Winters in West Virginia can be harsh, but some animals have an ingenious way of staying alive and well until spring. Hibernation isn’t just a long naptime. It’s late fall. And somewhere in West Virginia, in a thick stand of prickly pine and brush, a three-year-old black bear is carving
High Society in Monroe County
The Carriage House Museum in Union offers a glimpse of the town’s stylish past. Before the American Civil War, Monroe County was a playground for genteel southerners. Favored with bountiful farmland as well as wool mills, gristmills, and sawmills, Monroe was also blessed with mineral springs that quickly became major
Wonderful West Virginia’s Holiday Gift Guide
Make everyone on your holiday shopping list happy with a few of these West Virginia-made treasures. Violins crafted by Paolo MarksBased in Pocahontas County, Paolo Marks is a musician and artisan. For more than a decade he has focused on building his own string instruments, producing a handful a year