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

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

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

One day a year it is legal to jump off of this astoundingly tall bridge that spans an Appalachian gorge.

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

Mass graves and Victorian monuments mark the history of Memphis in this 19th century cemetery.

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

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

A 70,000-square-foot institution dedicated to a very literal, creationist perspective on the Book of Genesis.

The world's longest known cave system.

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

The site of the one and only battle of Lord Dunmore's War.

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

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

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

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

First a root beer ad, then a golf course clubhouse, and finally a massive teapot.

Berkeley Hot Springs presents to you "the only outdoor monument to presidential bathing."

Near-constant high winds deform the trees on Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia.

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

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