West Virginia

  • Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

    Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

    Weston, West Virginia Rising from the hills of Weston, West Virginia, the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is one of the largest and most chilling reminders of America’s early approach to mental health care. Once a place of hope and innovation, it later became infamous for overcrowding, mistreatment, and the suffering of thousands. Today, its empty wards…