45 Underrated Religious College Towns Across America You'll Fall in Love With
30. Harmony, Pennsylvania: A Separatist's Utopian Ghost
Distinct from Harmony, Minnesota, Harmony, Pennsylvania holds the legacy of the Harmony Society, a German Christian communal group who founded it in 1804. While the group later moved, the town's preserved historic buildings, including the Harmonist Cemetery and old structures, silently testify to their utopian spiritual vision. It represents a poignant, early chapter in American religious communalism, where a strict interpretation of faith led to a unique, albeit ultimately dissolved, attempt at communal living, leaving behind architectural echoes of a bygone spiritual experiment.
