Here are some of the notable runners-up: Slotting into second place with 24,807 votes is France’s ‘The Weeping Beech of Bayeux’. With a canopy spanning 40m this 160 year-old tree needs an ...

Walking through the forest, I could sense the otherworldly aura of the place. What’s so special about these beech trees, besides their being in a virgin environment? It turns out they’re the ...