Imagine a vast sea of rusted cars, endless stacks of forgotten metal, and sprawling landscapes that stretch as far as the eye can see. These are no ordinary junkyards – they’re among the largest in the world, each telling a story of industry, history, and astonishing scale. From airplane graveyards to mammoth scrap heaps that resemble post-apocalyptic cities, these places are mind-boggling in size and sheer variety. Get ready to dive into the fascinating world of the planet’s biggest junkyards—you won’t believe these colossal sites exist!
Junkyard of Wood – Sweden
Ok, this is more of a stockpile than a grave or boneyard, but as for the trees have been cut down I would say that this is a graveyard of sorts. Located in Byholman in Sweden it is officially the Worlds largest stockpile of wood. Best of all, not one of them was cut down, they are all fallen trees from a Category 1 hurricane that hit the woods.
Junkyard of Tanks – Ukraine
This is a Kharkov armour repair facility in Ukraine and it is home to well over six and a half thousand tanks! From T-64s, T-72s to T-80, there is something here for any historian to drool over, but for us, non history-loving people, it just makes for an amazing image.
Junkyard of Fire Trucks – Los Angeles
They once helped to save an awful lot of lives so I have to say that I find this image rather sad in a beautiful sort of way. This Firetruck boneyard is made up of all the older, retired fire trucks that the Los Angeles County fire department can’t find a home for.
Junkyard of Tyres – Kuwait
This is a rather sad and strangely amazing image of the World’s biggest tyre dump in Kuwait goes to show how much we pollute the plant with used tyres each and every year. But it does lead to same rather amazing images.
Junkyard of Glass – Fort Bragg, California
This is Glass Beach in Fort Bragg, California and it was the Worlds biggest dumping ground of broken bottles and glass. When the local authorities tried to clean the beach up they took away all the contaminating things and left all the broken glass because it would have been next to impossible to scrape it up. But over the years the waves have softened and polished all the glass and turned the whole beach into something rather amazing.
Junkyard of Cars – Georgia, USA
This incredible scrap yard for cars and various other vehicles is one of the biggest in the World and photographer Chris Jordan certainly makes it looks like a work of art.
Junkyard of Buses – Murrieta, California
All these buses are located at the bus boneyard. Murrieta, California, is one of those places that shows how wasteful we humans can be but also how amazing things can look when you place loads of them together.
Junkyard of Ships – Mauritania
If this doesn’t impress you, not a lot will. This is the port of Nouadhibou is situated in Mauritania and is nothing short of incredible when seen from the Google Earth satellite. Given that this image is still taken fairly high up you can’t even start to imagine what it must look like from the ground. Amazing for sure, and also rather polluting.
Junkyard of Trains – Bolivia
This sad but also rather wonderful looking junkyard for old trains is in south-west Bolivia and is said to be made up from over 8000 trains! I think it looks amazing and if you visit the like you can see the rest of the place you will see why I plan to take a trip here one day.
Junkyard of planes – Tucson, Arizona
What you are looking at here might well look like art but this is a military aircraft graveyard in Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona. Due to the sheer amount or planes and the area, it covers you get a rather amazing image when the imaging satellite for Google Earth goes over it!
These mammoth junkyards are more than just dumping grounds; they’re fascinating monuments to humanity’s industrial footprint and our evolving relationship with waste and recycling. Whether they serve as eerie reminders of past excess or hopeful hubs for repurposing, their massive scale and intriguing stories are undeniably captivating.
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