Forests are places of otherness. Which is why they've long been used for human rituals of all kinds.

Like the weddings that take place in Thorncrown Chapel, a magical structure nestled among the trees of the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas.

It's a building so attuned to its leafy setting that you might dismiss it as almost glib.

And yet, since it opened in 1980, it's proved to be one of America's most popular, and even important buildings.

This was first broadcast on August 13, 2022.