I don't know about most peeps, but I frigging love love love covered bridges. Just something about…read morethem...something regal, majestic, mysterious and yet romantic all rolled into one. Now this particular bridge is located off KY route 7 in Northern Greenup Co. Very easy to find, yet if not careful you can easily pass it by. There are no signs like in the state of Indiana telling you there is a covered bridge ahead. Also, you can actually drive across this bridge because it is still used for automobile traffic. It spans 159 ft across Tygart Creek. This vintage beauty was built in 1855 and repaired in 1915. Damaged in flood in 1997, and repaired again. This is a Wheeler Truss Bridge, only example still standing. That's very interesting. I love searching these beauties out when I am roaming around the area on backroads...absolutely something you should see if in the area!!!

An actual wooden covered bridge you can drive your car across. Pretty cool. Once a year they close…read morethe bridge to traffic and have a catered dinner with tables and chairs on the bridge floor.

Look out this is the four spires monument. It's easy to see and it's just kind of hanging out in…read morethe center of town for all to come look at go check it out.

Today I went with grand babies, Deacon & Saige Hunt along with Mama Kayla Beth Fields , to the Fort…read moreRandolph Christmas Reenactment celebration. It was free and historically informative. Saige has decided to become a vegan. She doesn't like seeing all the animal babies hurt. The actors were dressed into character. We had fun! Cookies, punch and Hot Apple Cider and we bought a few souvenirs. Highly recommend to all

If you're cruising through South Charleston and spot a big grassy hill tucked between antique shops…read moreand quiet streets, that's the Criel Mound. It's worth a stop. It's not flashy, but there's something grounding about standing next to a structure built over 2,000 years ago by the aboriginal people. The steps leading up are wide and gentle, and once you reach the top, you get a surprisingly peaceful view of the neighborhood. It's a quick visit. The mound itself is steeped in mystery and history. Archaeologists found 13 skeletons inside, including a central figure surrounded by others. There's a small park around the mound with interpretive signs that give you just enough context to spark curiosity. Some locals say horse races were once held around it, and there's even talk of burials that might represent alliances between different tribes. It's wild to think about how much has happened on that patch of earth, and how little we still know. The Criel Mound stands to quietly anchor the town. Kids run up the steps, people are walking dogs, and there's me, pausing to read the plaques. There is a sense of reverence here if you feel it. It's not at all a playground. [Review 569 of 2025 - 154 in West Virginia - 24130 overall]

The Criel Mound is a historic and cultural gem nestled in South Charleston, WV…read more The small park which houses it has plenty of street parking available and several interpretive signs around the mound explaining its history, importance, and what archaeologists discovered inside the mound when excavating. The mound is the second largest Adena mound in West Virginia and is believed to have been developed between 250 and 150 B.C. The Criel Mound was originally one of 50 mounds and prehistoric earthworks located in WV but unfortunately most have since been destroyed due to industrialization. It's definitely worth a visit (plan on about 30 minutes) if you're in the area.

The lore of the iconic Mothman is alive and well in the center of town in Point Pleasant, West…read moreVirginia. The statue was created by Bob Roach with an unveiling in 2003. Mothman stands in all his glory at 12', his red eyes piercing through your soul. He was constructed from stainless steel that has a mirror effect. Paying homage to Mothman is one of the biggest draws during the annual Mothman Festival. Folks have been drawn to the mysterious human/creature since 1966. It's said to have been at that time when several witnesses spied the creature at the West Virginia Ordinance Works (an abandoned TNT area). Go to Point Pleasant for the Mothman...if you dare!

It's bright silver and really doesn't match the witness descriptions of the alleged Mothman too…read morewell but so what? Mothman is so fun and freakishly wild and just about the only thing that puts this sleepy West Virginia town on the map. If you're within twenty or thirty miles and at all susceptible to kitsch how can you not swing by and snap a pic or three and maybe a couple dozen selfies with ol' red eyes here in all his anthropomorphic glory? And not only is your time with the statue free but you might actually make money if you choose to snatch the funds people have stuck into Mothy's bunghole. I don't know the story on that custom and pilfering butt money might be bad luck, though. As much as it pains this Detroiter to admit it I must say the Mothman statue is cooler than the Robocop statue.

This place is definitely worth checking out! Had no clue this place existed until we passed by it…read morewhile visiting Williamson. The history of the Coal House is very unique! There is a nice little gift shop inside as well.

From the owner: Housing the Tug Valley Chamber of Commerce, The world famous Coal House is a visitor's welcome…read morecenter and gateway to the Hatfield McCoy Mountains of southern West Virginia. #VisitTheTug

It's been 7 years (10/2012) since my husband, our adult daughter, her fiance,' and I purchased…read moretickets on the New River Train from Huntington to Hinton WV for Railroad Days (I can honestly say, it wasn't the most reasonably priced event that I had ever experienced). You may wonder why I choose now to review our experience on New River Train, let me just say, "it was an experience that we wouldn't soon forget." The scenery on the way to and from Hinton was lovely. Our visit to Hinton during the Railroad Days was informative and enjoyable. Unfortunately, the trip on the New River Train was horrendous. Being all of our first trip on a train, possibly we had great assumptions. Expecting the train trip to be the highlight of our day trip to Hinton WV/Railroad Days. Physically, the train trip was comfortable but the atmosphere of the trip to and our return trip on the New River Train was "dampened" by the coachman (I believe that would be his title and unfortunately I do not recall his name. I can read in other reviews that I'm not the first to be "disappointed" in the "personality of the coachman in our cabin. Apparently several coachmen are 'unpleasant.') The only way I could describe the personality of this coachman is rude and inpatient. We and in talking with other passengers on our specific train, our opinion was justified. We were all appalled at this coachman's rudeness. Most of us as we were all in agreement, that this man's position/job should have been anywhere other than be responsible for the hospitality (and in promoting) of the New River Train. Also during our train trip to and from Hinton, a politician found that he had a captive audience in our cabin (and we could see through the doors at the ends of other cabins on either side, that his man also found captive audiences in the other cabins). Most of we, passengers, asked our coachman to please ask this politician and his 'entourage' to please refrain from campaigning during our trip. The coachman made it very clear to the passengers, who asked that this politician and his group not subject us to this ridiculous situation. He told us that the politician had just as much right to be on this train and speak as he wished as we did. The coachman did not approach this politician and his group. On the return trip on the New River Train to Huntington, though, we patrons, (and I say that lightly because most of us had decided that we would never be patrons of any passenger train associated with the New River Train again), several of us approached this politician and told him how inappropriate his "campaigning' on this fall foliage New River Train was and how we felt like a captive audience. Of course, the politician and his 'entourage' attempted to explain his right to campaign, etc., etc. Then many of us, responded by 'sharing' with this politician, "that being understandable, yes, it was his and any of our rights to speak for any cause that we thought was important because it was not posted anywhere that it restricted/not permitted, if we felt it was an important issue. We expressed to this politician that this trip was a pleasure trip, a family excursion, one that we had looked forward to as a quiet, enjoyable trip but with his decision to campaign, he made this trip anything but enjoyable. This 'situation,' also should have been a consideration of others and was not an appropriate time to campaign, in light of this politician's decision. Unfortunately, those in our small group (and I'm sure many others) on that late October of 2012 New River Train excursion, have decided that this would be our last trip on the New River Train from anywhere in West Virginia. The rudeness, etc. of the coachman, his 'inability' consider all of the other passengers feelings and the 'inconsiderate' politician and his entourage, we would NEVER consider changing our opinion of any New River Train excursions.

We took the new river train on 10/ 21/17. Our car had no AC coming back and the car was so hot!…read moreThere were other empty seats in cars that were cooler and the head of our car was so rude, I don't' think if we were dying he would have moved us! I have a handicapped daughter that could have been effected very badly and I get very sick in heat. Apologies don't really help when we find them sitting in the cooler cars. We did get a bottle of water, but that wasn't enough for our misery!

Well preserved piece of ground but beware the total battlefield is not part of this area. My own gr…read moregr gr grandfather and three of his sons, including my gr gr grandfather fought here with the 5th Kentucky CSA.

We were staying in the area and someone told us about this battlefield. So we took a short drive…read moreout from Prestonsburg to see it. It is a very small area off the side of the road. There are interpretative signs that give the details of the battle. The Battle of Middle Creek was an engagement fought January 10, 1862, in Eastern Kentucky during the American Civil War. The battle, along with the Battle of Mill Springs, positioned the Union armies to invade Middle Tennessee. There are also small paths that you can take and walk out onto the field.