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

This abandoned school has had many lives since the early 1900s, and all of them doomed.

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

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

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

This lookout tower built in the 1930s is now an in-demand cabin with what might be the best view of the Seneca State Forest.

An abandoned coal mine reached by a steep hike.

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

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

The world's largest fully steerable radio telescope.

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

The brainchild of Eleanor Roosevelt, her "Little Village" was a collectivist dream.

This former fire tower is now a rustic observatory that offers amazing views of eagles, hawks, and the Appalachian Mountains.

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

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

This abandoned train tunnel has been the subject of countless ghost stories for years.

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

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

Thousands of jack o'lanterns light up Halloween at this historic West Virginia home.

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

These rows of World War II-era bunkers were the scene of some of the infamous Mothman sightings.

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

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