West Virginia may be regarded as a state centered around the coal industry, but it was the oil and gas industry that provided the state’s first economic boom and drove the development of the north-central part of the state.
In the isolated hills of West Virginia stands the forgotten and dilapidated Dusk Camp Methodist Church.
The bleakness of the winter landscape in south-central West Virginia was a constant reminder of the season’s harshness. It was a perfect time to visit some abandoned bridges and churches.
The warm spring weather of April 2022 was perfect for a hike along the former South Side Branch of the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
On a cold and rainy day, we encountered a charming house nestled along the Dry Fork of the Cheat River in West Virginia.
Many of the abandoned “beehive” coke ovens of the Davis Coal & Coke Company are still visible today in the company town of Coketon, West Virginia.
The Thorny Mountain Fire Tower within the Seneca State Forest in West Virginia is one of the few lookout towers that you can reserve and stay at!
A late autumn trip to West Virginia’s Greenbrier Valley isn’t complete without a visit to a few abandoned or forgotten…
Autumn arrived in a hurry along the South Fork South Branch Potomac River valley in the Potomac Highlands region of…
There was no better way than spending autumn driving the backroads and camping in the Potomac Highlands region of West…
Work progresses on the massive Grand Patrician Resort & Country Club development in Milton, West Virginia. The complex was once the Morris Memorial Hospital for Crippled Children that was built in phases from 1936 to 1941 by the Works Progress Administration for children stricken with polio.
If you are traveling along the West Virginia Turnpike, you may have noticed the portals to Memorial Tunnel.
The New Salem Baptist Church is the only remnant remaining in the ghost town of Tams, West Virginia.
Red Ash is one of my coal camps along or near the New River in West Virginia and is best known today for its intact coke ovens and cemetery.
Sometimes I come across these roadside churches and wonder where people parked or if most of the congregation simply walked…
Tucked away on a side road in this small Appalachian community is a gem in the rough. Constructed around the…
When my friend Ben motioned that he wanted to explore West Virginia and visit some of the places made famous…
The mountains and hollers of West Virginia are dotted with the remnants of communities past, reminders of earlier times when…
The Irish Corner district of Greenbrier County, West Virginia is dominated by large family farms, the remains of early mills…
Located in rural Monroe County, West Virginia is Sinks Grove, named for the many sinkholes throughout the area. It could…
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