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Unusual Attractions in Shepherdstown

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Birthplace of the Steamboat

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

O'Hurley's General Store

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

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Sharpsburg, Maryland

Killiansburg Cave

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

2 miles from Shepherdstown

Martinsburg, West Virginia

National Tracing Center

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

6 miles from Shepherdstown

Boonsboro, Maryland

Crystal Grottoes Caverns

Bizarre Cavern.

8 miles from Shepherdstown

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

True Treats

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

8 miles from Shepherdstown

Knoxville, Maryland

The Sign Above the Tunnel

This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.

8 miles from Shepherdstown

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