Weatherly, Pennsylvania
Eckley Miners' Village
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
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Weatherly, Pennsylvania
This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.
Coudersport, Pennsylvania
"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.
Mt. Jewett, Pennsylvania
Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The United States’s oldest funicular railway glides up and down a steep Pittsburgh street.
Spring Mills, Pennsylvania
Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Found art has transformed this Pittsburgh neighborhood into a psychedelic dream.
Upper Black Eddy, Pennsylvania
Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.
Bowden, West Virginia
A 1,000-foot-long railroad tunnel under Shavers Fork connected the towns during West Virginia's logging boom until its closure in 1985.
Barboursville, West Virginia
This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.
Sutton, West Virginia
A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.
Morgantown, West Virginia
The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.
Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.
Grafton, West Virginia
A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.
Union, West Virginia
This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.
Philippi, West Virginia
Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
Washington, West Virginia
One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.
Cass, West Virginia
Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Buffalo, New York
This Buffalo museum hides an Art Deco gas station designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.