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West Virginia Oddities

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Roadside Attractions

Mothman Statue

Point Pleasant, West Virginia

A twelve-foot stainless steel winged creature with glowing red eyes stands in downtown Point Pleasant, turning one of America's strangest local legends into a permanent roadside…

Curious Landmarks

Williamson Coal House

Williamson, West Virginia

This downtown building is not merely about coal. Its exterior walls and pillars were constructed from roughly 65 tons of bituminous coal cut into blocks like…

Historic Oddities

George Washington’s Bathtub

Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

A tiny stone-lined pool in a public park commemorates the young George Washington's visits to the warm mineral springs, although the present "bathtub" is a later…

Strange Museums

Philippi Mummies

Philippi, West Virginia

Two human bodies preserved in 1888 by an amateur experimenter still lie in glass-topped coffins inside a small West Virginia historical museum.

Historic Oddities

Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine

Beckley, West Virginia

Visitors board a low mining vehicle and travel about 1,500 feet underground through a real former coal mine guided by veteran miners.

Curious Landmarks

Green Bank Telescope

Green Bank, West Virginia

A nearly 17-million-pound radio telescope taller than a 40-story building turns beneath a sky protected from radio interference by one of America's strangest technological zones.

Roadside Attractions

Mystery Hole

Ansted, West Virginia

A wildly painted roadside building hides rooms where gravity seems unreliable, balls behave incorrectly, and visitors struggle to trust their own sense of level.

Roadside Attractions

Flatwoods Monster Chairs

Flatwoods, West Virginia

Five ten-foot chairs shaped like the Flatwoods Monster are scattered across Braxton County, inviting visitors to climb directly into one of West Virginia's strangest legends.

Natural Oddities

Beartown State Park

Renick, West Virginia

Massive sandstone blocks are split by narrow crevices, overhangs, slots, and passageways so dense that the rock formations resemble the streets and buildings of a stone…

Giant Objects

World’s Largest Teapot

Chester, West Virginia

A giant wooden barrel was converted into a fourteen-foot teapot with a handle, spout, windows, and enough room inside to sell snacks to passing motorists.