Tucked away in the rolling hills of Chester County sits a place that makes even the bravest Pennsylvanians think twice about visiting after sunset – Pennhurst Asylum in Spring City.
This isn’t your typical tourist attraction where you snap a few photos and grab a souvenir magnet for the fridge.
The imposing brick buildings with their institutional facades stand as silent witnesses to a complicated chapter in our state’s history – one that forces visitors to confront uncomfortable truths about how society once treated those deemed “different.”
When you first glimpse Pennhurst’s weathered buildings against the Pennsylvania sky, you might feel that peculiar sensation where fascination and unease dance an awkward tango in your stomach…