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

The center preserves and houses artifacts ranging from the colonial era to modern times from across Appalachia.

Step back in time at this historic variety store, packed with items from a bygone era.

In 1869, Swiss and German immigrants settled in this small town in the mountains of West Virginia.

A 21-foot-tall statue of a miner made of scrap metal stands in this West Virginia coal town.

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

Endless rows of boxes of paper records line the hallways of the archaic federal facility where guns are traced.

A 1,000-foot-long railroad tunnel under Shavers Fork connected the towns during West Virginia's logging boom until its closure in 1985.

This colorful West Virginia cowboy greets passersby with a glassy stare.

Once home to a thriving oil industry, this town now sits eerily abandoned.

This small West Virginia park is a land trust holdout against mountaintop removal mining.

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

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

A lighthouse on this West Virginia lake started as a joke, then the forces of nature helped make it a reality.

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

This harrowing climb along West Virginia's jagged spires is one of the only Via Ferrata on America's east coast.

The largest piece of cut lead crystal adorned a grave for 75 years and is now the shining star of a glass museum.

Thousands of tiny squares in different colors make up this piece of street art.

Built in the 1850s, this church was of the first five churches constructed in Harper's Ferry.

The actor best known for slapstick comedy is memorialized in his home town.

In an odd geographic anomaly this city borders two different states on opposite sides of town.

This former fire tower found new life as a communications hub complete with a scenic overlook.

This abandoned mine and power plant was built atop land once given to Revolutionary War soldiers.

A beautiful hidden gem in central West Virginia.