San Francisco, California
Uncle John's Tree at McLaren Lodge
San Francisco’s century-old Christmas Tree.
Places Nate Pedersen Wants to Go
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Places I want to go
Places on this traveler's wishlist.
San Francisco, California
Arch of Colonial Trees
Thirteen trees representing the original thirteen colonies were planted with soil from historic Revolutionary battlefields.
San Francisco, California
Janis Joplin Tree
A famous alternative culture epicenter and where Joplin serenaded young hippies.
New York, New York
Hare Krishna Tree
One of the few remaining American elm trees in New York’s Tompkins Square Park was the birthplace of a new religion.
New York, New York
The Hangman's Elm
The oldest living tree in Manhattan comes shrouded in sinister legend.
San Diego, California
Balboa Park Moreton Bay Fig Tree
One of the largest trees of its kind in California.
Mitchell, Oregon
Mitchell Shoe Tree
Make it an offering.
John Day, Oregon
Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum
This perfectly preserved Chinese medicine shop was untouched for decades before being reopened as a museum.
Tillamook, Oregon
Octopus Tree of Oregon
No one knows how this Pacific Northwest spruce tree came to have so many trunks.
Raymond, Washington
Willie Keil's Grave
The founder of a utopian religious community based on the Golden Rule laid his son to rest on this grassy hill.
Seattle, Washington
Seattle's Giant Sequoia Tree
This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.
Copalis Crossing, Washington
Ghost Forest of Copalis
This grove of ghostly cedars was killed in 1700 by an enormous tsunami, felt from the United States to Japan.
Vashon, Washington
Vashon Island Bike Tree
A bike being "eaten" by a tree is the real Vashon legend behind popular children's book, "Red Ranger Came Calling."
La Push, Washington
Rialto Beach Tree Graveyard
Shoreline strewn with the remains of ghostly fallen trees.
