There is a spot in Pennsylvania where time slows down the moment you reach the riverbank. A wooden paddlewheel ferry, creaking and churning across the wide Susquehanna River, has been making this same crossing since 1817.
No other wooden paddlewheel ferry like it exists anywhere else in the United States. I made the drive out to River Street in Millersburg, PA, and what I found was one of the most surprisingly moving travel experiences I have had in years.
If you have ever wanted to feel like you stepped into a living history book, this is your ticket.
A Living Landmark on River Street
The address is River St, Millersburg, PA 17061, and the moment you pull up to the riverbank you realize this is not your average tourist attraction. The ferry sits right there, bold and wooden and wonderfully old-fashioned, bobbing gently at the edge of the Susquehanna River in central Pennsylvania…