A massive sequoia tree that was carved into a tunnel in the 1800s toppled to the ground during a winter storm in California on Sunday, according to Calaveras Big Trees State Park officials.

An iconic living tree with a tunnel so big that visitors could once drive through it toppled on Sunday during a winter storm. The sequoia, nicknamed the Pioneer Cabin, was located in Calaveras Big ...

A giant ancient California sequoia tree, famous for a drive-through ... The Pioneer Cabin tree was one of several “tunnel trees”- carved out to serve as human amusements.

Joyce Brown was 12 when her parents first took her to visit the Pioneer Cabin Tree, a giant sequoia “tunnel tree” in California famous for a car-size hole carved into the base of its trunk.

The tunnel tree that used to be the park entrance is located in Tuolumne Grove, which is one of just 75 groves of sequoia trees in California. Its cousin, the redwood tree, is the tallest tree in ...

carved into a living tunnel more than a century ago. The "Pioneer Cabin Tree," a sequoia in Calaveras Big Trees State Park, saw horses and cars pass through it over the years. More recently ...

was one of several tunnel trees in California that had been hollowed out as amusements. It was not immediately clear what would become of the sequoia. The base of the tree was carved out in the ...

Vistors used to drive through the giant sequoia tree named the Pioneer Cabin, one of the oldest residents of Northern California. By Arlene Washington A popular sequoia “tunnel tree” — an ...

The giant sequoia known as the Pioneer Cabin ... families took pictures huddled in the tunnel. Yet, the hole weakened the tree, and the storm - combined with a shallow root system - proved to ...

Vistors used to drive through the giant sequoia tree named the Pioneer Cabin, one of the oldest residents of Northern California. By Arlene Washington A popular sequoia “tunnel tree” — an ...