Places Charles WV Wants to Go

Captain John Smith thought these cliffs were amazing in 1608 but sharks thought so 20 million years before him.

This scenic Maryland park was the site of one of the worst prison camps of the Civil War.

Remnants of a storybook amusement park hidden behind a strip mall.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Once America's tallest structure, now a Baltimore landmark.

This Asian-inspired tower in a lush urban park provides spectacular panoramic views of Baltimore.

An abandoned church gets a second life as a massive beer hall and event space.

Once a thriving business district, this former shopping area is now an urban ghost town in the heart of the city.

The design of this historic domed church was influenced by Thomas Jefferson and intended as a statement of religious freedom.

It’s not hard to see why the historic Peabody Conservatory of Music’s library has been described as a “cathedral of books.”

A blank headstone topped with a pile of pennies marks the final resting place of the infamous assassin.

Once part of a dam servicing an early 19th century grist mill, the tucked-way falls are a tricky-to-find urban oasis.

Although built to generate electricity for Marylanders, this dam has become an all-you-can-eat buffet for American bald eagles.

This historic lighthouse was well known for the large number of women who served as its keeper.

Learn about our ancestral eating habits at the passion project of an archeologist.

The United States' oldest Episcopal church still in active use.

After hundreds of years of settlement, this once-bustling fishing village sunk into the Chesapeake Bay.

An isolated island home to one of the oldest English-speaking communities in the region and Maryland's state dessert.

The stone marker that Mason and Dixon placed at the eastern end of the famous north-south border they surveyed.

A unique marker erected during the 18th century.

The land is home to swimming ponies and a legendary 18th-century treasure.

This building at the south end of the boardwalk was once home to the U.S. Life-Saving Service and the U.S. Coast Guard before being rescued itself.

Four-story concrete hotel never opened to customers.