Herbert Hoover's "Brown House" rural presidential retreat was a PR disaster amid the start of the Great Depression.

The graveyard holding the remains of George Washington's slaves was forgotten for nearly 200 years.

The resting place of a Civil War celebrity's amputated limb.

An alternate history park where the Union Army loses the war... to dinosaurs.

Exact replica of the ancient monument, but much, much lighter.

Outsider art meets paleontology at this roadside reptile repository.

A sacred site for Native Americans surveyed by George Washington and owned by both King George III and Thomas Jefferson.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

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

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

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

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.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

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

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

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.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

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.