Instead Of West Virginia, The US Could Have Had The State Of Westsylvania

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

Today in 1863, West Virginia became a state - though back in the 18th Century, there were several efforts to meld this land with parts of Pennsylvania, Kentucky and Maryland and create an entirely different entity called Vandalia or Westsylvania. Plus: if visiting Stonehenge for the solstice is too much of a trek, why not head to western Nebraska and see Carhenge?

Westsylvania: The Fourteenth Colony (Battleground)

‘Blood, sweat, and beers’: Nebraska’s Carhenge may be less mysterious than its English counterpart, but it’s just as bizarre (Roadtrippers)

If our Patreon backers formed their own state, it would be a pretty amazing state