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 ...

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… ...

Lewis County, in north-central West Virginia (WV), was created in 1816 and named for Charles Lewis, a Virginian soldier and pioneer. Its county seat is at Weston. The West Fork River courses northward ...

The Simpson Creek Covered Bridge at Bridgeport, West Virginia, in Harrison County, spans Simpson Creek and is a 75-foot long multiple-kingpost truss. The bridge is located just off the I-79 expressway ...

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 ...

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.

Pleasant Valley, West Virginia (WV), is a community in Marion County near Fairmont, located on Pleasant Run in a bend in the Tygart Valley River near its mouth at the Monongahela River. The Fairmont ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SUMMERSVILLE, W.Va. — In a ravine beside the U.S. 19 expressway near Summersville Lake, 48 graves lie beneath the trees, marked by small stones. Paddlers and kayakers by the hundreds walk past on ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sports in West Virginia will always include Friday-night football, high school basketball, and hunting and fishing, but the landscape is changing. A handful of “next wave” sports ...