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All United States West Virginia Harpers Ferry

The Atlas Obscura Guide To Harpers Ferry

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

Updated March 14, 2023

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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

True Treats

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.
John Brown's Fort as it appears today

Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

John Brown's Fort

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

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Jefferson Rock

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.
Ruins of St. John's Episcopal Church

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Ruins of St. John's Episcopal Church

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.
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The Sign Above the Tunnel

Knoxville, Maryland

The Sign Above the Tunnel

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

Charles Town, West Virginia

Gibson-Todd House

This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.
6 miles from Harpers Ferry
Monument Detail

Jefferson, Maryland

War Correspondents Memorial

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.
7 miles from Harpers Ferry

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Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

True Treats

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.
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Stories About Harpers Ferry

True Treats’ Yesterday’s Medicine sampler has healing sweets, each formed in a candy mold from the 1920's.

This Sweet Shop in West Virginia Traces the Healing History of Candy

Susan Benjamin sells treats that were once considered medicine.
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March 14, 2023

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