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Welcome to the Culture news directory at West Virginia Explorer. Follow along as we explore the diverse cultures that have come to define the West Virginia experience.

Mysterious shadow luring hikers to Beckley trail system near Piney Creek

Shadowy Figure In West Virginia Forest
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

Mountaineer Statue Detail in West Virginia
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

Might a headless ghost still haunt the forests around Bakers Run Campground?
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

Attack At Harpers Ferry
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...

Roosevelt's first social experiment attracts visitors to rural West Virginia

The center hall at Arthurdale , 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...

David Sibray At Poke Hollow Trail in West Virginia
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

David Sibray Visits Hotel Thelma in West Virginia
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. — At the corner of Logan and Wayne streets on the north side of town sit two nondescript buildings, one brick and...

Lost West Virginia saltworks are known to only a few adventurers

David Sibray inspects stonework in a thicket near the old saltworks.
MERCER SALT WORKS, W.Va. — The legend of the lost Mercer Saltworks near the New River in West Virginia may be remembered now by...

Roadside ghosts account for most popular West Virginia ghost stories

Roadside Ghost In West Virginia
PAX, W.Va. — Tales of roadside ghosts account for many of the most famous ghost stories in West Virginia, according to the publisher of...

Did someone fake the Flatwoods Monster sighting in West Virginia?

Flatwoods Monster Spacecraft in West Virginia
SUTTON, W.Va. — Many West Virginians have heard of a mysterious incident in Braxton County that involved a possibly celestial creature known as the...

Tale of historic tragedy haunts the hills of northern Putnam County

Dave Sibray searches cliffs for clues regarding a tragedy that killed two West Virginia hunters in the late 1800s.
LIBERTY, W.Va. — Eighteenmile Creek wanders quietly through the low hills of northern Putnam County, revealing not in the least any potential for tragedy...

Historic spring, cabin undetected near busy W.Va. expressway interchange

Phipps Cabin On Harper Road in West Virginia
BECKLEY, W.Va. — A stone's throw from one of the busiest traffic centers in West Virginia, a spring house and one-room cabin are all...

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