Alderson, West Virginia
Alderson Academy
This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.
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Alderson, West Virginia
This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.
Radford, Virginia
Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Beckley, West Virginia
A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Ansted, West Virginia
The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.
Charleston, West Virginia
This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.
Spencer, West Virginia
A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.
Cass, West Virginia
Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.
Philippi, West Virginia
Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.
Luray, Virginia
An organ located deep within a cave, whose "pipes" are the geological features of the cave itself.
White Post, Virginia
Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.