Places lakupper13 Wants to Go

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

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

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

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

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

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

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

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

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.

Take a steam-powered ride straight out of the past on this Appalachian rail line.

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

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

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

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

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

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

Where Greenpoint's first European settler—and troublemaker—made his home.

In DeWitt, New York, a blanket-wrapped gas station makes a creative statement on global dependence on oil.

A grand New York post office that is home to mailman Santas, scraps of postal history, and a pneumatic mail system.

Eccentric stone cairns built on a public New York City beach.

Townhouse facade doubles as an RMS Titanic Memorial.