Places DaveMcB Wants to Go

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

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

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

Soak in the sacred vibes at this beloved food and coffee hangout inside a former church.

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

Step into the courtroom to learn details of the only case in history where ghostly testimony led to a murderer's conviction.

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

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

A museum dedicated to the legend of Bigfoot in the Appalachian Mountains.

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

In 1869, Swiss and German immigrants settled in this small town in the mountains of West Virginia.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

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

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

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

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.

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

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

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

True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.