Nevada Shoe Tree

It is a nice tradition in Nevada. Courtesy of the relentless contributions of numerous anonymous passerbys, this tree bears the fruit of countless pairs of shoes.

Most are tied together in pairs or clumps and flung high into the branches, with the lowest shoes at least 15 feet off the desert floor. Some hang from shoelaces, others are linked by bras or underwear. Nobody seems to know exactly how this shoe tree got started, but it seems to have originated sometime in the mid 80s.