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Some interesting places to visit in the Mountain State

By Staff | Jun 27, 2012

* Ansted: Mystery Hole

* Barboursville: Pink Elephant

* Beckley: Exhibition Coal Mine

* Bridgeport: Front Lawn Giraffe

* Buckhannon: Tiny Church

* Charleston: Controversial Statues

* Charleston: West Virginia Lincoln Melancholia

* Chester: World’s Largest Teapot

* Coalwood: Space Shuttle Replica

* East Jesus: Mystery Three Crosses of Mercy

* Eleanor: Paul Bunyan and Babe

* Elizabeth (Burning Springs): Rathbone Well

* Elkins: Statue of Minnehaha

* Elkins: Tiny Church

* Ellenboro: Hillbilly Marble Maker

* Fairmont: Coal Country Miniature Golf

* Fayetteville: World’s Longest Single Arch Steel Span Bridge

* Flatwoods: Replica Space Monsters for Sale

* Grafton: Anna Jarvis- Mother’s Day

* Grafton: Mother’s Day Shrine

* Green Bank: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

* Harpers Ferry: John Brown Wax Museum

* Harpers Ferry: National Paranormal History Museum

* Harpers Ferry: Where to Go in a Nuclear War

* Helvetia: Swiss-themed Village

* Hinton: Big White Teddy Bear on Cliff

* Horse Shoe Run: Tiny Church – Our Lady of the Pines

* Huntington: J. Taylor Auto Collection

* Huntington: Museum of Radio and Technology

* Hurricane: Water Monster’s Daughter

* Kermit: Giant Kermit the Frog – Vague Recollections

* Kingwood: 1937-era Esso Gas Station

* Lesage: Hillbilly Hot Dogs – We Got the Weenies

* Lewisburg: Lost World Caverns – Home of Bat Boy

* Martinsburg: Giant Crab

* Morgantown: Don Knotts Star

* Moundsville: Marx Toy Museum

* Moundsville: West Virginia State Penitentiary Tour

* Mount Storm: Birthplace of Lincoln’s Mother

* New Vrindaban: Prabhupada’s Palace of Gold and City of God

* Nitro: Paul Bunyan and Babe

* Odd: A Town Named Odd

* Odessa: Marker: Original Golden Delicious Apple Tree

* 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: Chief Cornstalk’s Vengeful Bones

* Point Pleasant: Mothman Museum

* Point Pleasant: Mothman Souvenirs

* Point Pleasant: Mothman Statue

* Point Pleasant: Paddleboat – Captain’s Creamery

* Point Pleasant: Silver Bridge Disaster Memorial

* Point Pleasant: West Virginia State Farm Museum

* 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: Greenbrier Ghost Trial Marker

* Sarah Ann: Burial Ground of the Hatfields

* Seneca Rocks: Smoke Hole Caverns

* Shepherdstown – Harpers Ferry: Little Vernon

* Shepherdstown: Little House for Lab Brats

* Shinnston: Giant Coal Miner Charlie

* Silver Lake: Smallest Mailing Office – Post Office

* Slaty Fork: Sharp’s Kissing Bridge

* Sutton: Pose with Flatwoods Monster

* Talcott: John Henry Statue

* Thurmond: Coal Mining Ghost Town

* Unger: The Farnham Colossi

* Weston: Free Speech Stump

* Weston: Mountaineer Military Museum

* Weston: Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

* Wheeling: Madonna of the Trail

* White Sulphur Springs: Coal House

* White Sulphur Springs: The Congressional Bunker

* Williamson: House Made of Coal

From roadsideamerica.com