Things To Do in Israel, West Virginia

Directly across from the Karaite synagogue is the remains of the once-magnificent Tiferet Yisrael (also ... More on Yahoo! Travel

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This is a lovely theatre, central to Jerusalem, with fun performances for children. ... More on Yahoo! Travel

The centre for Beltz Hasidism rests in this 24,000 square metre house of prayer complete with a rabbinical court, ... More on Yahoo! Travel

'Washington Bottom Farm' (also known as 'Ridgedale', 'Ridge Dale', and as the 'George W. Washington House and Farm') is a 19th century Greek Revival plantation house and farm on a plateau overlooking the South Branch Potomac River ... More on Wikipedia

Inscription. You are standing less than a mile from an important battle site in the Civil War. Just ahead a handful of determined Union troops and townspeople would thwart the Confederate Raiders. ... More on HMDB

Inscription. Cheat Bridges Become Target: Since 1861, a special target for destruction by order of both President Jefferson Davis and Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. L... More on HMDB

Inscription. To S on B&O Railroad is Buckeye Run Viaduct, 136' high, 350' long & 28' wide. Tray Run Viaduct, 6 mi. NW is 148' high, 445' long and 28' wide. Noted engineers Benjamin Latrobe & Albert Fink designed the viaducts. Built ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The hilltop area located above and to the right of where you are standing is Cannon Hill. In April 1863, the cannons located there defended Rowlesburg and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during a Civil War skirmish. The ... More on HMDB

Inscription. The 1841 Mountain Howitzer, thought to be the type used in Rowlesburg during the Civil War: A howitzer (as illustrated above by Peter W. Gaut) is a short-barreled, large-caliber cannon designed to throw shells at a higher ... More on HMDB