Places KR Peart Wants to Go

European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.

If there's another drive-through golf-cart bar in a bat-filled cave on top of a mountain, we don't know about it.

A glimpse at Walt Disney's vision for a "community of tomorrow," in miniature.

A lifetime collection of thousands of automobile and vintage gas station items at no charge to view.

This rural bridge gave the government of West Virginia a red scare.

Step into a converted schoolhouse packed with radios, ham gear, and a century of broadcasting history.

Under some of the darkest skies east of the Mississippi, this park invites you to look up into the Milky Way.

Climb the tallest remaining fire lookout tower in West Virginia for unparalleled views—if you dare.

A family-run store in an 1892 pharmacy still slings old-fashioned sodas.

Step back in time to explore 19th-century Appalachian life, from blacksmiths to Model Ts.

This statue in Talcott, West Virginia, is an enduring symbol of American grit.

The oldest hotel in West Virginia is reportedly frequented by ghosts.

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

Dedicated to the largest armed uprising in American history since the Civil War.

This striking Victorian Home with its 113-foot turret is best known as the site where abolitionist John Brown was executed in 1859.

Sample original Hatfield family moonshine at this distillery in southern West Virginia.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

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

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

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

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