My fiance and I stayed at the lodge here a couple years ago. He described the roads leading to the park as "murdery" - but rest assured, no murders took place! None at all! The lodge itself was pretty nice. Not a high-end resort sort of place, but amazing, given the price. The room's were standard motel-like fair, and the lobby had a nice homey cabin feel to it (with a fireplace and cozy furniture and board games). The trails in the park are nice, and fairly hill-y. The highlight, however, is the lodge dining room. Do yourself a big favor and go there for breakfast, and get the bacon. I have never had bacon as good as this place. They have truly mastered the art of making it as crispy as possible without being burnt. So good.
I did not stay at the B&B, but I got their early for their Breakfast
and a Tour program ($35). If you do this as well, make sure to both
call ahead for a reservation AND confirm your reservation the day
before. When I got there, the cook had not been told that I would be
there. Fortunately, she was SUPER nice about it, and still had things
set up in the kitchen for the B&B guests, so I still got food -
which was amazing. I highly recommend the French toast w/ bananas. The
tour started after breakfast and was given by the great-grandniece of
Degas. The "House" is actually two houses that used to be connected, and
you get to see a bit of each, including the room that was Degas' studio
during his 4 month stay at the house. The tour is more of an education
on the family history of Degas than of the actual house, but you get
some of that as well. Over all, definitely worth the $35! (I believe
just going on the tour - without breakfast - was $10 or $15)
A decent cave tour - full of your usual cave tour standards - lore about outlaws hiding out in the cave, evidence of early spelunkers who carved things into the walls, cave crickets, etc.. The tour guides the day I was there were a set of identical twins - and the one we had added a bit of humor to the tour, which was fun. Overall, it made a good little out-of-the-way trip before heading to Altoona for a baseball game.
Had a great time staying here for a few nights when in town for a wedding. It's not advertised, so I'm not sure if it's true of all the cabooses, but the one we stayed at also had free wifi! Only downside was that our "King Bed" was actually two twins pushed together with king-sized sheets over them. This might have just been due to not being able to get a king-sized mattress through the doors. And I had be wondering this before I got there, but I can assure you that the bathroom (with a shower, no tub) IS inside the caboose.
Food is a little nicer than your typical bar fare (although I had the fish and chips anyway, so I can't speak to the quality of their non-typical bar fare food). Atmosphere is fine. Big TV if you're interested in watching whatever Pittsburgh sport is currently in season. The "wildlife museum" portion is actually a variety of taxidermy displays of local wildlife set in the walls behind glass. They all had little plaques naming the animal and saying exactly where in the area they were found (I know the deer they have were well-preserved roadkill - I'm not sure if all of the other animals were found dead or if any of them were hunted or trapped). Along shelves and mantles around the bar, there were also some smaller, more "creative" taxidermy displays. Including a jackelope and a fairly disturbing/hilarious fish-squirrel hybrid. My friends brought their kids along when we went - definitely an appropriate place to take them, and their toddler loved looking at the wildlife displays
I didn't get a chance to go inside and/or take a tour, but the building is a beautiful centerpiece to Old Town, Albuquerque.
There's obviously a reasonable explanation for the occurrences of Gravity Hill. But in case you never took physics and don't want the illusion ruined, I won't spoil it for you. Gravity Hill is WAY off the beaten path, a bit difficult to find, and only marked by spray paint on the road. But regardless, it's still pretty neat. And the "off the beaten path" part means that you really don't need to worry about oncoming traffic should you want to put your car in neutral and feel yourself roll "uphill." Bonus: the surrounding landscape (hills and farmland) is simply beautiful. Definitely worth the drive out from nearby towns on a nice summer or fall day. Also be sure to visit their website (http://www.gravityhill.com) for some laughs.
You should note before coming here, that aside from the Visitors Center, there is little to see here. Aside from a building foundation or two, all other buildings are gone completely. Pathways are kept trimmed and markers are in place telling you what used to be there. But there's nothing resembling the abandoned old buildings that you might expect from a ghost town. An interesting/informative site, but not one you should go out of your way for.