Lost Creek, West Virginia (WV), a community in Harrison County, was incorporated in 1946 and was, according to a local legend, named for an ominous message carved on a tree along the creek before the ...

Spencer, West Virginia (WV), the county seat of Roane County, was chartered in 1858 and named for Spencer Roane, a Virginian jurist. Spencer was formerly known as New California. Spencer is situated ...

Photographer Rick Burgess has been documenting West Virginia through photography since the 1970s. His work has long been considered among the most evocative ever produced, especially with regard to… ...

Harman, West Virginia (WV), a community in Randolph County, was incorporated in 1901 and named for Asa Harmon, who provided the land for the town, which was formerly known as Harmon Town. Harman is ...

Mason, WV (West Virginia), a community on the Ohio River in Mason County, was chartered in 1856 and named for Mason County, which was named for George W. Mason, author of the Constitution of Virginia.

North Hills, WV (West Virginia), is an incorporated residential community in Wood County in the Marietta-Parkersburg metropolitan area. The town is unique in that it is almost entirely residential.

Pea Ridge, West Virginia (WV), an unincorporated community in Cabell County takes its name from Pea Ridge, a low ridge around which the Guyandotte River courses. Located on highway US-60 and ...

LEWISBURG, W.Va. — Whether you believe in ghosts, it’s a fact that a ghost enters the lawbooks in West Virginia. The account of the “Greenbrier Ghost,” as the specter of the late Zona Heaster Shue ...

SARAH ANN, W.Va. — A new entrance to a historic Hatfield Cemetery in southern West Virginia is making it easier for visitors to pay respects at the graves of William Anderson “Devil Anse” Hatfield and ...

Few hills and hollers in West Virginia exist without a ghost around to haunt them. Mountaineers love their lore and find plenty of places for restless spirits to walk. Many such tales are based on ...

HINTON, W.Va. — Deep in a forested gorge where the Bluestone River winds, the lost village of “Lilly” was among southern West Virginia’s first frontier communities. The landscape today only hints at a ...

CORTLAND, W.Va. — Cross-country skiing is enjoying quite a renaissance. As snow-loving retirees, energetic youths, outdoor enthusiasts, and adventurous families search for quieter ways to explore ...