We loved this tour! It's only $12, and we were treated to a video introduction and then a private…read moretour of the house with tons of information about when it was originally built and also about the latest renovation. Everyone we dealt with was so friendly and knowledgeable. We would love to go back and see it decked out for Christmas!

I've lived in Marietta for 35 years and this was my first visit. Was always thinking I'd do it…read morelater when guests came. Why did I wait! It was so enjoying to hear about the house and its history. It's a great gem for our small historic town.

This is a great museum that explores the history of movement of people and goods down the Ohio…read moreRiver. The high point is a guided tour of the W.P Snyder, a steel hull steam powered paddle wheel towboat. The tour, escorted by a knowledgeable guide includes boiler room, engine room, crews quarters, galley, dining and living quarters and the pilot house. Also included a models of many riverboats, annotated period photographs and many artifacts from the period.

Another must-see in Marietta, Ohio! Down the hill from Campus Martius Museum; we saw them on…read moreseparate afternoons, but can combine for a nice full day. Also a docking point for other boat tours, to learn history of the era. I'm a vintage photo fan, so was not disappointed in their huge collection: a priceless visual record of all types of river transportation, focusing on the famed paddle wheelers. See period tableware, furniture, machinery, engineering drawings, disasters...all from the old boats themselves. There's something for every interest. A good rainy day option too.

Anyone who expects anything more than what this place is - kind cray ya'll…read more Fun and cheesy experience. $5 a person and totally worth it. Highly recommend and grab a souvenir on the way out.

I wrote my reviews for Hell, Michigan years ago so I guess I'll make my review #666 about the…read moreMothman Museum. That creepy cryptid looks pretty demonic in a lot of the ways he's represented in here, especially with those glowing red eyes. Mothman Museum is cheekily billed as The World's Only Mothman Museum and you quickly see why. You have to be hardcore into the lore to actually be impressed by this small museum and not be seeing this at least a little tongue in cheek. It's all in good fun, though, except for the Silver Bridge collapse which is actually pretty harrowing and tragic. Admission is only $5 and if you really want to make it worth your while you can sit and watch the entire documentary in the little viewing area. I was pretty wore out from the road and was trying to make Akron by nightfall so I only watched a little. I meant to see if it's on YouTube just like I've been meaning to watch The Mothman Prophecies. Ha! Predictive text suggested Propaganda instead of Prophecies. That's pretty funny. The gift shop is almost half as big as the museum and it's really the highlight, easily outshining a bunch of old newspaper clippings. All the Mothman fanart is fun, too, but it seems like it's really to whet your appetite for buying souvenirs. And there's actually two or three other shops in town selling Mothman t-shirts. An old coworker I knew had 2 Mothman t-shirts and I thought that was so excessive but then I saw a design I liked better than the one I bought her in another shop and was tempted to do the same thing as Zach. I didn't but I kind of get it now. The statue outside has a separate listing here and I gave it a separate review but I will say it's so flipped out and such a powerful photo/selfie magnet that it does make this small kitschy museum seem more worthwhile. My theory is that the teens who originally encountered Mothman were time travelers who saw a future Point Pleasant that was utterly devastated, more abandoned than Gary or East St. Louis. So they came back to the 60s and came up with Mothman so at least this town would have something to hang its hat on. So there would at least be this museum, a couple gift shops, Mothman indoor black light mini-golf next door (!), etc. They went back to the future and said their work was done and that's probably the best that can be done for Point Pleasant. That's my Tale from the Cryptid and I'm sticking to it.

I made a trip down to Charleston with my gold fish's Siberian husky and enjoyed every moment of it…read more My brain was starving for a history lesson, though, so I went downtown to the Culture Center and ballooned it with some of the most interesting facts I've ever heard about the Capitol Building(s). The museum is free, which is a plus. I couldn't bring the dog in though, so cracked the windows and put on some Baha Men for him. I also walked upstairs, looked at the displays and was instantly greeted by a fine young man with a vibrant smile and excellent hair. What a great surprise. The car was gone.

The information and history are great. It's very important for everyone to have access…read more The only thing that's puzzling is that there's no free parking.

We visited the railway to do a BBQ & Brew dinner on the train in late January. It was a very unique…read moreexperience! If you're planning on doing an evening train ride in the winter, you're not going to see anything scenic. The dinner was fantastic though. We ate a very good three course BBQ dinner that came out very quickly and washed it down with some provided domestic beer. Service was awesome, if you're planning a dinner ride, remember to bring cash to tip! After dinner it was a little long until we got back to the station and we were a bit cold. The winter ride wasn't for me!

The staff very nice but that is where the compliment stops. NOT scenic at all. Old run down houses…read morewith junk in the back yards old cars and industrial bygone businesses. Would not recommend

I was here for a tour of the Athens Lunatic Asylum. It was a very hot day and it felt good inside…read morethe art museum. Full disclosure: I didn't get a lot of time to look around, but it looked very well organized and interesting. However, I was more interested in the former asylum and the arcitechture of the building. If you want to see my full blog on my tour experience go to www.phantommemorandum.com Very interesting place in Athens. I would recommend a visit for sure!

Interesting place the place has a lot of history but parking sucks looks Lloyd they shrunk rack…read moreparking space buY 2 feed so your parked on to of each other if you drive a pickup forget it there just not enough room

Sign said open at 11am not open. Call number on sign was told open at 12. Not a person here then to…read moreopen. Left and came back at 3pm still not open. Not how to run a museum.

Everything that I could see from the window piqued my interest. Unfortunately I arrived around…read more4:20-4:30ish and it was closed? It says open till 5? I don't know, but I would recommend going early.

This is closed. Closed a long time ago. It was a wonderful place but it did not get the funding it…read moreneeded.

My son LOVVVVEEEED THIS!!! Admission is $15 per person. Some of the "hands on" things were closed…read moredown due to COVID. Usually you can build dinos and dig for bones on sand, etc. They had A LOT more than I thought they would. It took over 45 minutes for us to walk around. I was really impressed. It is a nice addition for Charleston. They also have a dinosaur putt-putt course outside. I told my son that we would try that next time. The customer service lady was a real sweetheart and even gave me a ticket for free admission for our next trip. I told my son after this COVID stuff is over, we will definitely be back! Definitely a must see of you are in the area and have kids. They even have a cast of Sue's skull. I was thrilled because I remember when they found Sue back in 1990. Definitely worth a trip!

Found this cemetery on Google Maps. We read the sign that gives the names of the Revolutionary War…read moreheroes buried here. This cemetery has the largest number of burials for these veterans. Included is a mound by the earthwork mound builders. I took the stairs to the top for a nice view of the area. This was a nice stop to stretch our legs and learn some history.

Marietta is a charming river town. So why go to a cemetery? Best I can say is it's like a piece of…read morehistory really. And in Marietta, the entire town is rich with history from the Indians and America during the pre- and post-Revolutionary War. You can't throw a stick without hitting a street named after one of Washington's generals, and many soldiers settled here with free land in lieu of pay from General Washington's army. The mound is a big hill built by the Indians. After driving down bumpy cobblestone roads lined with homes that look like Martha Washington might come out onto the porch at any minute, you come upon the Mound Cemetery, nestled among the homes looking quite like it belongs there is the Mound Cemetery, bordered with an ancient looking wrought iron gate that at once says both KEEP OUT and "welcome." Odd that. Climbing the stairs to summit the Mound is part of your initiation to the Marietta culture. The stairs are steep, which adds to the allure. Once atop, the scene is one of history, art, tranquility, and ... Marietta. Other than lounging in the Gun Room at The Lafayette downtown, it doesn't get much more Marietta than this.