The story goes that a surveyor put a stick in the ground as a marker and it grew into a tree. This was something I had to see for myself. A couple of gals gave me directions and I was off to the Iowa countryside. It was definitely a tree and not a stick and it has been there more than just a few years. What is amazing is I am driving down a gravel road not sure of what I am looking for and I pop up over a hill and this tree is taking up the whole intersection. I grew up close to this area and had never heard about this. I will have to go back this winter!

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