West Virginia Attractions and Oddities
All the weird attractions, hidden sights, and unusual places in West Virginia. Visitor Tips, news, stories, field reports.
Also see: Gone But Not Forgotten - Closed classic attractions
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Alderson: Alderson Lion, Made of Junk
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Alderson: Culvert Pipe Hot Dog
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Ansted: Grave of Stonewall Jackson's Mom
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Ansted: Mystery Hole
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Antioch: Log Cabin Birthplace of Lincoln's Mom
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Aurora: Outhouse Mail Box
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Barboursville: Billy Bob's Wonderland: the Rock-afire Explosion
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Barboursville: Pink Elephant
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Bath: George Washington's Outdoor Bathtub
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Beckley: Exhibition Coal Mine
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Beckley: Mortality: Tunnel Death Statue
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Beckley: Neighborhood Menagerie
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Beckley: Peace Totem Propeller Time Capsule
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Berkeley Springs: 1920s Gas Station
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Berkeley Springs: International Water Tasting Competition
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Berkeley Springs: Troubadour Lounge: "Joltin' Jim" McCoy
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Bethlehem: War on Terrorism Monument
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Blacksville: Jet on Old Scoreboard
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Bramwell: Home of the Millionaires
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Bridgeport: Front Lawn Giraffe
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Buckhannon: Tiny Church
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Bunker Hill: Silo Missile
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Cameron: Archive of the Afterlife
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Charleston: John Brown's Noose: WV State Museum
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Charleston: Shoney's Big Boy Museum
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Charleston: West Virginia Lincoln Melancholia
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Chester: Mini-B-52 on a Pole
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Chester: World's Largest Teapot
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Chloe: Grave of Mike Fink
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Coalwood: Space Shuttle Replica
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Cottageville: Imitation Muffler Man
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Cotton Hill: Indian Head Rock
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Dingess: The Dingess Tunnel
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Eleanor: Paul Bunyan and Babe
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Elkins: Big Chair
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Elkins: Statue of Minnehaha
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Elkins: Tiny Church
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Elkins: Tire Minions
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Ellenboro: Hillybilly Marble Maker Sam Hogue
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Fairmont: Coal Country Miniature Golf
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Fairmont: Meredith Tunnel
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Fayetteville: America's Longest Single Arch Steel Span Bridge
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Fayetteville: Bridge Walk: 88 Stories High
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Flatwoods: Flatwoods Monster Photo-Op
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Flatwoods: Flatwoods Monster Sign
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Flatwoods: Modern Monster Chair
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Flatwoods: Replica Space Monsters for Sale
- Flatwoods: The Monster That Wouldn't Die
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Gassaway: Lamp-Inspired Monster Chair
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Ghent: Ghent Explosion Memorial
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Glen: Marker: Original Golden Delicious Apple Tree
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Grafton: Dairy Queen Eskimo Sign
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Grafton: Mother's Day Shrine
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Grafton: Statue of Mother
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Green Bank: Green Bank Observatory
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Hamlin: Statue of Chuck Yeager
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Harpers Ferry: John Brown Wax Museum
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Harpers Ferry: Where to Go in a Nuclear War
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Helvetia: Swiss-themed Village
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Hilltop: Skyline Drive-In: Hank's Last Stop
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Horse Shoe Run: Tiny Church - Our Lady of the Pines
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Huntersville: Western Mini-Town Display
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Huntington: Museum of Radio and Technology
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Huntington: Rotating Root Beer Mug
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Huntington: Three Big Green Buffalo
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Hurricane: Water Monster's Daughter
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Institute: Hidden Figures: Katherine Johnson
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Inwood: Big Apple
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Kenova: Pumpkin House: 3,000 Jack-o-Lanterns
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Kingwood: 1927 Esso Gas Station
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Lavalette: Fish Feeding Frenzy
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Lesage: Hillbilly Hot Dogs - We Got the Weenies
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Lewisburg: Big Snowman
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Lewisburg: Lost World Caverns - Home of Bat Boy
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Marlinton: The Cone
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Martinsburg: Apple Time Capsule
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Martinsburg: Giant Crab
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Martinsburg: Medical Exhibit of Yesteryear
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Matewan: Corner of Hatfield and McCoy Streets
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Matewan: Matewan Flood Wall
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Morgantown: Don Knotts Star and Statue
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Morgantown: Morgantown's Monorail
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Moundsville: Crashed Airplane Planter
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Moundsville: Grave Creek Mound
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Moundsville: Marx Toy Mural
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Moundsville: West Virginia State Penitentiary Tour
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Mount Nebo: Only Lighthouse in West Virginia
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New Cumberland: Sea Monster, Scrap Art Creatures
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New Vrindaban: Prabhupada's Palace of Gold
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Nitro: Paul Bunyan and Babe
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Oak Hill: Hank Williams, Dead Here
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Odd: A Town Named Odd
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Parkersburg: Grave of the Weeping Woman
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Parkersburg: Muffler Man
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Parkersburg: Oil and Gas Museum
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Parkersburg: VP Aaron Burr's Death Mask: Seditionist Island Utopia
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Peterstown: Marker: Home of the Jones Diamond
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Philippi: First Amputation of the Civil War
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Philippi: Mummies of the Insane
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Point Pleasant: Anchor That Sank The Sallie Marmet
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Point Pleasant: Chief Cornstalk's Vengeful Bones
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Point Pleasant: Grave of Mad Ann Bailey
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Point Pleasant: Mothman Museum
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Point Pleasant: Mothman Statue
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Point Pleasant: Paddleboat - Captain's Creamery
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Point Pleasant: Patriotic Mothman Mural
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Point Pleasant: Reproduction Stockade Fort
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Point Pleasant: Silver Bridge Disaster Memorial
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Point Pleasant: Silver Bridge Mural: Pre-Doom
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Point Pleasant: Stainless Steel Pioneers
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Point Pleasant: World's Largest Horse: West Virginia State Farm Museum
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Richwood: Muffler Man - Bunyan
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Rio: Rio Rock Turtle
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Riverton: Seneca Caverns
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Ronceverte: Organ Cave
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Rowlesburg: Cool Springs Park
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Rowlesburg: Greatest Generation Society Museum
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Sago: Sago Mine Disaster Monument
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Sam Black Church: Grave of the Greenbrier Ghost
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Sam Black Church: Greenbrier Ghost Trial Marker
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Sarah Ann: Burial Ground of the Hatfields
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Seneca Rocks: Smoke Hole Caverns
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Shepherdstown: Little House for Lab Brats
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Shepherdstown: Monument to James Rumsey, Father of Steam
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Shinnston: Giant Coal Miner: Charlie
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Silver Lake: Smallest Mailing Office - Post Office
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Slaty Fork: Sharp's Kissing Bridge
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St. Albans: Red, White, and Blue Yeager Rocket
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St. Marys: Share Street with a Train
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Sutton: Classic Monster Chair
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Sutton: Flatwoods Monster Museum
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Sutton: Scary Monster Chair
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Sutton: Sporty Monster Chair
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Sutton: West Virginia Bigfoot Museum
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Talcott: John Henry Statue
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Thurmond: Coal Mining Ghost Town
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Unger: Big John
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Unger: King Midas Muffler Man
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Unger: Muffler Man - Bunyan
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Unger: Swimmer Dude
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Unger: The Farnham Colossi
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Unger: Uniroyal Gal
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Waiteville: Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory
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Welch: First Parking Garage in the U.S.
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Weston: Mountaineer Military Museum
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Weston: Museum of Glass and Marbles
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Weston: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
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Wheeling: Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum
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Wheeling: Madonna of the Trail
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Wheeling: McColloch's Leap Monument
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Wheeling: Metal Elephant
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Wheeling: Pope John Paul II Outside a Restaurant
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Wheeling: The Windmill
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Wheeling: Wheeling Island Flood Memorial Wall
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White Sulphur Springs: Coal House
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White Sulphur Springs: First Summer Presidential White House
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White Sulphur Springs: The Congressional Bunker
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Whitesville: Coal Mine Disaster Memorial
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Williamson: House Made of Coal
Gone But Not Forgotten
Closed and extinct places -- the classics and the quirky. A virtual revisit, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...
- Harpers Ferry: Museum of the Supernatural
- Huntington: J. Taylor Auto Collection
- Huntington: Pink and Green Giraffe
- Hurricane: Paul Bunyan Eatery
- Morgantown: Biblical Scenes with Store Mannequins
- Moundsville: Circus and Carnival Mini-Museum
- Moundsville: Marx Toy Museum
- Oak Hill: Pallbearer Bears
- Point Pleasant: U.S. Navy Poster Museum
- Weston: Free Speech Stump