12 Items Tagged

Forest

Podcast: Pando the Trembling Giant

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team September 27, 2021

Keyser, West Virginia

Pinnacle Knob Fire Tower

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area

Ten acres of the Kula Forest Reserve make up this wonderous state park.

Lanrivain, France

Gorges de Toull Goulig

A granite rock formation littered with various species of moss, lichen, and fern.

Found: A Plant Bonanza Hidden in China's Caves

They may have served as a refuge for some species when the area was deforested.

Vittoria Traverso February 8, 2018

Thisted, Denmark

Thagaard's Plantation

A failed attempt to control drifting sands yielded a gnarled sylvan wonderland.

The Enchanted Forest of Òrrius

A Spanish forest is filled with mysterious stone carvings.

India Wants to Spend $6 Billion for New Forests

A lot of damage has already been done.

Erik Shilling May 6, 2016

crime and punishment

Harvard, IKEA, and the Battle For Romania's Forests

Bribery, toxic assets, and thousands of acres of timberland.

Erik Shilling March 2, 2016

Vantage, Washington

Ginkgo Petrified Forest

An exercise in patience and imagination, where Mother Earth turned common stuff into precious hidden treasures.

Poczopek, Poland

'Pracownia (Studio) Forresta Bessa'

A marker honors the brief peace found by a tormented artist in the fictional land of Kcymaerxthaere.

Grand Rapids, Michigan

'Forest's Rest'

On the right bank of the Grand River a plaque remembers an imaginary painter who once awaited his youth.