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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Sharpsburg

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Sharpsburg, Maryland

Updated July 11, 2016

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Killiansburg Cave, June 2016

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Killiansburg Cave

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

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

O'Hurley's General Store

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

Boonsboro, Maryland

Crystal Grottoes Caverns

Bizarre Cavern.
4 miles from Sharpsburg
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Jefferson, Maryland

War Correspondents Memorial

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.
6 miles from Sharpsburg
The shape has been compared to that of a milk bottle.

Middletown, Maryland

The (First) Washington Monument

Built by the patriotic residents of Boonsboro in a single day.
7 miles from Sharpsburg
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