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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Shepherdstown

5 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Updated August 3, 2026
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Shepherdstown, West Virginia

O'Hurley's General Store

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

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

The Little House

True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.
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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.
The Bavarian Inn was formerly known as Greystone Manor.

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Bavarian Inn

An elegant German-style resort overlooking the Potomoc River.
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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.
2 miles from Shepherdstown

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Kennedy Farm

This is the cabin from which John Brown and his men launched their fateful war to end slavery on October 16, 1859.
5 miles from Shepherdstown

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The Bavarian Inn was formerly known as Greystone Manor.

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Bavarian Inn

An elegant German-style resort overlooking the Potomoc River.
Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
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