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All the United States West Virginia Shepherdstown

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Shepherdstown

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Updated November 7, 2023

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Shepherdstown, West Virginia

O'Hurley's General Store

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.
The monument overlooks the potomac river, where the first steamboat sailed

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Birthplace of the Steamboat

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.
Shepherdstown Public Library

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Shepherdstown Public Library

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.
The Little House

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

The Little House

True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.
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Killiansburg Cave, June 2016

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Killiansburg Cave

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
2 miles from Shepherdstown

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Kennedy Farm

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.
5 miles from Shepherdstown
Long rows of boxes line the halls.

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National Tracing Center

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.
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