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These 23 Trees Have Seen Some Things

Mighty oaks, stalwart spruce, and lush ceiba have been silent witnesses to—and sometimes participants in—treaties, burials, and wild parties.
Gemma Tarlach April 6, 2021
Iriomote is famously unsullied—with the exception of its problematic poop.
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Leave Only Footsteps and Take Your Poop When Visiting Japan's Lush Iriomote Island

"Tent toilets" are helping to remedy a stinky situation.
Alice Barnes-Brown March 2, 2021
Whitethorn, California

Enchanted Forest

A grove of "candelabra redwoods" deep in California's Lost Coast.
The legend of the sasabonsam became a way for Christian missionaries to exert control.
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Sasabonsam Enforced the Rules of Renewal in West African Forests

At least until Christian missionaries made them more purely devilish figures.
Nicole Zakheim October 28, 2020
"Here lies Paul, and that's all."
Kelliher, Minnesota

Paul Bunyan's Gravesite

A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.
Could the colors of leaves indicate something beneath?
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Could a Tree Help Find a Decaying Corpse Nearby?

On a “body farm,” researchers are exploring whether the nutrients from human cadavers can change the look of plants, which authorities might use to locate missing persons.
Matt Simon October 12, 2020
Sign announcing Wampahoofus Trail, with the Forehead in the distance
Underhill, Vermont

Wampahoofus Trail

This path is named for a mythical half-boar, half-deer creature that once roamed the Green Mountains.
Webb Mountain Lookout in the Kootenai National Forest in far northwest Montana.
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In Montana, Remote Fire Lookouts Keep a Century-Old Tradition Alive

As wildfires rage across the West, an old job feels more critical than ever.
Justin Franz October 1, 2020
Pine cones lie strewn on the floor of a ponderosa pine forest in New Mexico, nearly three decades after fire moved through the area and scarred the tree in the foreground.
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The Climate Isn't Just Worsening Wildfires, It Can Hobble Forests' Ability to Recover

"What we’re most concerned about is things can still get worse.”
Luna Shyr September 24, 2020
Wildfires—including a blaze near Highway 62 in Eagle Point, Oregon, on September 9 2020—are stretching along America's West Coast, and potentially imperiling heritage sites.
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How Does an Archaeologist Keep Heritage Sites Safe From Wildfires?

It involves Twitter, maps, dozer lines, and luck.
Jessica Leigh Hester September 16, 2020
Orange pin flags indicate the location of ceramic pottery sherds collected for analysis after a prescribed burn in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico in 2012.
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What Wildfire Archaeology Tells Us About the Burning American West

Archaeologists in New Mexico are studying past wildfires through tree rings and pottery sherds.
Atlas Obscura September 15, 2020
Spectators to the power struggle can come from miles around.
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Acorn Woodpeckers Have Multi-Day Wars, and Birds Come From All Around to Watch

A window into complex avian sociopolitical lives.
Luna Shyr September 15, 2020
Permanently Closed
Main entrance and tree resembling "Eywa."
Tanjung Bungah, Malaysia

Avatar Secret Garden

A tropical rainforest designed to resemble a scene from the monumental film.
Pescocostanzo, Italy

Bosco di Sant'Antonio

A fairy-tale-like forest that was sacred to Jupiter and Saint Anthony.
Looking Glass Rock seen from the Looking Glass Rock Overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway
Brevard, North Carolina

Looking Glass Rock

This granite rock face is named for the magnificent reflection that occurs when the sun hits it just right.
Narusawa, Japan

Fugaku Wind Cave

One in a pair of subterranean caves created by an ancient eruption of Mount Fuji.
Sirkka, Finland

HaliPuu's Campfire Barista

In the Hugging Tree Forest, lingonberry marshmallows, hot chocolates, and the best campfire lattes north of the Arctic Circle come to you.
Doverstorp Refugee Camp
Finspång NO, Sweden

Site of Doverstorp Refugee Camp

A few crumbling buildings and the occasional pipe sticking out of the ground are all that remains of the largest refugee camp in Sweden during World War II.