Sharon Springs, New York -
Sulphur Temple - Healing Waters
Dip the special spoon into the smelly water and drink deep -- you should feel better soon....
- Address:
- Main St., Sharon Springs, NY
- Directions:
- North edge of town, west side of Hwy 10/Main St. just south of Pavilion Ave.
- Admission:
- Free.
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Sulphur Temple - Healing Waters We took a road trip to Sharon Springs, where my friend grew up. It's a small town in between Albany and Cooperstown that used to be a wildly popular tourist destination for its purifying sulphur springs. Today, it's a little run down, but you can see a lot of the amazing old hotels and bathhouses from its heyday. While exploring the town, my friend took us to the Sulphur Temple. It's a domed structure that houses a well of sulphur water. Above the well is a giant spoon you can use to dip in and pull yourself out a drink. Supposedly a drink of the water has healing powers.
We did it, and the water smelled awful and tasted like onions. But still, pretty cool if we became healthy from it. I just want to know how many people drank from that spoon... [Marc Dworkin, 07/09/2006]
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