The building, which is now at 303 S. Monroe St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 and is ...

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 ...

The 55-acre Burches Run Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is covered mostly in wetlands and mature oak and hickory forests that ascend gentle hillsides from an elevation of 780 to 900 feet above sea ...

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Our award-winning guide to West Virginia, West Virginia Explorer was established in 1999 by historian and magazine publisher David Sibray to provide a journalistic online venue for West Virginia ...

The Sinks of Gandy is a cave near Osceola, West Virginia, in eastern Randolph County, through which Gandy Creek tunnels. A journey through the "sinks" is a favorite rite of passage for many ...

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A barn sits in an upland meadow at Piney View, a rural residential community near Beckley, W.Va. (Photo by D. Sibray) Coal mines once operated nearby, though the area was principally farmland. In the ...

The 2,720-acre Huttonsville Wildlife Management Area (WMA) ranges across valley farmland and forested mountain slopes. Game traditionally hunted in the management area includes bear, deer, turkey, ...

In the central Canaan Valley, the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge protects 17,000 acres of upland forest and wetlands in the Allegheny Mountains of northeastern West Virginia. The largest part ...

Bait and tackle shops are located throughout West Virginia, though most particularly near its most heavily trafficked fishing areas. Many specialize in high-end fishing equipment. Many more make an ...