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D.C.'s Underground Bald Cypress Fossils

Washington, DC

Fossilized remains of an ancient bald-cypress swamp have been found beneath downtown D.C.; modern bald cypresses in Lafayette Square mark the strange buried landscape.

Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.

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Source: pubs.usgs.gov

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