This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

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

This handsome giant is said to mark the birthplace of the mythical woodsman and even had a cameo in a Stephen King novel.

A 30-foot-tall sculpture pays homage to what was once the Steering Wheel Capital of the World.

These dramatic cola-colored falls have appeared in a poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a song by Sufjan Stevens.

World's largest Christmas store.

This lighthouse and shipwreck museum keep a torch burning for the memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

A popular place to pick up prehistoric coral fossils from the time when Michigan was an ocean.

This 19th-century building inadvertently preserved the handprints of its builders within its walls.

An ode to "The Queen of Appalachia."

While knives are the main feature in this store, visitors will also find dinosaur bones and meteorites.

Elvis's own personal tropical hideaway.

A recreation of the doomed ocean liner in the middle of the Smoky Mountains.