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Ketchikan, Alaska: Opportunistic Wishing Well

A wishing well in someone's back yard is connected to an elevated town sidewalk with a PVC pipe. Kind of like a water slide for spare change.

Address:
1001 Park Ave., Ketchikan, AK
Directions:
East edge of town. On the north side of Park Ave., just west of the little bridge across Ketchikan Creek.
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Opportunistic Wishing Well

The wishing well is on the way to the Totem Heritage Museum. Also look for the eyes watching you make your wish.

[Donna, 08/07/2016]

Wishing Well is connected to a nearby elevated sidewalk by a long, PVC pipe for coins.

Wishing Well of Ketchikan

A wishing well in the back yard of a house is connected to a Ketchikan sidewalk by a PVC pipe, attached to a fence by duct tape. Coins can be slid down the pipe like a water slide into the well.

A sign on the well reads, "Drop a coin. Make a wish. You will be happy a boy can fish."

[Michael Almony, 06/25/2016]

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