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The Grand Kugel

Richmond, Virginia

The Grand Kugel

This 29-ton granite ball spins around at the slightest touch thanks to a scientific phenomenon.

Chimborazo Medical Museum

Richmond, Virginia

Chimborazo Medical Museum

A former Confederate hospital serves as a remembrance of wounded and dead soldiers.

Shockoe Hill Cemetery

Richmond, Virginia

Shockoe Hill Cemetery

Within this lovely Richmond cemetery lie the remains of famous Virginians and some of Edgar Allan Poe's most beloved family and friends.

Church Hill Tunnel

Richmond, Virginia

Church Hill Tunnel

Under a playground is a little-known sealed train tunnel that likely contains the bodies of workers trapped by cave-ins.

Henry "Box" Brown

Richmond, Virginia

Henry "Box" Brown

In an effort to escape the horrors of slavery, one man mailed himself to freedom.

Hotel Greene

Richmond, Virginia

Hotel Greene

A fake 1930s-euro-style hotel with an indoor mini golf course.

A hydrotherapy tub in St. Albans Sanatorium.

Radford, Virginia

St. Albans Sanatorium

Paranormal investigators claim this abandoned asylum is the most haunted spot in the eastern U.S.

Imperial peachblow glass is visually striking.

Bellaire, Ohio

National Imperial Glass Museum

Collectors keep the story of Ohio Valley glassmaking alive.

Rock-afire Explosion at Billy Bob’s Wonderland

Barboursville, West Virginia

Billy Bob’s Wonderland

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

Bally Space Invaders

Roanoke, Virginia

Roanoke Pinball Museum

This collection of over 50 classic pinball machines awaits visitors to downtown Roanoke.

A part that is similar to a Silver Bridge eye bar. The eye bars did the job that suspension cables do in modern bridges.

Gallipolis, Ohio

Silver Bridge Disaster Memorial

The failure of one component toppled this entire bridge during rush hour.

Inside the Mothman Museum

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Mothman Museum

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

Mothman statue

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

Mothman Statue

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

Fostoria Oil Lamps

Moundsville, West Virginia

Fostoria Glass Museum

The legacy of the Ohio-founded Fostoria Glass Company lives on in West Virginia.

West Virginia State Penitentiary

Moundsville, West Virginia

West Virginia State Penitentiary

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

Grave Creek Mound

Moundsville, West Virginia

Grave Creek Mound

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

TNT igloo hidden by overgrowth.

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

TNT Area

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

Archive of the Afterlife

Cameron, West Virginia

Archive of the Afterlife

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

Blennerhassett Island

Parkersburg, West Virginia

Blennerhassett Island

Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.

Cawley & Peoples Mortuary Museum

Marietta, Ohio

Cawley & Peoples Mortuary Museum

What started as a display of antique hearses has grown into a museum exploring the history of the funeral industry.

The stairway leading to the top of the Great Mound.

Marietta, Ohio

The Mound Cemetery

At the center of this cemetery stands a 2,000-year-old burial mound of the Adena culture.

The historic–and potentially haunted–Blennerhassett Hotel dates to 1897.

Parkersburg, West Virginia

The (Haunted) Blennerhassett Hotel

The oldest hotel in West Virginia is reportedly frequented by ghosts.

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View of Monongahela National Forest from Top of Olson Fire Tower

Hambleton, West Virginia

Olson Observation Tower

Climb the tallest remaining fire lookout tower in West Virginia for unparalleled views—if you dare.

Tygart Lake

Grafton, West Virginia

Tygart Lake

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.

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