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Tree Sculptures

Renaissance Historic District, Galveston, Galveston Island, TX
Ranked #2 of 41 attractions in Galveston
4.5 of 5 stars 54 Reviews
Type: Landmarks/ Points of Interest
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Huntsville, Texas
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13 reviews 13 reviews
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 28 May 2012 NEW

Awesome! As a result of a devastating hurricane a few years ago some very talented folks made great use of many dead trees and carved wonderful showpieces.

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Shreveport, Louisiana
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 May 2012 NEW

Saw several of the tree sculptures while on the Treasure Isle Train tour. Very interesting, tourist booklet at hotel has listing of all and their location. Can't beat free to see !

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 May 2012 NEW

the trees where planed after the 1900 hurricane.so they are over 100 years old,the trees where greatly loved,hurricane ike was hard and to make the sculptures(by our artists)get the. history as it still lives on,

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Raleigh, North Carolina
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 23 May 2012

These sculptures made from the trunks of trees downed by hurricane Ike are amazing. They are all in the same residential area, so it does not take much time to see a few or even all.

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Shreveport, Louisiana
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3 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2012

The sculptures were actually pretty homely, but they're in a great neighborhood for those of us who appreciate architecture. My advice is to do it, but don't get hung up on the sculpture. Look at the marvelous Victorian homes, and later bungalows. That's the real treat of doing this self-guided tour.

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Georgetown, Texas
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 17 May 2012
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My daughter and I did this on our own on our way to dinner one evening. If you go to the Galveston tourism website you can print out a very good map that shows where the sculptures are located - some were a little hard to spot, but that made it even a little more fun. We would get out... More

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Nacogdoches, Texas
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 May 2012

The best way to view all these wonderful tree sculptures is to take the Galveston Island Historical tour.....otherwise you wouldn't even see these beautiful works of art.

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New York City, New York
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 May 2012

Great, and the tour guide/driver was fantastic. She was very knowledgeable, personable and fun!

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Pagosa Springs
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2012

Most of Galveston's grand old oak trees were killed by lingering high water from hurricane Ike. Some of those trees were chain sawed into fanciful sculptures - an excellent tour map is available at the Chamber office.

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Lake Charles, Louisiana
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2012

I love the neighborhood the tree sculptures are in.

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