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Odd
& Fun Roadside West Virginia
Beckley
Exhibition Coal Mine and Youth Museum - Beckley, West Virginia - tourists
see an underground coal mine - traveling 1500 feet beneath the hillsides
of New River Park, passengers are carried along track in authentic "man
cars" from the mine entrance into old working sections. Exhibits
throughout explore the history of low-seam coal mining from the hand-loading
days into the era of modern
mechanization.
Smoot
Theater - 215 5th Street, Parkersburg, West Virginia - The Smoot,
originally built (1926) as a vaudeville house, was purchased by Warner
Brothers in 1930, and for the next 56 years, was used primarily for movies.
Cheat
Summit Fort - Monongahela National Forest, Elkins, West Virginia -
constructed by Federal troops following a Confederate withdrawal to the
Greenbrier River after Union victories at Rich Mountain in Randolph County
and Corricks Ford in Tucker County.
Appalachian
National Scenic Trail - Harpers Ferry Center, 799 Washington Street,
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia - a 2,174-mile footpath along the ridgecrests
and across the major valleys of the Appalachian Mountains from Katahdin
in Maine to Springer Mountain in northern Georgia.
Harpers
Ferry National Historical Park - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia - national
park stretching 2,300 acres
Berkeley
Springs State Park - #2 S. Washington St., Berkeley Springs, West
Virginia - The Bathhouse opened 1930 since then, thousands have enjoyed
the baths and warm mineral waters that flow from the springs at a constant
temperature of 74.3 degrees Fahrenheit.
Berkeley
Castle- Highway 9W, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia - constructed
as a private residence in 1885 by Samuel Taylor Suit, President of the
Washington and Chesapeake Railroad. Washington socialites were entertained
lavishly at the castle which included Presidents Ulysses S. Grant and
Rutherford B Hayes as its guests. The Castle is a replica of the Berkeley
Caste in England
The
Kruger Street Toy & Train Museum - 144 Kruger Street, Wheeling,
West Virginia - Located in a restored Victorian-era schoolhouse, the Kruger
Street Toy & Train Museum features guided or self-guided tours (whichever
you prefer), interactive displays, operating O and HO gauge train layouts,
a unique and family friendly gift shop, a room dedicated to Ohio Valley
history and culture, and a restored railroad caboose onsite.
Oglebay
Institute Glass Museum - Wheeling, West Virginia - Featuring over
3000 examples of Wheeling Glass made from 1829-1939, the glass museum
displays cut lead crystal, Victorian art glass, Peachblow, pattern and
depression and Northwood's carnival glass and many other glass examples
showcasing Ohio Valley history.
Capitol of WV - 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, Charleston, West Virginia - open
to the public for tours it features the highest state capitol dome in
the United States
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