A little girl once saved a train on the West Virginia...
PINE GROVE, W.Va. — Short-line railroads in West Virginia were built to serve communities and industries not reached by significant railroad companies.
While the Baltimore...
Did one of earliest UFO reports in the U.S. originate over...
MOUNT HOPE, W.Va. — Though details are obscure, one of the first UFO sightings reported in the U.S. may have originated in West Virginia...
Horrific origin of West Virginia city name Wheeling: "Place of the...
WHEELING, W.Va. — To the average motorist hurtling through the City of Wheeling on Interstate 70, nothing about the place might seem particularly nefarious.
An...
Mysterious shadow luring hikers to Beckley trail system near Piney Creek
RODES, W.Va. — Tales of a shadow alleged to haunt part of the Grey Flats Trail area near Beckley, West Virginia, could be tied...
Heroic statue recalls role of Union-loyal "mountaineers" in Civil War
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Historian and journalist Jim Comstock battled ceaselessly to keep alive the memory of the West Virginia "mountaineer"— the independent, Union-loyal resident...
Remote campground in central West Virginia includes its own ghost
CENTRALIA, W.Va. — While there are many remote campgrounds in West Virginia, few are as remote as Baker's Run Campground and boast their own...
Park to commemorate the 165th anniversary of John Brown’s Raid
HARPERS FERRY, W.Va. — The National Park Service is hosting special events in West Virginia's eastern panhandle to commemorate abolitionist John Brown’s attempt to...
West Virginia establishes statewide "paranormal trail" for dark tourism
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has established a statewide Paranormal Trail to help spook-seekers discover its most spine-chilling sites.
According to Chelsea Ruby, director of...
Roosevelt's first social experiment attracts visitors to rural West Virginia
ARTHURDALE, W.Va. — The Kingwood Pike climbs slowly from the valley of the Monongahela River at Morgantown into the Allegheny highlands atop the Chestnut...
Twin Falls Resort State Park in West Virginia boasts its own...
SAULSVILLE, W.Va. — While reports of the Polk Hollow Monster haven't reached the frequency they had in the 1970s and '80s, there's no doubt...
Two historical Black buildings in Bluefield added to National Register
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — At the corner of Logan and Wayne streets on the north side of town sit two nondescript buildings, one brick and...
Historic ferry weathered many nightmares on the Ohio River
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — The Nina Paden and its skipper wheeled beyond the call of duty in ferrying the Ohio River at Parkersburg, West Virginia....
