We moved on from Pennsylvania to West Virginia, which is one of the five poorest states in the Union, but it wasn’t always that way. In fact, Wheeling, WV was the richest city per capita in the U.S. during the late 19th century. But those days are long gone — so why oh why...
New River Gorge in West Virginia is this nation’s newest National Park, #63 to be exact, and preserved in order to protect the rugged New River below, as well as 70,000 acres of natural beauty and recreation. When built in 1977, it was the longest single-span arch bridge in the...
Heading southward through Ohio, we encountered a series of things that could only be described as “ODD”! A seven-story building that ants would love, the old prison where a popular 1994 movie was filmed, a museum devoted to a common office supply item, and a mysterious...