While the aftermath of the Great War saw the destruction of most of the natural world, some forms of nature still resist and adapt to their new desolate home.

The Brussian Marsh Willow is one such form. Not only is it capable of surviving the poisoned soil of the Brussian No-Man's Land, it also has the capability to grow at an astounding rate. While the wounds of war are still visible in Ruined Bruss, the Marsh Willow grows through it all, and even implements the forgotten and derelict war materiel into its structure.

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Made 28th of November 2019

Vashon Island Bike Tree – Vashon, Washington – Atlas Obscura A young boy’s lost bicycle has led to a unique piece of natural roadside art on Washington state’s Vashon Island, over 50 years later. Traveling off of Vashon Highway, about 50 feet into the woods behind the local Sound Food Café, travelers will come across a peculiar site – an intact, 1950s-era bicycle embedded into a tree. In 1954…