The Big Stump
Arnold, California
In 1853, after this monstrous sequoia had become famous as one of the biggest trees in the world ("The Discovery Tree"), a group of forward-thinking local businessmen cut it down.
It was to be a traveling exhibit, but the show failed miserably.
Scientists estimate that if the Big Stump had not been cut, today it would be the largest living thing on earth (Excluding giant fungi, of course). Park visitors can visit and stand on the big stump, once used for local dances. We visited this stump, and it makes a better story than attraction.