Spiral staircase built around a 75' tree

A reader writes, "A man on Hornby Island, BC built a spiral staircase around a 75-foot cedar tree. He put a platform on the top to get a view of the ocean. This video shows what it's like to climb up and then down the staircase." LINK, Via: Youtube

The staircase has 99 stairs and goes up for about 75 feet (25 meters). He's built a platform at the top where you can sit and see mountains and the ocean.

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Wonderful Wine Cellars For Any Room in Your House

Ever want a wine cellar but don’t have the space or money to build one? The Spiral Cellars design/build firm will dig a hole right in whatever room you want your cellar in and haul the dirt right out the front door. In the remaining void they infill a highly functionally and visually dazzling spiral-staircase wine cellar to fit all your favorite vintages and go with your favorite funky furniture designs. Link

16 Spectacular Spiral Staircases as Seen from Above

Ecole des Pont in Paris, France:

From ancient to postmodern, these spiral staircases span the spectrum from wonderfully worn to pristinely postmodern. Warning: viewing so many in a row from above can have a dizzying impact on the onlooker. Don’t trip!

Watch where you tread: some of these stairs have been climbed by kings and princes, prime ministers and presidents. Viewed from above, a spiral staircase can appear as an ominous eye, an infinite fractal shell or a bottomless work of abstract art. Amazing staircases can be found in incredibly varied forms - including circular, triangular and square - and are made of myriad materials from stone and wood to concrete and metal.

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Amazing Spiral Staircase

Photo: eagle-ffm [Flickr]

Flickr user eagle-ffm took this great photo of a fantastic spiral staircase at Garvan Institute in Sydney, Australia: Link, Via: ReubenMiller, Via: Neatorama