Studebaker trees: Dead company, living advertisement

Some of you may have seen this already; it’s been popular on the map sites for a while. But those who don’t know about Bendix Woods County Park west of South Bend, Ind., feast your eyes on 5,000 pine trees, planted in 1937, spelling Studebaker when viewed from high enough.

Bendix Woods park was formerly the Studebaker proving grounds, and much of the track surface is still visible in satellite photos. But what stands out is the eerie grove of now-mature trees reminding aircraft and satellites of a car company gone for 45 years.

By Andrew Stoy