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