Visit Lake Bluff Bird Sanctuary to see Michigan’s giant sequoia tree, a hidden gem that offers a taste of Sequoia National ...

It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum ... and what remained had little value as lumber. It went into shingles, fence posts, grape stakes, and other scrappy products.

Conservators applied solvent gel to the giant sequoia to draw the old varnish out The team then applied a special solvent gel to the surface that is on display. Chelsea explains, 'The solvent ...