Alderson, West Virginia
Alderson Academy
This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.
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Alderson, West Virginia
This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.
Markleysburg, Pennsylvania
This original Mason-Dixon line cairn placed in the 1760s was put in the wrong location because of the gravitational pull of the Allegheny Mountains.
Frostburg, Maryland
The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
Charles Town, West Virginia
This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.
Knoxville, Maryland
This advertisement for talcum powder was painted on the rock face and has since defied removal.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.
Winchester, Virginia
A natural spring situated on the grounds of the Hawthorne estate.
Cumberland, Maryland
Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."
Grantsville, Maryland
This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.
Morgantown, West Virginia
A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.