diff --git a/src/binary_tree.rs b/src/binary_tree.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..275dcdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/binary_tree.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,169 @@
+use std::fmt::Display;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+struct BinaryTree<T>(Node<T>);
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct Node<T> {
+    lhs: Option<Box<Node<T>>>,
+    val: T,
+    rhs: Option<Box<Node<T>>>,
+}
+
+impl<T> Node<T> {
+    pub fn new(value: T, lhs: Option<Node<T>>, rhs: Option<Node<T>>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            lhs: lhs.map(Box::new),
+            val: value,
+            rhs: rhs.map(Box::new),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn leaf(value: T) -> Self {
+        Self::new(value, None, None)
+    }
+}
+
+pub trait DisplayTree {
+    fn depth(&self) -> usize;
+    fn offset_x(&self) -> usize;
+    fn amount_of_con(&self) -> usize;
+    fn display(&self) -> String;
+}
+
+impl<T: Display> DisplayTree for Node<T> {
+    fn depth(&self) -> usize {
+        self.lhs
+            .as_ref()
+            .map(|node| node.depth() + 1)
+            .unwrap_or(0)
+            .max(self.rhs.as_ref().map(|node| node.depth() + 1).unwrap_or(0))
+    }
+
+    fn offset_x(&self) -> usize {
+        let offset_below = self.lhs.as_ref().map(|node| node.offset_x()).unwrap_or(0);
+        let depth = self.depth();
+
+        if depth == 0 {
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        offset_below + self.amount_of_con() + 1
+    }
+
+    fn amount_of_con(&self) -> usize {
+        let depth = self.depth();
+        if depth == 0 {
+            0
+        } else {
+            2_usize.pow((depth - 1) as u32)
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn display(&self) -> String {
+        let mut str = String::new();
+
+        let offset_x = self.offset_x();
+
+        // top level
+
+        str.push_str(&".".repeat(offset_x));
+        str.push_str(&self.val.to_string());
+        str.push('\n');
+
+        for i in 0..self.amount_of_con() {
+            str.push_str(&".".repeat(offset_x - i - 1));
+            str.push('/');
+            str.push_str(&".".repeat(1 + 2 * i));
+            str.push('\\');
+            str.push('\n');
+        }
+
+        // rest
+        // let mut next_nodes = vec![];
+        let mut current_nodes = vec![&self.lhs, &self.rhs]
+            .into_iter()
+            .flatten()
+            .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+        while current_nodes.len() > 0 {
+            // display node layer
+
+            for (i, node) in current_nodes.iter().enumerate() {
+                // print node values
+                str.push_str(&".".repeat(node.offset_x()));
+                str.push_str(&node.val.to_string());
+                if i != current_nodes.len() - 1 {
+                    str.push_str(&".".repeat(node.offset_x() + 1));
+                }
+            }
+            str.push('\n');
+            // print node connections
+
+            let mut offset = 0;
+            let nodes_with_offset = current_nodes
+                .iter()
+                .map(|node| {
+                    offset += node.offset_x();
+                    let this_offset = offset;
+                    offset += node.val.to_string().len();
+                    offset += node.offset_x() + 1;
+                    (this_offset, node)
+                })
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            let amount_of_con = current_nodes
+                .first()
+                .map(|node| node.amount_of_con())
+                .unwrap_or(0);
+
+            for i in 0..amount_of_con {
+                let mut connections = nodes_with_offset
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|(offset, _)| (offset - 1 - i, '/'))
+                    .chain(
+                        nodes_with_offset
+                            .iter()
+                            .map(|(offset, _)| (offset + 1 + i, '\\')),
+                    )
+                    .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+                connections.sort_by(|(a_offset, _), (b_offset, _)| a_offset.cmp(b_offset));
+
+                let mut prev_offset = 0;
+                for (offset, con) in connections {
+                    let diff_offset = offset - prev_offset;
+                    str.push_str(&".".repeat(diff_offset));
+                    str.push(con);
+                    prev_offset += diff_offset + 1;
+                }
+                str.push('\n');
+            }
+
+            current_nodes = current_nodes
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(|node| [&node.lhs, &node.rhs])
+                .flatten()
+                .flatten()
+                .collect();
+        }
+
+        str
+    }
+}
+
+mod test {
+    use crate::binary_tree::{DisplayTree, Node};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn print_cool_tree() {
+        let tree = Node::new(
+            4,
+            Some(Node::new(2, Some(Node::leaf(1)), Some(Node::leaf(3)))),
+            Some(Node::new(6, Some(Node::leaf(5)), Some(Node::leaf(7)))),
+        );
+
+        println!("{}", tree.display());
+
+        panic!("fail");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 90db381..8aa8395 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ pub mod linked_list;
 
 /// A packed doubly linked list
 pub mod packed_linked_list;
+
+/// A binary tree that can be printed
+mod binary_tree;