"Coal Town, USA": Doesn't sound like the most appealing place to visit, right? What with all those miners trudging around, pickaxes over their shoulders, hard hats off-kilter, their bodies saturated ...
THURMOND, W.Va. (Amazing America) — Tucked within the serenely beautiful New River Gorge National Park and Preserve, the ghost town of Thurmond, West Virginia, offers a glimpse back in time to a ...
SECO, Ky. — Mines built this company town. Jack and Sandra Looney hope vines — the wine grapes growing on a former strip mine in the hills above — will help to draw visitors here. Their Highland ...