Wells

A historic holy well hidden near a charming English park.

The remains of a centuries-old water system that inspired local legends of secret tunnels.

A beautiful Greco-Roman structure houses a well once believed to have healing powers.

This muddy wooded valley and the ancient structures it hides are said to be the favored haunt of the legendary Friar Tuck.

A mineral spring that became all the rage in 17th-century England.

A former watering trough turned local heritage site.

A holy well supposedly infused with a saint's spirit flows within this quaint chapel.

Designed to serve primarily the Maharaja, this is an interesting variation on the traditional stepped well.

Clean, cold drinking water flows from a nondescript pipe in a roadside rock face.

The remains of a small medieval chapel mark the legendary birthplace of the patron saint of Wales.

This macabre monument atop an ancient well gives a nod to a brutal episode in Scottish clan history.

Water flowed out of the town's unusual tree stump fountain in the 1930s, and the well still runs today.

This magical and eccentric stepwell is a hidden treasure within the ancient fort city of Mandu.

This abandoned stepwell is one of the largest, deepest, and certainly one of the creepiest in India.

The ancient water tanks remain some of the ruined city’s most beautiful architecture.

Hidden in the shadow of a rocky fortress is one concubine’s long-forgotten legacy.

A deeply beautiful 15th-century stepwell with a tragic story.