Lewisburg, West Virginia
Lost World Caverns
Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.
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Lewisburg, West Virginia
Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.
Grafton, West Virginia
Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.
New Cumberland, West Virginia
This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.
Salem, West Virginia
This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.
Eglon, West Virginia
This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.
Arthurdale, West Virginia
The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.
Chester, West Virginia
First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.
Riverton, West Virginia
Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.
Alderson, West Virginia
This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.
Wheeling, West Virginia
This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.
Thurmond, West Virginia
Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.
Rock, West Virginia
This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.
Baltimore, Maryland
The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.
Moundsville, West Virginia
Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Staten Island, New York
Final resting place of two dozen New York City harbor ships.
Brentwood, New York
A formerly abandoned mental institute, now back in business.
Bronx, New York
The loneliest island in New York.
Red Hook, New York
For over 80 years, Mayan ruins stood proudly in a most unlikely location.
Tappan, New York
This derelict building used to house infirm Freemasons, their widows, and orphans.
New York, New York
La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela's "Dream House" will immerse you in an ever changing world of sound and light.