Woodstock, Vermont
Five Elm Arches
An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.
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Woodstock, Vermont
An artist sees trees as a medium for sculpture.
Kasendorf, Germany
For centuries, Germans have been dancing in trees.
Vorden, Netherlands
Where lovers tie birch branches into long-lived knots.
Williams, Oregon
A botanic garden full of trees twisted into fantastic shapes and positions.
Syracuse, New York
A Frankenstein blend of science and art allows one tree to produce 40 different types of stone fruit.
Auerstedt, Germany
Living trees form the structure of an open-air palace.
West Sumatra, Indonesia
This Sumatran root bridge took almost 30 years to knit itself together.
Italy
Natural cathedral designed by Italian artist Giuliano Mauri.
Cherrapunjee, India
Centuries-old bridges grown from tangled roots.
Gilroy, California
Home to the "Circus" trees created by Axel Erlandson.
Clintonville, Wisconsin
A 100-year-old chair with joints "cemented by nature."
Birsay, Scotland
This tiny island featuring 9th-century Viking ruins is only accessible at low tide.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
This 1,300 year old monastery built atop a single rock was once only accessible depending on the whims of the tide.
Barbâtre, France
This submersible road connecting a French island to the mainland is lined with safety towers for when the tide strands travelers.
Newquay, England
Sometimes an island, sometimes a rocky outcropping connected to the world by a tiny suspension bridge.
Waterbury, Connecticut
A religious-themed park filled with folk art to bring biblical stories to life that fell into disrepair and now being restored.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Marble Falls Township, Arkansas
A hillbilly theme park that proved so unpopular the land wouldn't even sell on eBay after it closed.
Lake Buena Vista, Florida
Disney World's very first waterpark is now an abandoned ruin being reclaimed by the swamp.
Orlando, Florida
Disney's abandoned animal island is now an overgrown ruin that was almost the coolest attraction ever.
Williams, Arizona
An homage to everyone's favorite prehistoric cartoon family.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A theme park that suffered massive flooding during Katrina was abandoned, and now proves irresistible to trespassing explorers.
Hamilton, Ohio
A memorial for an outsider theorist who believed that the planet is actually hollow.
McArthur, Ohio
The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.