Places jcadden76 Wants to Go

A Muppet museum in small-town Mississippi honors the roots of Jim Henson's most beloved creation.

Built by prisoners of war, the largest small-scale model ever built includes eight miles of tiny streams that now sit abandoned.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

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

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

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

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

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

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

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

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

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

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

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

The birthplace of Appalachia's only first lady, who some have dubbed the United States' "first female president."

The highest point in Virginia can only be reached by passing through ponies and flowers.

One street divides a single town that stands in two U.S. states.

An eight-sided home built during a brief octagon craze in the 1850s.

Hop on the train and tour an elaborate miniature town made completely of junk (including the train).

This maze-like slot canyon is a unique gem within an already fascinating geological area.

A highway marker that honors a former spy plane pilot and local hero.

You can climb to the summit of Black Mountain, as long as you sign the waiver.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.