In 2001, a flood nearly destroyed the town. At that time, there were 75 structures of historic significance noted. Fifteen of the historic buildings, all built in the 1920s, are noted below.

• Webster Apartments - originally Mullens General Hospital, 1921.
• Wyoming Hotel - built in 1918, destroyed by fire and rebuit around 1922.
• Eatwell Cafe - built in 1922. Closed after the 2001 flood.
• Smiley Department Store - 1921-22
• Trent Building - 1922, 3-story brick building. Has housed banks, clothing store and currently has been made into apartments.
• G.C. Murphy Company Building - 1944, now houses Southern Highlands Inc., a mental health organization.
• Markowitz Building - 1922, "Army & Navy Store" - men's clothing. Owned by the Markowitz family, the only Jewish family to live in the area for any extended period of time.
• The Law Building - 1923, once housed an African-American hotel and restaurant.
• Mullens Dollar Store - 1924, dry goods, clothing, notions
• Hatcher Building - 1922, furniture store, SEARS Catalog Store and bank.
• Levi Lusk Apartment and Garage Building - 1929, housed the Craft Bus Line as a service garage.
• Ball & Shannon Building - 1927, general merchandise, grocery, school supplies, school books
• A.J. Mullens Building - 1921, store and real estate office with apartment on second floor. Also housed the Mullens Motor County (automobiles) for nearly 40 years.
• The former Mullens Grade School has been converted into the Mullens Opportunity Center that focuses on improving education, economic conditions, environmental quality, historical preservation and facilities for social and recreational use.

There is no formal interpretation of the rail/coal resources in Itmann. This is what one can see today.

By the 1980s, Island Creek Coal Company was mining in Pocahontas No. 3 at Itmann, employing around 500 miners. Eventually, the mine was closed, but the company store is still standing and is a registered historical landmark in West Virginia. Many of the original houses still remain. The 1917, 2-room schoolhouse is preserved. And one can still see the 324 feet high steel bridge which served as a mine car trestle built in 1919 for WWI and the Itmann Coal Tipple - Coal prep plant built in 1948 by Pocahontas Consolidated Coal Company. Itmann is still an active community and has a welding shop that fabricates escalators for mines.

The Town of Maben was the home of Ritter Lumber Company from 1903 to 1948 which became the world's largest hardwood lumber producer in 1929. Maben changed to a mining town from 1944 - 1969 with the opening of the Mabel Coal Mine. Eighteen remodeled lumberjack dwellings and one original dwelling remain, along with a log one-room schoolhouse built in 1936.

There is no formal interpretation of the rail/coal resources in Maben.

There is no formal interpretation of the rail/coal resources in Pineville.

One can still see the Courthouse built in 1916 and County Jail in 1929 from native stone quarried nearby. Population is 715 (2000 census)