OKI Wanna Know: What's with the bricks in the trees, and the parking lot in the forest?

Monika Nunez asks: Why are there bricks inside multiple trees at Alms Park?

Dave Boutelle oversees the operations of 57 park properties for the Cincinnati Park Board. One of those is Alms Park. The 94-acre site boasts a commanding view of Lunken Airport, and the Ohio River.

"It is beautiful, (and) has a nice variety of trees, and some of the older ones are pretty majestic."

Alms Park's pavilion is a popular wedding site, and nearby there are two trees with concrete blocks in them. The bald cypress trees are about 100 years old. In that time, the trees have grown around the blocks, making it look like there's a wall separating this world from Narnia, or another dimension.

"Decades ago, it was common practice for people to fill cavities of tree trunks with this material thinking it was good for the tree and would help the tree last longer," Boutelle says.