Places Braecrest Wants to Go

Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.

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

This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.

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

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

This mine was once used to defend the coast from attack during World War II.

A restored World War II Churchill Mark VII Tank now stands guard in Carrickfergus.

A local remembrance for lives lost—a poppy for each—in war more than 100 years ago.

A replica memorializes the site where women were punished after the last witchcraft trial in Ireland.