Places FerdXcursions Wants to Go

What began as an art installation is now the private drinkhaüs for a brewery's employees.

Perhaps the oldest vine in North America, this sprawling plant helps make a sweet wine.

This high point in the Great Smoky Mountains is said to be home to the chief of all bears.

Art museum based around the collections accumulated over 58 years by one eccentric thrift store owner.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

Winding country roads in eastern West Virginia lead to an extraordinary place populated by fiberglass giants.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

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

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

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

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

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

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

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

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

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