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A memorial honoring those who perished in one of the worst construction disasters in U.S. history.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.

A historic coal mine that doubles as a museum and tourist attraction.

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

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

Time travel with sweets across history at this research-based candy store.

Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.

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

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

Search for traces of the dinosaurs that roamed here more than 90 million years ago.

The house's confection-like decorations are the result of one man's painstaking work over decades.

Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.

Wee (and not so wee) footprints that insects and reptiles of the Paleozoic Era left behind.

Find your state fair food favorites all year long.

Ride a mechanical corn dog at the alleged birthplace of America's favorite deep-fried wiener.

This pair of centuries-old magnolia trees was once struck by a Babe Ruth home run.

This Native American petroglyph marks the location of an important, Creek trail.

Final remnants of the 1895 Cotton States and International Exposition.

Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

A popular oddity on display in a stately building, offering a symbolic commentary.

Two Civil War-era cemeteries stuck between runways at the world's busiest airport.