Places Charles WV Wants to Go

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.

A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

The legacy of the Ohio-founded Fostoria Glass Company lives on in West Virginia.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

A 1,000-foot-long railroad tunnel under Shavers Fork connected the towns during West Virginia's logging boom until its closure in 1985.

Climb the tallest remaining fire lookout tower in West Virginia for unparalleled views—if you dare.

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.