Oil spilled from W.Va.'s largest well traveled 100 miles to Ohio...
COPLEY, W.Va. — In a quiet meadow along the upper reaches of the Sand Fork of the Little Kanawha River, it's hard to imagine...
Coalfields "castle" in W.Va. sells to investor planning tourism center
ITMANN, W.Va. — The historic Itmann Company Store complex in southern West Virginia has been purchased by a Texas investor who says he'll work...
Remnants of remarkable aircraft may remain in the mountains
Historians in central West Virginia are preparing to commemorate the mysterious site of the crash of a remarkable military aircraft—a wood-winged bi-plane sent to...
Seventeen new W.Va. historic sites added to national register in 2023
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Seventeen new historic sites have been added to the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia in 2023, spanning every...
Point at tip of W.Va.'s northern panhandle marks beginning of West
EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio — Some say that the American West begins at West Virginia, specifically at the tip of its northern panhandle, and there's...
Distinctive building in West Virginia may not stand much longer
In the midst of a scenic valley, on the edge of a county fairground, it waits empty, looking out across broad pastures. Some say...
Old country cemeteries in Appalachia were shaded rather than grassy
GRANDVIEW, W.Va. — Trees once shaded country cemeteries in Appalachia, according to an archaeologist. As a practical matter, they were not covered in grassy...
Historic Jenny Gap tunnel in West Virginia once stolen by a...
LESTER, W.Va. — Railroad companies in the early 1900s bored six tunnels through Guyandotte Mountain to extract coal from the last undeveloped coalfield in...
Former coal camp near Beckley found eligible for National Register
One of the last coal camps that remain in the coalfields near Beckley, West Virginia, has been found eligible for inclusion on the National...
Obscure building at prehistoric mound boasts curious history
When tourists arrive in Moundsville, West Virginia, they often come to see the massive Grave Creek Adena burial mound or tour the infamous West...
Visitors can explore genuine old mountain farm in New River Gorge
HINTON, W.Va. — Far from crowds that visit some of its most popular tourist attractions, the National Park Service at the New River Gorge...
Lone country church in southern West Virginia has unexpected history
TAMS, W.Va. — Most folks who come across the New Salem Baptist Church in southern West Virginia believe it to be abandoned. In cosmetic...
