Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near West Virginia

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

An American military zeppelin, not as well-known but just as accident=prone as the Hindenburg, crashed in eastern Ohio in 1925.
~49 miles from Cairo.

"Big Muskie," the world's largest earth moving machine, was dismantled in 1999. But you can still visit Big Muskie's humongous bucket!
~46 miles from Cairo.

2,000 year old Adena burial mound created by Indians is the largest; their story is told in the Delf Norona Museum, and the site includes the WV Archaeology Center.
~54 miles from Cairo.

Learn what it's like to live behind bars -- for an hour or so -- in this decommissioned prison. Has an electric chair and gallows, too, but just for viewing.
~54 miles from Cairo.

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