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Thorpdale, Australia

Site of the World's Tallest Tree

The massive mountain ash that once stood at this site was cut down in an effort to prove that it was, indeed, the tallest of its kind.
Itinerary

7 Places to Experience Big Wonder in Texas

Hit the state’s highest peaks, darkest skies, and widest vistas on this super-sized road trip.
A master of natural navigation noticed a feature found on nearly every tree can help us find our way.
forests

Tree Eyes Can Help Us Find Our Way

Natural navigation expert Tristan Gooley made a surprise discovery exploring a rewilded WWII airfield.
Tristan Gooley April 28, 2023
The replacement tree that stands today.
Carmarthen, Wales

Merlin's Oak

Associated with the famous wizard, it is said that when this oak tree falls, so will the town.
forests

Podcast: The Last Wild Apple Groves

Granny Smiths and Fujis can both be traced back to Kazakhstan, where apples still grow wild.
The Podcast Team April 26, 2023
forests

Meet Nevada’s Bristlecone Pines, Some of the Oldest Trees on Earth

These ancient trees with a survivalist spirit inspire awe.
trees

Podcast: Telling Time Through the Trees With the Places Team

These trees have seen major moments in history.
The Podcast Team April 24, 2023
The fossil tree
Tiroran, Scotland

The Fossil Tree and Burg

On a corner of the Ardmeanach peninsula on the Isle of Mull, a 50 million-year-old fossil tree hides in the coastal cliffs.
Inside Groene Bedstede
Arnhem, Netherlands

Groene Bedstee

A set of beech hedges planted in the 19th century forms a tunnel that takes on a different appearance in every season.
Fantasy Forest in Leila Arboretum
Battle Creek, Michigan

Fantasy Forest in Leila Arboretum

When beetles destroyed these trees, they found new life as fantasy sculptures.
Meyer lemons are distinctly sweet and fragrant.
trees

How America's Beloved Meyer Lemon Caused a Mid-Century Citrus Panic

The fragrant fruit hid a dark secret.
Mandy Naglich April 12, 2023
Over the years, dendroglyphs—motifs and images carved into tree bark—have been documented on 22 boab trees in the Tanami Desert of western Australia.
art

Saving the Mystery Symbols Carved into Australia's Boab Trees

Researchers are rushing to document the Indigenous art before it is lost to time and climate change.
Shoshi Parks April 7, 2023
The trees of the Lost Forty are in general taller than the surrounding woods.
forests

How a Map Mistake Saved a Forest of 300-Year-Old Trees

Minnesota's "Lost Forty" survived the lumberjack's ax thanks to a improperly drawn lake.
Frank Jacobs, Big Think March 31, 2023
Hally War, a 68-year-old farmer from Siej village, learned the art of creating a <em>jingkieng jri</em>—as the living root bridges are locally known—from his grandfather.
bridges

The Artisans Behind India's Living Root Bridges

For half a century, Hally War has been growing a bridge across a local river—and between past and present.
Dania Rodrigues March 30, 2023
Little Tree Church
Tustin, California

Little Tree Church

A very tiny church, bisected by a now-dead oak tree and marooned in the middle of a shopping center parking lot.
The higher branches of this snazzy old cedar protect the lower branches' many wishes from sun and rain.
Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk Wishing Tree

The branches of this sprawling cedar tree are laden with wishes big and small.
Sakura no Tōrinuke
List

9 Places to Enjoy The Bloom

Welcome in the spring season at these flowering hotspots.
Jonathan Carey March 17, 2023
El Bolsón, Argentina

El Bosque Tallado

This mountainside open-air museum was built from the ashes left behind by a devastating fire.