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Shepherdstown Public Library

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

Shepherdstown Public Library

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

O'Hurley's General Store

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

O'Hurley's General Store

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

New River Gorge Bridge

Fayetteville, West Virginia

New River Gorge Bridge

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

Inside this farmhouse, Zona Heaster Shue, the Greenbrier Ghost, was murdered by her husband.

West Virginia

Greenbrier Ghost of Sam Black Church

Here lies Zona, whose ghostly testimony led to her husband’s murder conviction.

Sponsored By West Virginia Department of Tourism
Thurmond's Main Street. (LeahC/Atlas Obscura)

Thurmond, West Virginia

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.

Hank Williams Memorial

Oak Hill, West Virginia

Hank Williams Death Monument

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

The Weeping Woman

Parkersburg, West Virginia

The Weeping Woman

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

Staircase of "The Castle"

Wheeling, West Virginia

Mount Wood Castle and Cemetery

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

Maryland's 3rd Congressional District.

Halethorpe, Maryland

Maryland's 3rd Congressional District

A winding district gerrymandered into the shape of a mantis.

The hospital tower.

Bethesda, Maryland

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

FDR's Art Deco hospital tower was hopelessly inefficient.

Triadelphia Bell at Sherwood High School.

Ashton-Sandy Spring, Maryland

The Triadelphia Bell

This bell is one of the last remnants of the lost city of Triadelphia.

Nipper, the RCA Dog Statue

Baltimore, Maryland

Nipper, the RCA Dog Statue

A monumental statue of RCA's mascot now sits atop a historical society roof after a life of moving around.

Paw Paw Tunnel

Oldtown, Maryland

Paw Paw Tunnel

Despite violent work crews and massive delays this abandoned canal tunnel was built to last into the modern day.

Assateague Island

Berlin, Maryland

Assateague Island

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

The American Visionary Art Museum

Baltimore, Maryland

The American Visionary Art Museum

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

Killiansburg Cave, June 2016

Sharpsburg, Maryland

Killiansburg Cave

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

The Marland Hights District of Weirton, West Virginia.

Weirton, West Virginia

Weirton

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

Spruce Knob

Riverton, West Virginia

Spruce Knob

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

Forbes Field Wall

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Forbes Field Wall

A portion of the old Pirates stadium over which a defining home run once flew still stands even after the rest of the stadium was torn down.

Dippy the Dinosaur

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Dippy the Dinosaur

A model of a dinosaur that was named for Andrew Carnegie stands outside the museum that also bears his name.

The Scythe Tree

Waterloo, New York

The Scythe Tree

A rusted blade sticks out from the trunk of this tree, left as a memorial to a young man who left to fight in the Civil War but never returned home.

The M'Clintock House

Waterloo, New York

The M'Clintock House

A historic home with ties to the abolition and suffrage movements.

Thomas Pursell’s Escape Burial Hatch.

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Thomas Pursell’s Escape Burial Hatch

A retired firefighter created this contraption so he and his family wouldn't die if accidentally buried alive.

Wildwood Cemetery and Crematorium

Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Wildwood Cemetery and Crematorium

According to local myth this cemetery is half evil spirits, half good—split down the middle.

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