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Abandoned Places in West Virginia

Former buildings and sites with abandoned histories and reported paranormal stories; check access before visiting.

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Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Weston, WV

America's largest hand-cut stone building — a Civil War-era asylum that housed 2,400 patients in a facility built for 250.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Extreme

Abandoned Places

Virginius Island

Harpers Ferry, WV

Virginius Island lies ruined in the Shenandoah's braid at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia — a crowded nineteenth-century industrial island of mills and workers' homes that repeated great floods scoured away. Its National Park trails now thread the foundations, where river telling keeps the old mill wheels faintly turning.

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Editorial rating (not community score) Moderate

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About abandoned places in West Virginia

West Virginia's abandoned places are compiled from local history, published folklore and visitor reports. Many are open to the public, and several offer tours or overnight stays.

Stories are recorded as accounts rather than established fact. Browse by city above, or open the full map to explore everything near you.