An elegant German-style resort overlooking the Potomoc River.

Once the home of a noted Civil War spy, the two-story brick house now serves as a museum.

The "All-Seeing Eye of God" symbol on this library is a clue to one of the many former lives of this building.

True to its name, this little house presents like a dollhouse, and surprising details are revealed with a quick peek through the window.

This statue in Talcott, West Virginia, is an enduring symbol of American grit.

West Virginia’s largest bog is home to rare carnivorous plants.

In West Virginia, you can walk across the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere.

This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.

A giant time capsule not scheduled to be cored until 2040.

In the mountains of West Virginia is this perfectly preserved Art Deco train station.

The tallest waterfall in West Virginia.

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

Spectacular mineral formations fill these caves, which have been used for everything from smoking meat to stashing illicit liquor.

This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.

This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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