<story><title>A Forest Grew for Millennia in North America Without Anyone Noticing</title><url>http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-secret-forest-grew-for-millennia-in-north-america-without-anyone-noticing?</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>MiguelVieira</author><text>Ancient forests like this are not too rare in the United States. You can find a list of them here:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_old-growth_forests#United_States&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;List_of_old-growth_forests#Uni...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Disclosure: I compiled most of the list.</text></comment>
<story><title>A Forest Grew for Millennia in North America Without Anyone Noticing</title><url>http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/a-secret-forest-grew-for-millennia-in-north-america-without-anyone-noticing?</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>nxzero</author><text>Reminds me of how one man accidentally killed the oldest tree ever:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&amp;#x2F;smart-news&amp;#x2F;how-one-man-accidentally-killed-the-oldest-tree-ever-125764872&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&amp;#x2F;smart-news&amp;#x2F;how-one-man-acciden...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then of course there&amp;#x27;s this article, &amp;quot;Vintage Photos of Lumberjacks and the Giant Trees They Felled&amp;quot;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.atlasobscura.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;vintage-photos-of-lumberjacks-and-the-giant-trees-they-felled&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.atlasobscura.com&amp;#x2F;articles&amp;#x2F;vintage-photos-of-lumbe...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>