Victorian Wheeling
823-R Main Street, 304-233-1600 or 800-SEE-1870, (http://www.victorianwheel...). Wheeling contains more Victorian architecture than any other city in the US, much of it having undergone extensive restoration. Tours available 1 to 3 pm Saturday and Sunday, from May through December, beginning every half-hour from the Hess House at 811 Main Street. High tea and meals also available in a Victorian dining room. In early October, an open house is held in which Victorian buildings and private homes are made available to tour. Tours $3 - $8, meals $12 - $17.West Virginia Independence Hall
1528 Market Street, 304-238-1300, (http://www.wvculture.org/...). Open 10 am to 4 pm Monday through Saturday. Called the "birthplace of West Virginia" because the Wheeling Convention was held here in 1861, during which 32 counties in Virginia voted to secede and join the Union. Restored interiors, an interpretive video, audio tours, authentically-costumed guided tours, and an exhibition on West Virginia's statehood featuring dramatic displays with period artifacts.Wheeling Suspension Bridge
(http://wheeling.weirton.l...). The first bridge to span the Ohio River, built in 1849 with a length of 1,010 feet, which was largely responsible for the influx of people to the area. At the time of its construction, it was the largest suspension bridge in the world, although that title was quickly usurped in 1851 by the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge. It remains, however, the oldest vehicular suspension bridge still in use.The Ohio River riverfront is flanked by the 11-mile lighted Wheeling Heritage Trail if you want to walk, jog, rollerblade or bike by the water's edge. At the boat landing is Wheeling Heritage Port, an award-winning riverfront amphitheater that hosts events between May and October, like band concerts, holiday celebrations, an Italian festival, a chili cook-off and movie nights.
Capitol Music Hall
1015 Main Street, 800-624-5456, (http://www.jamboreeusa.com/). A 1928 movie theatre - the oldest and largest in West Virginia - which is home to the second-oldest country music program in the country, Jamboree USA. Weekly country music shows on Saturday night, touring Broadway musicals. Dinner show packages available.Wheeling Symphony
1025 Main Street suite 811, 304-232-6191 or 800-395-9241, (http://www.wheelingsympho...). Established in 1929, and today offering 11 concerts annually in their Masterworks series, Pops series, Symphony on Ice concert and free outdoor summer concerts. Tickets are $12 - $56 student price $5, subscriptions are $93 - $218 student price $15 - $218.Victoria Vaudeville Theatre
1228 Market Street, 304-233-SING or 800-505-SING, (http://www.victoria-theat...). Shows begin at 7 pm on Saturday. Variety shows provided by local talent - including the Ohio City Revue, the Friendly City Band, and Elvis impersonator Earl Brown - in the restored Victoria Theatre.Prabhupada's Palace of Gold
Palace Road off US-250, 304-843-1812, (http://www.palaceofgold.com/). Guided tours available from 10 am to 8 pm April through August, and 10 am to 5 pm September through March. Located in a community called New Vrindaban, founded in 1968, which is a replica of Vrindaban in India. The Palace of Gold has been called "America's Taj Mahal". Gift shop, organic vegetable garden, snack bar, health shop, and award-winning rose garden on-site. Guest lodge and cottages available. Admission $6.West Virginia Penitentiary Tours
818 Jefferson Avenue in Moundsville, 304-845-6200, (http://www.wvpentours.com/). Tu-Su 10AM-4PM, April through November. Completed in 1876 and operating as a maximum-security prison until 1995, the penitentiary has a violent and bloody history, as well as reportedly one of the highest levels of paranormal activity in the United States. Day tours offered hourly arrive 15 minutes early, night tours available from midnight to 6 am for groups of 20 people or more, and ghost hunts with a qualified paranormal investigator available periodically from 8 pm to 6 am. Ghost hunting classes also available. Admission $500 for group night tours, $50 for ghost tours, $15 for dungeon of horrors.Wheeling Nailers
1315 Main Street, 304-234-4625, (http://www.wheelingnailer...). Part of the East Coast Hockey League, the Nailers play October through April at the WesBanco Arena in downtown Wheeling. The Nailers are the "AA" minor league affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers. Tickets start at only $10.Ohio Valley Greyhounds
1144 Market Street, (http://www.ovgreyhounds.com/). the area's National Indoor Football League team, which plays at the WesBanco Arena in downtown Wheeling.Grave Creek Mound Historical Site
801 Jefferson Avenue in Moundsville, 304-843-4128. Open daily year-round. One of the largest conical mounds constructed by the Adena tribe, built between 250 to 150 BC. On-site Delf Norona Museum explaining aspects of Adena culture.Wheeling Park
1801 National Road, 304-243-4085 or 800-624-6988 ext 4085, (http://www.oglebay-resort...). 406 acres including a swimming pool with waterslide, playground, boating, pedal boats, miniature golf, ice skating, tennis, soccer, and an outdoor aviary.Oglebay Park
route 88 N, 304-243-4000 or 800-624-6988, (http://www.oglebay-resort.com/). 1700 acres of parkland with dozens of activities, including shopping, golfing, miniature golf, swimming, pedal boats, tennis, horseback riding, fishing, skiing and snowboarding, walking trails, museums, a zoo and planetarium, floral gardens, and a resort.Fostoria Glass Museum
6th Street at Tomlinson Avenue in Moundsville, 304-845-9188, (http://www.fostoriaglass.org/). Open 1 to 4 pm Wednesday through Saturday; closed December through February. Dedicated to the products of Fostoria Glass, which moved to Moundsville in 1891 until it was forced to close in 1986.National Imperial Glass Museum
3200 Belmont Street in Bellaire OH, 740-671-3971. Open 11 am to 3 pm Thursday through Saturday, from April to October. Features an extensive array of Imperial glassware, including Candlewick, Carnival and glassware donated by the National Imperial Glass Collectors Society and the former Bellaire Glass Museum.Wymer's General Store Museum
1400 Main Street in the Artisan Center, 304-232-1812, (http://www.artisancenter.com/). Open 11 am to 7 pm Monday through Thursday, 11 am to 9 pm Friday and Saturday, and Sunday by appointment. General store representing the 1800s to the present, with items made in Wheeling. Gift shop on-site.Toy and Train Museum
144 Kruger Street, 304-242-8133 or 877-242-8133, (http://www.toyandtrain.com/). A restored Victorian-era schoolhouse with thousands of toys from dolls and dollhouses, to toy soldiers, trucks and cars, trains, planes and ships, Western toys, space toys, cartoon characters, ride-on toys and more. Interactive displays, operating O and HO gauge train layouts, a room dedicated to Ohio Valley history and culture, a restored railroad caboose, and a gift shop on-site. Guided and self-guided tours available.Marx Toy Museum
915 Second Street in Moundsville, 304-845-6022, (http://www.marxtoymuseum.com/). Open 11 am to 5 pm Thursday through Sunday, April through December. Dedicated to preserving the beauty and the history of Marx toys, owned and operated by a private collector. Gift shop on-site. Admission $6.50.Point Overlook Museum
989 Grandview Street, 304-232-3010. Illustrates Wheeling's history with photographs, maps and illustrations.Historic National Road
(http://www.historicwvnati...). The nation's first federally-funded interstate highway, which began in Cumberland, Maryland and eventually reached Saint Louis Metro East in Illinois. The highway crosses the West Virginia panhandle from Little Wheeling Creek near Mt. Echo over Wheeling Island to the Ohio border. To drive it, follow the Historic Route 40 markers.