There are more than 4 million bricks inside this unofficial Lego museum in a former middle school.

An abandoned asylum incorporated into a college campus.

This lovely university observatory continues to sit abandoned since its potential savior was sent to jail for fraud.

Prison made famous by The Shawshank Redemption has been out of commission since 1990.

The angel of death appears to weep black tears at this grave marker.

A theme park featuring a replica of Noah's Ark built to the measurements specified in the Bible.

After a water tower painting was accused of being an ad, a simple fix was made that gave the city a motto.

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

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

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.

A church now sits over the site of one of the worst urban disasters of early 19th-century America.

Step into the courtroom to learn details of the only case in history where ghostly testimony led to a murderer's conviction.

Dedicated to the largest armed uprising in American history since the Civil War.

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.

A lone grave is quietly tucked away in Kanawha Riflemen's Memorial Park.

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

This shale formation along the Appalachian Trail once inspired the third president of the United States.

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

In 1952, a strange encounter in the woods of West Virginia led to the legend of a 10-foot-tall monster with glowing eyes and a distinctive style.

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

A melancholy guardian doubles as a judicious godmother to this small town cemetery.

The remains of one of the last mining camps developed on the New River.

A cult archaeology conspiracy theory claims these West Virginia petroglyphs were written by Irish monks in Ogham.

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