Grafton, West Virginia
B&O Railroad Station and Willard Hotel
Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.
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Grafton, West Virginia
Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.
Weston, West Virginia
This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.
New Haven, West Virginia
This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.
Charleston, West Virginia
A lone grave is quietly tucked away in Kanawha Riflemen's Memorial Park.
Charleston, West Virginia
Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.
Morgantown, West Virginia
A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.
Philippi, West Virginia
Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
This red-eyed chrome beast pays homage to the popular modern myth of West Virginia's insectoid monster.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.
Weston, West Virginia
A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.
Williamsburg, Virginia
This museum explores the grim reality of life in the earliest British colonies in America.
Williamsburg, Virginia
Affectionately known as "Lord Bot," this historic statue has a cult social media following and rightly claims to be “the most metal inhabitant of the Wren Yard.”
Williamsburg, Virginia
America's first public mental health facility.
Smithfield, Virginia
The nearly 120-year-old piece of pork wears a brass collar and was once a man's "pet ham."
Littleton, North Carolina
Bigfoot prints, Feejee mermaids, and haunted dolls on display in a tiny North Carolina town.
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Down the road from where the Wright brothers lifted off is another flight tribute practically hidden from sight in the woods.
Petersburg, Virginia
A home built with marble tombstones from the graves of 2,200 Union soldiers buried in a Virginia cemetery.
Point Harbor, North Carolina
The perfect place to take a family of giants for a beach vacation.
Hatteras, North Carolina
This historic sunny-yellow building has an unfortunate connection to the sinking of the Titanic.
South Bay, Florida
One of many gator theme parks, abandoned in the sugar fields of South Florida.