10 Incredible Trees You Can Still Visit, Now That Pioneer Cabin Is No More
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Angel Oak, Johns Island, South Carolina
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Avenue of the Baobabs, Menabe, Madagascar
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General Sherman Tree, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California
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Dragons Blood Trees, Socotra Island, Yemen
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The Great Wisteria, Ashikaga Flower Park, Ashikaga, Japan
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Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Kyoto, Japan
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Methuselah Tree, Inyo National Forest, California
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Pando Aspen Grove, Fishlake National Forest, Utah
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Cherry Blossom Tunnel, Bonn, Germany
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Strangler Figs, Angkor Wat, Cambodia
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On January 8, the famed Pioneer Cabin tree, a giant sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park that was carved into a tunnel in the 1880s, collapsed after heavy rains.
When icons crumble they can deal a surprisingly heavy blow, a reminder that even something as mighty as a sequoia can be brought down by water. But across the globe there are other magnificent trees still worth visiting, from a gnarled pine born before the pyramids to a grove of ghostly clones to a Japanese wisteria whose blooms span 1,000 square meters.
Pour one out for the Pioneer Cabin tree, and put these living marvels on your must-see list. Like the tunnel tree, they wont be here forever.