West Virginia Explorer - WV News and Travel Guide
West Virginia establishes statewide "paranormal trail" for dark tourism. David Sibray - October 1, 2024. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia has established a statewide Paranormal Trail to help spook-seekers discover its most spine-chilling sites. According to Chelsea Ruby, director of...
Ted Fauster: Meet the top five monsters from the West Virginia hills
Jan 13, 2022 · No. 5: The Grafton Monster. The Grafton Monster may still wander lonely among the hills of lower Tygart Valley. (Illustration by Ted Fauster) Formerly a railroad boomtown, Grafton, West Virginia, today seems somewhat an anomaly -- a village of big-city architecture locked in a territory of small farms and dense woodlands.
Mountains and Mountain Ranges - West Virginia Explorer
Certainly most of the state is mountainous, with the exception of a few broad river valleys, such as that of Ohio River, the lower Kanawha River, and South Branch of the Potomac River. West Virginia lies entirely within the Appalachian Mountains. Though many of its lesser mountains might be termed "hills," more mountain land exists per square ...
Pedal-train excursion leads tourists into remote central W.Va.
Aug 9, 2018 · A new pedal-train excursion that leads tourists along a glittering trout stream and deep into the mountains of central West Virginia has attracted more than 1,200 guests from 20 states in the last 30 days, according to spokesmen for the venue. "Most of what we're seeing so far is from word-of-mouth or from Facebook," conductor Bruce Gill said ...
Hamlin, West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
Hamlin, West Virginia (WV), the county seat of Lincoln County, was chartered in about 1869. Records of the event were destroyed in a fire at the court house in 1909. Hamlin was named for Bishop Leonidas Lent Hamline, who established the Hamline Methodist Episopal Church a mile from the present town. A conflicting account holds that the town was ...
Blennerhassett Island - West Virginia Explorer
National Historic Landmark -- Parkersburg, West Virginia-- Wood County Roster, Blennerhassett Island. Blennerhassett Island is a three-mile long land mass in the center of the Ohio River southwest of Parkersburg, West Virginia.It was home for American Indians since prehistoric times, including that of Nemacolin, a prominent Delaware, who lived there in the 1760s.
Weirton, West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
Mills at Weirton, West Virginia Weirton, West Virginia (WV), a community on the Ohio River in Hancock County, was incorporated in 1947 and named in honor of the Weir family, owners of the Weirton Steel Corporation, founded in 1909 by Ernest Weir at Hollidays Cove.One of the largest cities in West Virginia, he community has long been associated with steel.
Eastern Panhandle - West Virginia Explorer
Harpers Ferry from Maryland Heights. The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia includes eight of the easternmost counties in West Virginia — Grant, Hardy, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Berkeley, Jefferson, and Pendleton counties in eastern West Virginia. It spans a landscape of broad valleys drained by the Potomac River and its branches, including the Cacapon, and Shenandoah rivers.
Surprising facts about W.Va.'s quintessential biscuit restaurant
Dec 9, 2023 · Elizabeth Epling, the marketing director for Tudor's, shared some facts about the growing chain, including that, in total, Tudor’s has 74 locations, with its 75th opening soon in Inwood, West Virginia, spanning from the Northern Panhandle to the most southern part of the Mountain State. Tudor’s has 74 locations, with its 75th opening soon in Inwood, W.Va.
West Virginia Cities and Towns - West Virginia Explorer
Grave Creek Valley at Cameron, W.Va. Our guide to more than 300 towns and cities in West Virginia includes listings for all of its largest cities as well as some of its most locally important towns and villages. Some small towns in rural areas might hardly seem worth notice to outsiders but are vitally important to local inhabitants. A. Handley.