West Virginia
A striking rock formation rising 900ft above a fork of the Potomac River, Seneca Rocks is one of the most recognizable natural features in the state. Rock…
Must-see attractions in West Virginia
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
West Virginia
Halloween is the busy season at this former mental hospital, when ghost tours of the massive facility will scare the living daylights out of you. The…
New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Completed in 1977, the New River Gorge Bridge is the third-highest bridge in the US and the longest single-arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere. Made…
West Virginia
Red spruce trees, windswept boulders, valley views and boggy forests set a striking scene in the northern reaches of this remote but popular wilderness…
West Virginia
One of the most photogenic spots in all of West Virginia is the main overlook at Coopers Rock. Picture a stone-and-log fence wrapped around a sandstone…
West Virginia
A wooden boardwalk drops, climbs and twists for a half-mile through a wonderland of moss-covered boulders in a leafy forest. On the slopes of Droop…
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West Virginia
The enormous Green Bank Telescope is a radio telescope, so you won't be looking at the stars through any lenses here. But you can learn about radio…
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West Virginia
This mine in Beckley, 22 miles south of Fayetteville, is a museum about the region's coal heritage. Visitors can ride a train 1500ft into a former coal…
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New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
There are hiking trails, a nature center and an aerial tram, which runs from the lodge down to the river's edge for jet boat tours of the river and views…
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West Virginia
The falls tumble into an 8-mile gorge lined by red spruce, hickory and hemlock trees. With more than 24 miles of trails, there are loads of hiking options…
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New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
An 80yd paved trail leads to a lofty view of the New River. The photogenic rock wall surrounding the overlook was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps…
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West Virginia
The voice of billionaire governor Jim Justice welcomes guests to this engaging museum, where a path winds past exhibit areas spotlighting key moments and…
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West Virginia
During the morning hours of November 6, 1863, a small force of Confederate soldiers on the upper slopes of Droop Mountain held off Federal troops…
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Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
West Virginia
The 0.4-mile one-way Freedland Boardwalk Trail meanders through wetlands, a shrubland, a beaver pond and a limestone spring. Views of Canaan Valley,…
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Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
West Virginia
A lumber mill town in the early 1900s, Cass today is best known as the launch point for the Cass Scenic Railroad (www.mountainrailwv.com). On the popular…
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West Virginia
Three miles of trails roll through a mix of old growth and planted forest on a hillside that rolls onto the Monongahela River floodplain. if you're in…
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West Virginia
The 293ft-tall dome of the state capitol building is coated in 23.5-karat gold leaf – and it sure does sparkle on a sunny day. Completed in 1932, the…
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Cranberry Mountain Nature Center
West Virginia
The scat exhibit hanging on the wall is quite eye-catching, as are the live snakes inhabiting several terrarriums at this nature center in the southern…
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West Virginia
The chamber of commerce visitor center sits inside the most striking building in the region: a small house made out of 65 tons of black bituminous coal…
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West Virginia
Industrialist Andrew Carnegie helped fund this 1902 Colonial Revival performance hall, one of only four Carnegie music halls still in continuous use. Stop…
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Matewan Replica Depot Museum & Visitor Center
West Virginia
Inside a replica of the town's original depot, exhibits here cover the Mine Wars, the Matewan Massacre and the Hatfield & McCoy feud. The Paw Paw Massacre…
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New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Babcock State Park has hiking, canoeing, horseback riding, and camping and cabin accommodations. The park's highlight is its photogenic Glade Creek Grist…
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New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
See gravity and the known limits of tackiness defied at the Mystery Hole, one of the great attractions of roadside America. Everything inside this…
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Hatfield & McCoy Country Museum
West Virginia
Spotlights the history of the decades-long feud between the Hatfield and McCoy families, which began soon after the Civil War and raged along the Tug…
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West Virginia
This 35ft-tall burial mound is one of fifty prehistoric mounds – the Kanawha Valley Mounds – that once stretched along the Kanawha River near present day…
