The Circus Trees
Never has a California tourist trap been more influential on someone’s future. While touring Santa Cruz, California’s aptly-named “Mystery Spot” with his family, Swedish American Axel Erlandson decided he wanted to be the forbearer of a similar establishment.
But instead of relying on curious gravitational and magnetic pulls, Erlandson took to shaping trees in bizarre, other-worldly patterns. His idea was a hit; Ripley’s Believe It Or Not made a visit to the far-out forest in 1976.
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The Tree Chapel
Some historians estimate that, given the amount of cataclysmic conflicts that rocked the country since its inception, it’s incredible that France and all of its famous architecture are still standing today. The same can be said for Le Chêne Chapelle, the nation’s chapel in a tree.
Forged in the days of Charlemagne and surviving the reign of Louis XIV, the revolution and both World Wars, the tree chapel features a spindly spiral staircase that leads to two chapels.
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The Boab Prisoner Tree
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Forests are oft considered representative of enchantment and mystery, but in areas defined by deserts and dry climates, any “forests” found are more evocative of desolation and despair.
Fitting, then, that Australia’s world-famous Boab tree was once a place where indigenous Australian prisoners were locked up en route to their sentencing in nearby Derby. Today, though, the hollow tree doesn’t house convicts; rather, it’s become quite a popular tourist attraction.
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If you enjoyed seeing the world’s most amazing trees, be sure to check out the world’s 6 most bizarre landscapes and unbelievable sunken forests.
