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A miscalculation turns a very shallow freshwater lake into a very deep saltwater lake.

Louisiana's first and only water buffalo farm makes exceptional cheeses.

A former top secret nuclear fallout shelter now operates like a hotel stuck in the Cold War.

The site where a nuclear bomb was lowered over 8,000 feet underground and detonated as an experiment in natural gas extraction.

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

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

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

This former zinc operation has a 90-year toxic history.

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.

Soak in the sacred vibes at this beloved food and coffee hangout inside a former church.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

A table rock formation that has been intriguing West Virginians for years.

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

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

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

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

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

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

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

A 1,000-foot-long railroad tunnel under Shavers Fork connected the towns during West Virginia's logging boom until its closure in 1985.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.