11 Once-In-A-Lifetime Adventures You Can Only Have In West Virginia

Our Wild and Wonderful state is a great place to find adventure. If you're looking for some new excitement in your life, try taking one of these special West Virginia trips.

1. Go horseback riding in Canaan Valley.

Mountain Trail Rides offers horseback riding through the scenic Canaan Valley Resort State Park and the Dolly Sods Wilderness.

2. Tour the haunted West Virginia State Penitentiary.

This historic prison is rumored to be haunted. You can take historical tours or ghost tours, or even spend the night ghost hunting.

3. Visit a secret underground bunker at the Greenbrier Resort.

This underground bunker in the Greenbrier Resort was built to house Congress in an emergency situation, and was kept secret for decades. Now you can take a tour and find out all about the hidden history.

4. Spend a night in a Castaway Caboose.

You'll take a train ride and be dropped off overnight to camp in a caboose, courtesy of the Durbin & Greenbrier Valley Railroad.

5. Explore the strange rock formations at Beartown State Park.

This park looks like a place from Middle Earth.

6. Jump off the New River Gorge Bridge.

This opportunity comes once a year on Bridge Day in Fayetteville.

7. Visit the impressive Green Bank Telescope.

The Green Bank Telescope is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope. Read more about the telescope and the town of Green Bank here.

8. Drive the Highland Scenic Highway.

Find out more about this beautiful drive here.

9. Tour the beautiful Seneca Caverns.

This cave in in Pendleton County is one of the state's oldest and most visually stunning. Find out more information here.

10. Take an underground mine tour at the Beckley Exhibition Mine.

This is a great chance to learn some history on a tour led by a former mine worker.

11. Stay overnight in a treehouse at the Buffalo Trail campground.

There are 14 treehouses for rent at this campground in Bluewell, named after the buffalo that roam the property.

Have you been on any of these adventures? Did you find any new items for your bucket list?

If you're looking for adventure in West Virginia this winter, pay a visit to this state park, where you'll find impressive frozen waterfalls and the longest sledding run East of the Mississippi.