World's 10 Most Amazing Trees

the full website has the stories of these and others:



and then there's this one - victim of the most embarrassing DUI ever:

Apparently, being the only tree in that part of the wide-open desert (remember: there wasn’t another tree for 250 miles around), wasn’t enough to stop a drunk Libyan truck driver from driving his truck into it, knocking it down and killing it!

Now, a metal sculpture was placed in its spot to commemorate the Lonely Tree of Ténéré"

the rest are here - http://www.neatorama.com/2007/03/21/10-most-magnificent-trees-in-the-world/