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

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

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

The isolated final resting place for perished coal miners.

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

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

A monument marks the location of the first successful steamboat demonstration.

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

One of the few surviving examples of the first lock and dam system built on the Ohio River.

Two insane asylum bodies embalmed by an amateur.

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

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

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

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.

This abandoned dream castle and its cemetery look out over the city that once inspired their creation.

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

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.

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.