It's free! And they have mummies. It's a dollar to see the…read moremummies. Honestly I can't remember anything about the museum other than it's in an old train depot and it's across from the Sheetz and the covered bridge. And they have mummies!!!

Really a lovely place to swing through. A short visit during your time in Philippi. So much history…read morein such a cute little place!

Tony and I stopped outside of Bridgeport, WV off I-79 on Meadowbrook Mall Rd exit to see this circa…read more1881 Historical Covered Bridge. It's located an easy drive of 0.5 Miles off I-79. We were on our way home from Morgantown to Ripley WV. The covered bridge is Red and built much like the other covered bridge we visited today. This bridge is wooden and the inside roof is full of bees nest or mud dobbers or hornets, not a bee's nest expert. Lol, but I know them when I see them. I think this bridge had about 10 times the bee's nest located high up in the eaves. It's free to visit and is not a bridge still in use for traffic. There is a picnic table located inside for the perfect picnic area. Not a lot of parking but there is room for about 2 cars. I was able to turn around and not back into the road.

This is such an awesome place to contemplate random shit and look pretty pretentious. Just looking…read moreat the passing cloud, taking a long drag from a cigarette... something classy like Benson & Hedges... do they still sell that? All the while wearing black avatar sunglasses like I've seen some shit. I imagine that is what an awesome cool dude would do... but I wouldn't know about that because I'm just sitting back wondering why my wife dragged me here so she can Instagram stuff while my kids fight over who gets to swing on the swing next. As I sit back and watch my family just goof around, I'm low key fighting back the anxiety of having to go back to work on Monday and struggle to fake like I know what I'm doing... because I don't. Ahahahaha... But this place is pretty awesome. It's such a nice and strong looking bridge... was that a weird thing to say? Ugh... I'm soooo weird... gosh.

Love covered bridges and you can drive across this one. There's a Almost Heaven swing beside it.read more

Excellent customer service, nice small town feel. Staff is very friendly, chatty, and all-around…read morehappy to see you walk in the door. We used to live in Fairmont and THIS was the best location to visit. Not super busy. Parking is street only. We still visit this post office pretty much every time we're in Fairmont (1-2x per yr) visiting the in-laws, as I'm always mailing stuff back to Alaska.

One of my favorite parks in West Virginia, but they could do a little better at keeping their…read morebathrooms clean and make sure the soap and hand sanitizer is always full. I've been here a lot over the years to ride the rail trail from here to Morgantown and back and it's beautiful. I've did the tours and they are great and very insightful. It has beautiful grounds in general plus a nice gift shop. I really enjoy riding the rail trail towards Fairmont too even though it's short it's paved and the tunnel is nice and cool on a warm day. It's a great place with tons of history. Check it out and make sure to bring your bike to enjoy the rail trail and a cooler to have a nice picnic. Enjoy :D

On the way back from Morgantown yesterday Tony and I decided to stop at pricket's fort State Park…read morein Fairmont we had never been here before this was going to be a nice little afternoon adventure. The weather was lovely it was a very mild low 80° sun was Shining, flowers blooming , bees a buzzing....feels like summer finally! You found the park rather easily even though they don't have a lot of signage once you get off the interstate. The park is free to enjoy and walk around there's a couple of hiking trails and a very old cemetery. There is a really nice bathroom area near the museum and the museum is free to enjoy. There is also a gift shop. Now if you want to tour the actual fort which is a reconstructive for it which also includes the family job pricket brick house or Mansion whatever you want to call it there's a fee of $8. And seniors are six I believe. They also offer bike rental which I found to be very nice even though we were not riding bikes this day. The fort is a self-guided tour and they have people in costume to talk to show you around and answer any questions you may have. But they do not currently have a blacksmith. The job house is scheduled with a scheduled tour three times a day 11, 1 and 2:30. Since we missed the tour for the house we decided not to purchase the ticket for the fort, because the fee covers both. So our plans are to go back soon and plan our day so that way we can enjoy both the fort and the house. The staff that is working there is very friendly and will answer any questions you may have. The museum has quite a few artifacts in it and a 20 minute film talking about the fort, how it was used, and how it was very important to the frontier home life in that area at the time. I definitely highly recommend you going if you're in the area. I know Tony and I are definitely going back again. There's a lot of great things to see there, a lot of family historical information for the area, and some really neat things in the gift shop. Hope you go and hope you enjoy your day at the fort and the park.

Tony and I stopped outside of Clarksburg WV off Route 50 on Marshville Rd to see this circa 1891…read moreHistorical Covered Bridge. It's located an easy drive of 1.5 Miles off Route 50. We were on our way home from Morgantown to Ripley WV. The covered bridge is Red and built much like the other covered bridge we visited today. This bridge is wooden and the inside roof is full of bees nest or mud dobbers or hornets, not a bee's nest expert. Lol, but I know them when I see them. It's free to visit and is still used and drive able. I think it's a 3 Ton limit. Not a lot of parking but there is room across the bridge to turn around.