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Sand and stone steps leading down into the gardens.
Barcelona, Spain

Jardins de Ca n'Altimira

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.
The secret White House tree, revealed at last.
trees

For Teddy Roosevelt's Son, Rebelling Meant Sneaking Christmas Trees Into the White House

President Roosevelt thought trees should stay outdoors—so in 1902, his son took matters into his own hands.
Cara Giaimo December 16, 2016
A Christmas tree.
politics

How a Former Cheney Aide Nearly Killed the Christmas Tree Industry

The National Christmas Tree Board was supposed to protect American tree growers, until one man intervened.
Muira McCammon December 13, 2016
An illustration of 'lady ferns' from the <em>The British Fern Gazette</em>.
victorian

How the Victorian Fern-Hunting Craze Led To Adventure, Romance, and Crime

"Pteridomania"—an obsession with ferns—gripped the era's amateur botanists.
Dimitra Nikolaidou December 12, 2016
Wendy Baxter, a scientist at UC Berkeley, collects samples in the crown of a giant sequoia tree to study the effects of climate change on the forests of Sequoia National Park.
science

Ascending One of the World's Oldest, Tallest Trees for Science and the Views

Since 2011, drought and pestilence have killed more than 100 million trees in California. What does that mean for the fate of the world’s largest tree, the giant sequoia?
Thayer Walker, Novus Select and Biographic December 2, 2016
The upside-down fig tree.
Bacoli, Italy

Upside-Down Fig Tree

A tree that defies gravity grows in an ancient ruin.
Frankfurt, Germany

Pinkelbaum (Peeing Tree)

After years of being casually peed on by humans, this tree is peeing back.
Selected plates from Margaret Gatty's "British Sea-Weeds."
victorian

The Forgotten Victorian Craze for Collecting Seaweed

Victorian women were excellent at it.
Cara Giaimo November 14, 2016
Permanently Closed
Toronto, Ontario

Leslieville's Crazy Doll House

This Toronto garden collects stares and tchotchkes in equal measure.
Marks from a chainsaw are still visible 40 years after the event.
Stockholm, Sweden

Battle of the Elms

The scars of a remarkably organized public protest to save 13 elm trees are still visible in this Stockholm park.
Graceful remnants of ancient cedar trunk
Uozu-shi, Japan

Buried Forest Museum

Roots and stumps that lay inundated for two millennia are on display in Japan's city of three mysteries.
Permanently Closed
Many breeds of dog.
Shell Lake, Wisconsin

Museum of Woodcarving

The world's largest woodcarving collection includes dozens of Bible scenes and a wooden bestiary, all carved by one man.
Pescadero Point
Del Monte Forest, California

Ghost Trees of Pescadero Point

Haunting and beautiful trees, doomed to die.
Carthage, Missouri

Precious Moments Chapel and Gardens

An adorably sweet display of sculpted Precious Moments figurines.
Screenshot of drone footage of Celtic Cross in Donegal Forest.
Killea, Ireland

Secret Celtic Tree Cross

A massive Celtic cross secretly growing in an Irish forest.
Monet's House
Giverny, France

Claude Monet House and Gardens

At Monet's beloved home you can still see the Japanese bridge, waterlilies, and weeping willows that were the subjects of some of his most iconic paintings.
The tree man, post-arrest.
trees

Man Dressed As Tree Arrested

A man dressed himself as a tree.
Cara Giaimo October 25, 2016
The Dead Dunes
Neringos savivaldybė, Lithuania

The Dead Dunes

A narrow strip of land is home to the tallest migrating dunes in Europe.