History in Our Mountains Museum and Gift Shop
8 Wyoming Street, 304-436-3209. Features a 25-minute film on the coal industry, coalfield memorabilia, and information on a self-guided tour of the county.McDowell County Courthouse
90 Wyoming Street, 304-436-8544. An imposing Romanesque Revival style stone building atop a hillside overlooking downtown. The courtyard steps were infamously the site of the murders of Edward Chambers and Sid Hatfield, who was the sheriff of nearby Matewan and an outspoken union organizer, by agents of the coal company.Many abandoned tipples, which were used to transport coal and slate to dump sites, can be seen throughout the county.
The interestingly-named town of War, a mining community on WV-16. Homer Hickam's 1960 science fair award is on display in Big Creek High School, which will be preserved as a museum when the school is closed in 2008.
Marquee Cinemas
60 McDowell Street, 304-436-2236, (http://www.marqueecinemas...). 3 screens. Admission $4.25 matinee, $6.75 adult.McArts Amphitheatre
304-585-7107, (http://www.mcartswv.com/). Annual performances in July and August of "Terror of the Tug", a dramatization of the Baldwin-Felts coal company murders outside the Welch courthouse in 1921. Admission $10.Berwind Lake Wildlife Area
WV-16 near Warriormine, 304-875-2577, (http://www.berwindlake.com/). 18,000 acres of rugged mountain terrain and 20-acre lake, with picnic areas, swimming pool, hiking trails, hunting and fishing. 8 camping sites.Panther State Forest
south of Panther, 304-938-2252, (http://www.pantherstatefo...). Swimming, picnicking, hiking, hunting and fishing. 6 rustic camping sites. Camping $13.