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These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

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

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.

The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.

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

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

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

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

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

America's post-nuclear-attack chambers of Congress.

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

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

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

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

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

This taxidermy horse was a Civil War hero.

The U.S. Navy’s preposterously detailed mini battleship took 77,000 hours to complete.

Corn-inthian columns with a uniquely American take on neoclassical architecture.