A humble plaque marks the site where the country music legend was found dead in his Cadillac.

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

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

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

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

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

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

An abandoned 1920s school with a mysterious history.

Despite its lavish ornamentation, and wholesome lifestyle of its devotees, this mountain commune has faced its share of issues.

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

Hikers can still stroll beneath the long conveyer of this abandoned mining facility hidden in a West Virginia river gorge.

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

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

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

The "mysteries" of this quintessential roadside oddity were almost destroyed by neglect but were saved by fans of kitschy wonder.

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

Once connected to the outside world by a single train track, this ghost town is looked after by the National Park Service.

The museum calls itself the "National Museum of the Paranormal" and is full of eerie oddities.

A particularly creepy abandoned hospital that sparks interest for lovers of the supernatural.

This abandoned amusement park was built on a site with a dark history.

Abandoned former poorhouse, bible college, and haunted house in an Ohio hamlet.

The tragic reality of a town riddled with rumors of haunts, chemical spills, and serial killers.

A larger than life statue of a steelworker keeps watch over a closed steel mill.

In the middle of an abandoned stretch of old Route 50 lies a tombstone that weighs three tons.