Places amathison86 Wants to Go

A memorial honoring those who perished in one of the worst construction disasters in U.S. history.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.