Places Charles WV Wants to Go

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

This jail which was in service for over a century is now open for curious visitors.

Descend into the world’s longest-running deep anthracite coal mine.

This eerily well-preserved coal town was saved from destruction by a Sean Connery movie.

A field of nothing but boulders which resembles a giant's gravel driveway.

These beautiful ruins deep in the Pennsylvania woods are thought to have been a ski lodge or a speakeasy, but no one really knows.

This park contains a number of standing stones meant to heal and inspire.

The remains of a community that was forced to move for a dam that never materialized still rot in this Pennsylvania park.

This huge, disused viaduct is now a crumbling concrete underworld of covered in years of graffiti.

The internal railway of one of the biggest steel plants in America has been transformed into a linear park with unique industrial views.

What looks like a simple quaint estate in rural Pennsylvania was in the 18th century home to a small monastic community.

The oldest farmer's market in America is so ancient it was approved by the King of England.

North America’s largest collection of horological devices and home to a colossal clock with a dizzying array of features.

These unique rock formations were created during the Ice Age.

An industrial waste tourist attraction.

One of the oldest Catholic churches in the U.S., situated just east of Gettysburg.

The Home and murder site of the witch of Rehmeyers Hollow.

A sacred collection of indigenous rock art.

Mysterious rocks that ring musically when struck.

The headquarters of the Fraternitas Rosae Crucis, complete with Rosicrucian pyramids, all in the Pennsylvania woods.

This semi-spooky remnant of an abandoned hotel provides fantastic views.

A failed piece of Orientalism has become the proud symbol of a community.

A well-preserved example of an early industrial operation in the northeastern United States.

A modern ghost town whose inhabitants were driven away by the growth of nuclear power.