Places Charles WV Wants to Go

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

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

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

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

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

A once-abandoned school building converted into a fantastical multi-level art installation and haven for Appalachian artists.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

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

West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

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

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.

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

Ornate lobby of a police station is decorated with colorful murals by Augusto Giacometti.

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.