Living Root Bridges in Meghalaya, India

Sometimes when Mother Nature decides to give you a treat, it’s free and lasts longer. The Meghalaya residents in India used their creativity to create this ancient-looking footpath that has remained intact since 1844 with minor maintenance. The Living Root Bridges are a real-life definition of making peace with plants, as they were entirely made of roots with a few touches of bamboo scaffolding.

Aside from India, we can also find similarly distinctive primitive structures on some Indonesian islands. However, over 50-meter-long Living Root Bridges like this one remain unique, and UNESCO added them to its list of the world’s most treasured heritage sites.