West Virginia’s first state park commemorates one of the state’s last significant Civil War battles.

The first American woman to win the Nobel Prize in literature came from the foothills of Appalachia.

Home of a 28-foot tall stalagmite known as the War Club.

Step into the courtroom to learn details of the only case in history where ghostly testimony led to a murderer's conviction.

The world's longest known cave system.

This arcade is one of the last places to catch a public performance by the now-defunct ShowBiz Pizza's house band of animatronic animals.

This huge clock made of flowers and simple machinery was once used a political weapon.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

The taxidermied body of a bear that was a casualty of a drug trafficker’s bizarre death.

Moonbows over Kentucky.

Featuring a Loretta Lynn display and a re-created coal mine exhibit.

Wander the locker-lined, terrazzo-floored halls and sleep in a former classroom at this unique inn.

The only structure left with direct ties to the Salem witchcraft trials of 1692.

Statue in Salem of the woman who starred as the witch Samantha in the sitcom "Bewitched."

A simple but powerful tribute to the 20 victims of the 1692 witch trials.

Visit a sweet shop selling one of the first candies ever made and sold in America.

The 340-year-old house that inspired the classic Nathaniel Hawthorne novel.

Despite its extensive history, this fort saw little to no combat.

The trials and tribulations of marking Poe's grave.

A museum dedicated to exhibiting remarkable outsider art.

A 200-year-old bar with a cheeky name claims to have served Edgar Allan Poe his final drink.

The summer home and later final residence of acclaimed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Ruins of the elaborate house where the enigmatic costume designer threw glamorous parties for New York's theatrical elite.

A recreated sign from the movie Jumanji has become a makeshift tribute to the film's late star.