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A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

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The Nicholas Stoltzfus Homestead dates to the late 1700s.

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Nicholas Stoltzfus House

Experience life in Colonial times at an Amish pioneer’s historic homestead in Berks County.

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Daniel Boone Homestead

Where the famed frontiersman was born, raised, and survived Quaker intrigue

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The front of the furnace. Slag and molten iron were drawn out here.

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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.

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