PICKLE STREET, W.Va. — Of all the odd community names in West Virginia, “Pickle Street” may rank among the oddest. Why this hamlet in Lewis County bears the name “pickle” is as much a mystery as why ...

PETERSBURG, W.Va. — West Virginia anglers are breaking fishing records with unusual frequency, a trend fisheries experts say reflects years of better fish ...

Autumn at Campbell Falls Mountain streams descend through Camp Creek State Park and two of the most photographed waterfalls in West Virginia as they fall toward the Bluestone River. Surrounded by Camp ...

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 ...

Nicholas County, in south-central West Virginia (WV), was established in 1818 and named for Virginia governor Wilson Cary Nicholas. Its seat of government is at the center of the county at ...

Wetzel County, in northern West Virginia (WV), was created in 1846 and named for Lewis Wetzel, who explored much of northern West Virginia in the 1700s. The Wetzel County seat is located at New ...

Putnam County, in western West Virginia (WV), was created in 1848 from parts of Cabell, Mason, and Kanawha counties. Although somewhat removed from the state’s mountain counties, it is revered as one ...

Clay County, WV (West Virginia), was created in 1858 from parts of Braxton, Kanawha, and Nicholas counties and was named in honor of Henry Clay, American statesman and Whig Party leader. Its county ...

Wood County, in northwestern West Virginia (WV), was established in 1798 and named in honor of James Wood, a soldier in the American Revolution and later the governor of Virginia. The Wood County seat ...

The county is part of the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area, a forested region of more than 500 square miles in central Appalachia in which tourism and forestry are industries. Regional ...

Marion County, in northern West Virginia (WV), was established in 1842 and named in honor of General Francis Marion, a war strategist and military hero. Its county seat is at Fairmont, the home of ...