Tree of Ténéré (Sahara Desert, Niger)
![](https://www.obsev.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/07/tree-tenere-1024x768.jpg)
The Tree of Ténéré was the most isolated tree on the planet for 300 years. It was the only tree for 250 miles. But in 1973, a driver, rumored to be drunk, drove a truck into the tree, snapping its trunk and killing it. Today, a monument to the tree stands in the place where it used to be.