With some great day trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it’d be much harder to soak up everything that Morgantown, 20 miles away, has to offer. Among the first stops you make here ought to be West Virginia University Coliseum, Mountaineer Field and Mylan Puskar Stadium. The locals will also likely point you toward Moundsville, 30 miles away. If you can only see one thing here, make sure it’s West Virginia Penitentiary. (But we’d also recommend Grand Vue Park and Grave Creek Mound.)