Trans-Allegheny asylum to host 12,000-egg Easter hunt
The Easter Bunny will work overtime Sunday morning in Weston hiding more than 12,000 eggs on the lawn of the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, a...
Outdoor festival organizer lauds West Virginia’s tourism potential
The organizer of one of West Virginia's longest-running outdoor-recreation festivals says the Mountain State is an ideal travel destination and is encouraging its communities...
Old penitentiary now attracting more than 30,000 annual visitors
More than 30,000 visitors now tour the old West Virginia Penitentiary at Moundsville every year, and officials say traffic is expected to increase as...
Sign recognizing Eastern Continental Divide could gain ground
North America's Eastern Continental Divide wanders across much of the eastern U.S., marking the division between waters that flow east to the Atlantic and...
Charleston’s first board-built house still stands
Until 1834 nearly every residence in the Kanawha Valley near present-day Charleston was built of hewn timbers. Then along came James Craik, whose Greek...
Old Stone Face inspires new guide to rock faces in West...
As often as I've visited North Bend State Park, I only just found out about Old Stone Face —one of many fascinating landmarks at...
Oil spilled from W.Va.’s largest well once reached Ohio River
Here in meadow along the upper reaches of the Sand Fork of the Little Kanawha River, it's hard to imagine that there was ever...
West Virginia springwater attracting new audiences
Legendary West Virginia springs are attracting new audiences among health conscious people who long for a return to simpler times.
Once supposed curative, "healing" springs...
Old “swastika building” near Beckley still turning heads
"What can you tell me about the old building near Beckley with the swastikas on it? Was it built by nazis?"
I'm asked some version...
Bald eagle survey highlight of Pipestem birding weekend
Bald eagles—never before seen in southern West Virginia—have become inhabitants over the last decade, and naturalists at Pipestem Resort State Park are inviting the...
Study: heritage tourism economic engine for W.Va.
A recent study of the Preservation Alliance of West Virginia’s AmeriCorps program suggests its heritage tourism programming is an important economic engine for West...
Storied West Virginia monument stands forgotten in woods
Finding it on a map is difficult. Hiking to it is even harder. But on a wooded hillside at the southwest corner of Pennsylvania...