THURMOND. W.Va. — Consultants employed by the National Park Service to evaluate the condition of nationally historic structures in the New River Gorge, which are now slated for demotion, instead ...

Though details are obscure, one of the first UFO sightings reported in the U.S. may have originated in West Virginia over the ...

WEBSTER SPRINGS, W.Va. — Perhaps no county in West Virginia is as isolated as Webster County. Entirely mountainous, no ...

The Center Point Covered Bridge at Center Point, in Doddridge County, north of Salem, West Virginia, spans the Pike Fork of McElroy Creek and is a 42-foot-long truss. Its construction was ordered by ...

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The 18-mile stretch of two-lane US-60 that skirts the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is growing fast as a favorite route for motorcyclists and other adventure motorists.

The West Virginia Wildlife Center is a zoological park operated by the W.Va. Division of Natural Resources near French Creek, West Virginia, in Upshur County. The center is home to both native and ...

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Caves and caverns are found throughout West Virginia wherever water and stone have conspired to create hollows beneath the Earth's surface. In southern and eastern West Virginia, however, vast, ...

The South Branch of the Potomac flows through shadow in The Trough north of Moorefield, W.Va.. From Google Maps. George Washington referred to the canyon as “The Trough” after a surveying expedition ...

BARKERS RIDGE, W.Va. — You might have heard that moss grows only on the north sides of trees. That bit of lore originated as a way to help travelers navigate strange forests. The mossy north face of a ...

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