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Wells

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Les Laboirs

Healing waters from a holy well, previously used by locals for doing laundry.

Pozo Amargo (Bitter Well)

The water of this well in Toledo lost its sweetness after the death of a young love.

Gonokami Maimaizu Well

Originally built circa 13-14th century, this “snail well” was a resourceful means to draw water in a region where the soil was mostly loam.

Durham, England

Fram Wellhead

Originally built in the 15th century, this well gave the surrounding area its name.

St. Chad's Well

Staffordshire, England

St. Chad's Well

This is the site of the medieval holy well of St. Chad.

Elfrida, Arizona

Soldiers Hole

All that's left of a former camp and settlement is a plaque commemorating the water source found at this remote site.

Bring a bottle

Olympia, Washington

Olympia Artesian Well Commons

Local stories say that if you drink from this well, you will return to Olympia.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Hämmelsmarsch Fountain

Some believe that the artist behind this whimsical statue inserted his own likeness as a way to discreetly flip the bird.

Malacca, Malaysia

Hang Li Poh’s Well (Perigi Raja)

Initially built for a Chinese princess and sultana, this well was used to secretly assassinate some 200 Portuguese colonizers.

Monument to the Battle of Oum Tounsi

Monument to the Battle of Oum Tounsi

Initially meant to immortalize the valor of the colonizer, this monument is now a symbol of Mauritanian resistance.

More stone archways.

Kondhavli, India

Baramotichi Vihir

This ancient well once held a top-secret royal meeting chamber.

Wishing well.

Kingswear, England

Kingswear Wishing Well

Successful single-handed, non-stop circumnavigation of the world in a sailing boat was a wish said to be granted at the well.

The now difficult to read inscription around the wellhead.

Fraserburgh, Scotland

St Drostan's Well

Believed to be the site where St. Drostan performed baptisms.

Podcast: St. Brigid’s Well

Join us for a daily celebration of the world’s most wondrous, unexpected, even strange places.

The Podcast Team March 1, 2022

Dunfermline, Scotland

Dunfermline's Wallace Well

Did the legendary Scottish knight William Wallace actually take refuge here after a major battle?

Lady Well

Glasgow, Scotland

Lady Well

This ancient holy well is older than much of the city that surrounds it.

St. Neot Holy Well

St Neot, England

St. Neot Holy Well

In the 9th-century this small spring-fed well became the location of daily mealtime miracles for one Saxon monk.

Sorgente del Mercure

Viggianello, Italy

Sorgente del Mercure (Mercure Wellspring)

This crystal clear water basin feeds the Lao river and powers a hydroelectric power plant.