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An abandoned theme park with a strange and tumultuous past.

One of the few surviving "Wigwam"-themed motels.

Prehistoric animals decorate this popular outdoor park.

A memorial in coal country commemorates the victims of an all-too-preventable mining disaster.

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

The remains of this visionary community can still be found much as it was a century ago.

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

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

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

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

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

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

Bubbling up from deep underground is the warm crystal clear water that fills the Warm Springs Pools, America's oldest spa.

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

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

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

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

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

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

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

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

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