The tree is a coastal redwood (or Sequoia sempervirens) and costs $10 for the thrill ride. The two other standing tunnel trees are the Klamath Tour Thru Tree in Klamath and the Shrine Drive-Thru ...

The Chandelier tree in Leggett is a carved-out tunnel that’s a little bit easier to drive through, and the Klamath tree, just over 60 miles north of Eureka, is also carved out.

But bicyclists who are also tree lovers have their own annual event: the Tour des Trees, a seven-day, almost 500-mile cycling tour that travels through a different section of the United States ...

It had endured the last hundred as a hollow living tree, through which tourists could walk and once even drive. My first thought was, “Oh no.” I was there just a couple years ago.