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Things to do across West Virginia

Ride into a real coal mine in Beckley and meet the Mothman legend in Point Pleasant

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  • Nearest airport: CKB, about 52 miles

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History Buff

Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine

Under $25

Ride a mantrip into a former drift mine with ex-miner guides, then walk a restored coal camp in Beckley's New River Park.

Museums
Quirky Fun

Mothman Museum

Under $25

See eyewitness accounts, 1966 newspaper clippings and film props tied to the Mothman legend in downtown Point Pleasant.

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In Beckley, the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine takes visitors underground in a man car on a 35-minute tour led by veteran miners, next to a reconstructed coal camp with a miner's shanty, church and school. In Point Pleasant on Main Street, the Mothman Museum collects eyewitness accounts of the 1966 sightings, Silver Bridge disaster clippings and props from the film The Mothman Prophecies.

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