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Wishing Trees

Agia Solomoni Catacomb

Beneath an ancient wishing tree lies an underground chapel with 12th-century frescoes and catacombs dedicated to a lady saint.

Podcast: The Wishing Tree

Portland's hopes and dreams can be found hanging from its branches.

The Podcast Team October 19, 2023

Close-up view of the tree

Perryville, Missouri

Hadler Shoe Tree

An old tree that is the final resting place for many pair of shoes.

The higher branches of this snazzy old cedar protect the lower branches' many wishes from sun and rain.

Norfolk, Virginia

Norfolk Wishing Tree

The branches of this sprawling cedar tree are laden with wishes big and small.

Brasília, Brazil

Árvore dos Desejos (Wish Tree)

Brasilia's oldest newsstand is sheltered by a wish-granting tunnel-tree.

Close up of the tree.

Desert Bottle Tree

A quirky old tree covered in tokens, cans, and bottles of wishes.

Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees

Tai Po, Hong Kong

Lam Tsuen Wishing Trees

A pair of trees near a Hong Kong shrine are said to grant wishes, but only the ones they hold on to.

Lyndonville, New York

Lyndonville Shoe Trees

A tree full of wishes and footwear.