West Virginia’s only brick manufacturer is still standing strong after 100 years. If you were looking to build a house in the 1830s, you had a few options. You could use limestone, the gravelly, sedimentary rock. Or you could use big American chestnut trees. But both were challenging. Limestone was heavy and hard to cut, and human activity and disease…
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Recent Stories from the Magazine
Five Fun Ways to Adventure Into Fall
With a more Arizona-like dry and hot September, West Virginia fall foliage is rolling a little late through the Mountain State, but the welcome addition of sweater weather and campfire nights has sped up nature’s color wheel in the mountains. Here’s our High Five Friday picks for Five Fun Ways to Explore Fall Foliage this weekend. From 9 a.m. to…
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A Freakish Farm
Miller’s Nightmare Haunted Farm brings out the macabre. written by NIKKI BOWMAN MILLS AND JOSEPHINE MOOREphotographed by LYDIA REED Looking for a ghoulishly good time? Miller’s Nightmare Haunted Farm, located outside of Lewisburg, has been scaring the pants off visitors for six years. The Miller family has carved out 10 acres from their 75-acre farm for a freakish fall destination…
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Bed, Breakfast, and Beyond
There’s nothing wrong with a plate of bacon and eggs from a greasy spoon. Just like there’s nothing wrong with a biscuit sandwich from a West Virginia-owned fast food chain. But there is no better place to have the most important meal of the day than a bed and breakfast. I mean, it’s right there in the name. We’ve collected…
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Five Fall Places to Cool it Now
We’re on the heels of one of the hottest Septembers on record. With unseasonably warm temperatures still in the forecast, we’re all looking for a few good places to cool off. Here’s some favorites around the state. One of the only swimming pools open year-round in the Mountain State is Split Rock Pools at Snowshoe Mountain. Come for the foliage…
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