For several weekends each fall, scheduled releases from a dam in West Virginia’s mountains transform the Gauley River into a powerful whitewater run that draws rafters and kayakers from across the ...

Long before modern travelers arrived via Interstate 64, visitors came here to “take the waters” at the White Sulphur Spring. The resort that developed around the spring became one of the most famous ...

The National Radio Quiet Zone is an area of nearly 13,000 square miles located in the mountainous eastern United States in which radio transmissions are restricted to aide scientific research and ...

Historic homes and churches line Front Street on the Ohio River in Hartford City, West Virginia (WV). Hartford City was platted on land first owned by Colonel Andrew Waggener, who in 1772 was awarded ...

Saint Marys is renowned for its Main Street, which accomodates a railroad. According to Creel, Mary appeared to him one night as the steamer upon which he was traveling passed the point on the Ohio ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — By 1899, Halloween had become such a troublesome occasion in Huntington that one resident demanded special police protection, warning that drunken revelers and vandals might ...

A 35-mile trip to West Virginia once meant seven time changes. Discover how a West Virginia congressman helped bring order to ...

West Virginia's spay-neuter program has helped more than 98,000 animals, but expiring grant funding threatens its future as ...

POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — Of the many frightening stories associated with West Virginia, one book has a strong claim to being the scariest ever written. Published in 1975, The Mothman Prophecies by ...