Places ShutterShelle Wants to Go

Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

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

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

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

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

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

A small storefront museum explores the history and myth of West Virginia's famous urban legend.

Heron, whitewater rapids, and urban industrialism all add to the beauty of this concrete nature walk.

A 300-yard long natural tunnel runs through a ridge deep in the Appalachian Mountains.

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

This 1830s store is believed to be the site of Harriet Tubman's first stand.

One of the only memorials dedicated to journalists who died in combat.

This former asylum for Black Americans is haunted by its history of violence and racism.

An eerie, decaying ghost town destined to fade into the forest.

Walk a trail through a historic Quaker town that outlawed slavery in 1777 and was a major waypoint on the Underground Railroad.

An FDR-era tuberculosis sanatorium has stood abandoned in the suburbs of the U.S. capital for over 30 years.

A cave on the Maryland border where civilians took refuge during the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.

The remnants of a wooden-hulled fleet built and abandoned in WWI, now home to a thriving ecosystem.

A girls' boarding school inspired by the Chicago World's Fair, once abandoned, now restored to strange and scenic glory.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

This free, take-a-book shop seems like a trick but isn't.

The man who first patented the Ouija board rests in peace beneath a headstone that playfully reflects that achievement.