Because the Horseshoe Trail (which allows horses) cuts right through the Hopewell Furnace and preserved village, it is possible to ‘ride through history’. It is spectacular in the fall during peak foliage time.
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Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site
Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site recreates one America's oldest and most productive "iron plantations." Tour historic structures and experience a miner's life in the 1840s.
State(s): Pennsylvania
Established: 1938
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