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A historic Asylum, and the second largest hand cut sandstone building in the world, The largest being the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia.
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (TALA) was a psychiatric hospital located in Weston, West Virginia, United States. Previously known by other names including the West Virginia Hospital for the Insane and Weston State Hospital, it was open to patients from 1864 until 1994. After its closure, patients were moved to the new William R. Sharpe, Jr. Hospital in Weston, named after William R. Sharpe Jr., a member of the West Virginia Senate. The hospital reopened as a tourist attraction in March 2008.
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Open from noon to 4PM, every day except Wednesday and Sunday. Dedicated to the rich glass heritage of the region and the nation, focusing on the glass boom of 1900 - 1940. The museum displays glass products from bottles to lightning rod balls, from telegraph insulators to glass used in automobiles, from pressed to blown tableware, and discusses not only the famous glass factories, but also the hundreds of smaller and often-forgotten glass houses. Also features educational interactive displays, and a museum store.
Features a visitors' center below the dam with displays and information. Fishing, hunting, camping. Home to the Stonewall Resort.