With the majestic Ohio River as a backdrop, we invite you to come escape, discover and play in Greater Parkersburg.

Just south of Parkersburg, West Virginia, you’ll feel like Tom Sawyer as you paddle down river in an authentic sternwheeler to Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park.

Listening to the steady churning of the engine and feeling the occasional spray of the paddle wheel, you’ll be quietly lulled into believing you’ve escaped every care in the world. The mystery and romance that shrouds the island’s original owners is intriguing and entertaining. As you tour the exquisite mansion you will hear the tale of Harman and Margaret Blennerhassett and their ill-fated relationship to Aaron Burr that eventually cost them their beloved paradise. Visitors to the island (open May-October) also enjoy wagon rides and the mansion’s sprawling lawns.

Back on the mainland continue your exploration into the region’s history [...]

The Historic General Lewis Inn, opened in 1929 as an antique furnished hotel with a white linen dining room open to the public, continues the traditions of service, attitude, and quality begun by the Hock family. It remains in the same family and though providing air conditioning, WiFi, and flat screen TVs today, we celebrate the traditional values associated with our beginning.

Located three blocks from downtown Lewisburg in a residential neighborhood, all the pleasantries of an historic district with an artistic slant, including a performing Carnegie Hall, Greenbrier Valley Professional Theater, galleries, shops, even an authentic Irish Pub, are an easy walk should our guests chose to leave the Gardens or the rocking chairs on the porch. We’re an easy escape to a human focused world.

Indulge in the tradition and spirit that make Oglebay Resort unique while you enjoy 1,700 acres of year-round recreational opportunities and picturesque natural beauty. Spend the night at the 271-room lodge featuring 59 new premium rooms, a new spa, dining, business center, indoor pool, fitness center and wireless Internet. Oglebay also has 54 cottages including three new 8-bedroom premium cottages and four estate houses. Recreational activities include 72 holes of golf including the newest championship course designed by Arnold Palmer, plus seven specialty shops, gardens, tennis, stables, fishing, two museums, outdoor pool, pedal boats, miniature golf, downhill skiing, a zoo, environmental center and miles of walking trails.

Oglebay is also home to the Winter Festival of Lights, one of the nation’s largest holiday light shows, beginning November 9, 2012.

Located one hour from Pittsburgh in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle. Call 800-624-6988 or visit www.oglebay-resort.com.

Oglebay Resort

For more than 25 years, the Winter Festival of Lights at Oglebay Resort, located in beautiful Wheeling, West Virginia has dazzled visitors with a million lights on 300 acres. This six-mile driving show is one of America’s largest holiday light festivals, featuring 75 larger-than-life displays on a six mile drive through the resort. 

The 271-room Wilson Lodge at Oglebay is beautifully decorated, inside and out, and features special overnight packages for the holidays and delicious dining including the nightly holiday buffet in the main dining room that overlooks the famous light show. 

Oglebay also has eight unique specialty shops, perfect for holiday gift-giving, and the 30-acre Good Zoo features the state’s largest model train display plus a nightly light show on the zoo patio with 35,000 LED lights choreographed to music. Other highlights include the magical Gardens of [...]

Nine hundred feet of Tuscarora sandstone lays vigil over a landscape of agricultural valleys, fish-filled rivers and outrageous outcroppings that jut from the surrounding mountaintops. Located in the heart of the Mountain Highlands, Seneca Rocks is one of West Virginia‘s most unique geographical wonders and a perfect vacation spot.

Great Outdoors
Rock climbers come from around the world to challenge the craggy face of Seneca Rocks. Beginners seek out the area climbing guides or try the unique self-belayed climbing adventure — the Via Ferrata at Nelson Rocks Preserve near Circleville.
Seneca Rocks is also the home of the Monongahela National Forest’s Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area. There’s plenty of hiking trails, plus a Granny Trail to the top of the rocks.

Cave Country
Rocks on top, caves underneath, this area is famous for its caving and commercial caverns — Seneca Caverns on Rt. 33 and Smoke Hole Caverns to [...]