’s — 2017

«My grandmother’s photo of the Matterhorn from Zermatt and mine, approximately 50 years apart»

Vienna, Austria, 1914 — 2021

«In 1910 this was a bank. As of 2021 it’s now a hair studio & apartments»

«The house my Gran was born in and grew up in almost 100 years apart. She was living there during that first photo»

«Alicante, Spain. Top is Dec. 1998 and bottom is Dec. 2021. My recent trip vs. my mother’s. I found her spot and recreated the image»

Piazza Grande in Locarno, Switzerland, 1959-2018

Which photos surprised you the most with their difference?