Posted in West Virginia
June 10, 2015
These 11 Strange Spots In West Virginia Will Make You Stop And Look Twice – At Least
There are plenty of tourist attractions in West Virginia, and some are stranger than others. All over the state, there are odd things to see. Here are some of the weirdest, in my humble opinion.
Real mummies, right here in West Virginia. The mummies were made in 1888 by Graham Hamrick, who got the corpses at the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane (Trans-Alleghany Lunatic Asylum). That brings me to number 2.
Also know as the Weston State Hospital, the asylum was a psychiatric hospital from 1864 until 1994. Now days you can go on historic and even ghost-hunting tours of the supposedly-haunted facility. Creepy!
Once a thriving coal town, Thurmond, W.Va. is nearly empty now. Walking through town is not unlike going back in time.
This former state prison was the scene of 36 murders and 94 executions. Now people can tour the facility, which paranormal enthusiasts say is one of the most haunted prisons in the country.
It's not every day you can tour a vintage coal mine and learn about the trade from veteran coal miners. These attraction is strange but it's pretty much as West Virginian as it gets!
The only outdoor monument to a place where a president used to bathe. Washington wrote of his visits to the tub, located in what is now Berkeley Springs State Park, many times.
A little bit of Switzerland in West Virginia? Why not. This village in Randolph County was settled by Swiss immigrants starting in 1859. Because of its isolation, a lot of the Swiss culture is still there today.
You can't unsee artist Bob Roach's statue of the monster reportedly seen in Point Pleasant in the late 1960s.
Each fall, Ric Griffith and an army of volunteers carve about 3,000 pumpkins and put them up at his house in Kenova, W.Va. People come from all over to see it.
An abandoned amusement park in Rock that's so creepy it's kind of beautiful.
What list of West Virginia oddities would be complete without the Mystery Hole? What is it, you ask? Well you might have to figure that one out on your own.
These are not the only strange places in West Virginia, just a few of them. What else is weird in West Virginia? Let me know in the comments.
