Grafton, West Virginia
B&O Railroad Station and Willard Hotel
Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.
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Grafton, West Virginia
Two gems of Beaux Arts architecture that have been sitting vacant for years.
Morgantown, West Virginia
A well-preserved relic of the industrial age steel and iron works that dotted West Virginia.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.
Point Pleasant, West Virginia
The farming museum contains an extensive taxidermy collection, including the world's largest stuffed horse.
Eglon, West Virginia
This claimant to the title of "smallest church in the 48 states" doubles as an equally tiny, quasi-post office.
Parkersburg, West Virginia
Visit a replica of the estate where Aaron Burr allegedly plotted a treasonous scheme against the United States.
Parkersburg, West Virginia
A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.
Shepherdstown, West Virginia
This general store is more than a century old and home to various oddities and antiques.
Eglon, West Virginia
The highest point in Maryland is only accessible by hiking through another state.
Morgantown, West Virginia
This university transit system is a 1970s vision of the future.
Fayetteville, West Virginia
The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.
Clear Fork, West Virginia
A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.
Charleston, West Virginia
This tiny man looms large over downtown Charleston.
Oak Hill, West Virginia
A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.
Green Bank, West Virginia
This rural community has attracted both scientists and techno-refugees due to its federally-mandated lack of technology.
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
The last holdout of a pre-Civil War rebel who took the matter of slavery into his own hands.
Green Bank, West Virginia
The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.
Philippi, West Virginia
Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.
Moundsville, West Virginia
The largest burial mound in the United States holds the remains of prehistoric West Virginians.
Lewisburg, West Virginia
Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.
New Cumberland, West Virginia
This California artist's front yard acts as a gallery for his unique, scrap metal animal sculptures.
Salem, West Virginia
This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.
Berkeley Springs, West Virginia
Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.
Washington, West Virginia
One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.