30 Things The Appalachian Mountains Are Hiding That No One Talks About

Most people think Appalachia is just foggy mountains, old cabins, and winding roads. But hidden across the range are underground lakes, abandoned towns, unexplained lights, forgotten cultures, sealed cave systems, and communities outsiders never fully understood. From the Melungeons of Tennessee to the fires beneath Centralia and the mysteries of Brown Mountain, these are thirty Appalachian secrets that rarely make it into travel guides. And even after thirty places, it still feels like these mountains are keeping their best stories to themselves. RIGHT NOTICE: The Copyright Laws of the United States recognize a “fair use” of copyrighted content. Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act states: “Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.” This video and our YouTube channel, in general, may contain certain copyrighted works that were not specifically authorized to be used by the copyright holder(s), but which we believe in good faith are protected by federal law and the fair use doctrine for one or more of the reasons noted above. Fair Dealing: Copyright, Designs and Patent Act 1988 (UK) section 30 states “Fair dealing” with a work for the purposes of criticism or review, of that or another work, does not infringe any copyright in the work provided that it is accompanied by a sufficient acknowledgement. Copyright in a work is not infringed by the use of a quotation from the work (whether for criticism or review or otherwise).