Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near West Virginia

While in West Virginia, you might enjoy a visit to:

Officially recognized Ripley's Believe it or Not! attraction, possibly from a slow week for marvels.
~34 miles from Beaver.

A local family unearthed the largest diamond ever found in North America and kept it in their tool shed for years.
~31 miles from Beaver.

Commercial cave. Showroom dummies enliven the tour of this natural nuclear survival bunker. "All our tours are based on Creation using the King James Version of the Bible."
~39 miles from Beaver.

Poised for liftoff, a replica remembers local kid turned NASA engineer Homer Hickham and the Rocket Boys (title of his book that became the movie "October Sky"). Visitors can see Homer's boyhood home and rocket launch site.
~38 miles from Beaver.

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