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The childhood home of one of Ohio's favorite sons, pilot and war hero Eddie Rickenbacker.

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

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

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

Smack in the midst of coal country, this collection provides a peoples' history of Appalachian miners' heritage.

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

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

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.