Millbrook Exchange Park

I'm not sure what it is, It looks patriotic, with stars and stripes.

Haunted woods?

This path looked like a scene from Once Upon A Time.  No I don't think it's haunted or enchanted.  It winds around the tennis courts in Millbrook Exchange Park, in the middle of North Raleigh.

Twisted tree

I've been trying to figure out how this tree trunk grew this way.  I'm thinking there must have been a strong vine twisted tightly around it as it grew???