Wild Pony Auction

It's a small-town festival complete with rides, games, bingo, and delicious oyster and clam fritters. All the rides and stands are run by the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company. Many members of the fire company are World-Famous Salt Water Cowboys.

Last Wednesday in July. It's best to buy seats on a boat.

You can play a round of Putt-Putt, race for the finish in go-karts, climb the rock wall, get soaked with bumper boats, and even do a little old-school air hockey or pool inside the arcade.

Miniature golf. It also sells ice cream.

Likely the oldest house on Chincoteague Island. It was built around 1800, although it was moved to its present location in 1980 when faced with demolition. It's a small house, built using pit sawn and hewn pine planks. It is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Now a museum, it is open limited hours.