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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Elmira

4 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Elmira, New York

Updated January 17, 2023

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Elmira, New York

Mark Twain's Study

The wooden octagon in which Huckleberry Finn and A Connecticut Yankee were born can still be visited in upstate New York.

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Mark Twain's Grave

The little-known final resting place of one of America's greatest writers.

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'Hellmira' Monument

All that remains of one of the Civil War's more deadly POW camps is a simple flagstone.

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John W. Jones Museum

A historical home in upstate New York honors the work of John W. Jones, a formerly enslaved man who was a major agent for the Underground Railroad.

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Eldridge Park

This formerly abandoned amusement park includes a classic carousel and a replica of Mark Twain's famous hut-like Elmira study.
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Corning Museum of Glass

Dedicated to the art and science of glass in equal measure, this space is as much laboratory as museum.
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