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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Palmyra

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Palmyra, New York

Updated June 19, 2017

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The Sacred Grove

A field in which God and his son Jesus purportedly appeared to a young farm boy named Joseph Smith.
Hill Cumorah

Palmyra, New York

Hill Cumorah

Golden plates containing what would become the Book of Mormon were believed to be buried on this New York hillside.
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Palmyra, New York

Grandin Printing Shop

The press that first printed the Book of Mormon.
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Pittsford, New York

Mushroom House of Rochester

Eclectic architecture in the woods of New York.
12 miles from Palmyra
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East Rochester, New York

Piano Works

Called the “General Motors of the piano industry,” these buildings once produced as many as 700 pianos a week.
13 miles from Palmyra

Honeoye Falls, New York

Fairy Houses of Mendon Ponds Park

An unassuming nature trail winds through dozens of tiny houses built for the wee people.
17 miles from Palmyra

Sodus, New York

Abandoned Girl Scout Camp at Beechwood State Park

A deteriorating 1990s Girl Scout camp in a beautiful lush park on Lake Ontario.
17 miles from Palmyra
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