In the wettest place in the world, you won't cross bridges that were built. You'll cross bridges that were grown. Located in northeast India along the border of Bangladesh, the state of Meghalaya is ...

Part ecological system, part cultural practice, Meghalaya’s living root bridges show how indigenous knowledge can shape ...

A young living root bridge, barely a decade old, is seen from the deck of a much older root bridge on the same riverbed. Five months after I shot this photograph, monsoon rains triggered a landslide ...

They’re among some of the world’s most unusual forms of architecture: living root bridges, or suspended crossings made of aerial roots people have trained overtime to twist into a natural pathway. For ...

In Northeast India, Meghalaya's tree root bridges are unlike any other. In Cherrapunjee (which was once the wettest place on Earth until the neighboring Mawsynram took over), the locals have trained ...

In the United States, the lowly ficus sits quietly in the corners of our homes and offices, providing some much needed greenery and oxygen to our indoor spaces. But in the northeastern Indian state of ...

Photo by Doug Loyer Deb Root Shell, holding paper, gives a presentation about the Root Covered Bridge before the unveiling of the historic marker. CUTLER — The Root Covered Bridge is 139 years old and ...

What began as a stroll through broom plantations abruptly turns into a steep descent with near-vertical sections, each more precarious than the last. My shaky legs are relieved when we reach a sheer ...