Places Charles WV Wants to Go

Built into the side of Jack's Mountain, these steps were once the daily commute of local quarry-workers.

Sail through this subterranean show cave that is home to a legend that would go on to name nearly everything around it.

Explore a subterranean wonderland with Pennsylvania’s largest stalagmite.

Rocky outcrops containing overhangs, caves, fissures, clefts, and alcoves that invite exploration and scrambling.

Once the "Eighth Wonder of the World," this iron railroad bridge was decimated by a tornado.

When the Austin Dam failed it destroyed much of Austin...and then it failed again.

Contrary to what one might expect, ice forms inside this small cavern during the summer and melts during the winter.

"Dark Sky Park" is heaven on Earth for astronomers, one of the rare U.S. locations with no artificial light pollution.

Over 100 concrete munitions bunkers are all that remain of a Pennsylvanian village seized by the US government.

Buildings that dynamite couldn't bring down were abandoned because of bathroom issues.

A train station that was abandoned by the coal industry and converted into a cocktail bar. Now it’s home to the local visitor bureau.

Narrow gorges and deep pools created by long-ago glaciers.

This national landmark is also home to a massive treehouse.

Abandoned blast furnaces are an enduring reminder of Scranton's once booming iron business.

Board a mine car and descend the #190 slope 300 feet underground into the Clark Vein of coal.

It would take 35 firetrucks to fill this enormous glacial pothole.

Oldest existing wire suspension bridge in the United States.

A pair of 19th-century granite markers symbolically record where the state boundaries of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania intersect.

A winding, cliffside stretch of road overlooking the Delaware River.

One of the U.S. Forest Service's only mansions is outfitted with a dinner table for floating food.

These tourist trap caverns are said to be the former home of a legendary Pennsylvania Hermit.

A mine fire has been burning under the deserted town since 1962, but this church is still going strong.

A toxic ghost town sitting atop a massive coal fire.

This unusual rock formation in Berks County is nearly a mile long and may date from the Ice Age.