West Virginia Abbr.WVorW.Va. A mountainous state of the east-central United States, known for its coal industry. Originally part of Virginia, it was admitted as the 35th state in 1863, after siding with the North in the Civil War. Charleston is the capital and the largest city. ...
Jamestown Colony, first permanent English settlement in North America, located near present-day Williamsburg, Virginia. Established on May 14, 1607, the colony gave England its first foothold in the European... Lisbon Lisbon, city, port, capital of Portugal, and the centre of the Lisbon metr...
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Nearly all of the state is on the Allegheny Plateau, with the jagged Virginia–West Virginia line roughly following the eastern escarpment of the plateau (known as the Allegheny Front). Extremely irregular in outline, West Virginia has two narrow projections—the Northern Panhandle, which cuts ...
West Virginia Explorer calls Wheeling a “New York City in miniature” with its collection of row houses, industrial lofts, high rises, and high-style architecture. Wheeling is best known as the home of the Wheeling Jamboree, first broadcasting the country-music radio show in 1933 from the Cap...
Saint Mary in the Mountains is a Catholic church that dates back to 1870 and is another place worth visiting in the Nevada small town. Also, Comstock Lode was the first distinctive discovery of silver ore in the country and was an important part of the foundation of Virginia City. ...
In north-central West Virginia, Morgantown is located on the banks of the Monongahela River. This college town is most notable for being home to West Virginia University. Morgantown, West Virginia is made up of 14 neighborhoods that are located in and around its city center. The city’s perm...
Home to one of the country's first planned cities and the world's largest living history museum, Williamsburg, Virginia, is a fantastic place to step back in time, discover gardens and nature trails, ride in a horse-drawn carriage, or embark on a ghost tour. Kids will love the world's...
Giant stores are located in Delaware, Virginia, Washington D.C., and Maryland; the company is headquartered in Landover, Maryland. The first store opened in Washington in 1936. The company's founders were Nehemiah Myer Cohen, an immigrant from Palestine, and his partners Samuel and Jacob Lehrma...
NUKEMAP by Alex Wellerstein Washington, DC - Ground Impact with fallout The entire DC area would be reduced to rubble and buildings would be destroyed from Alexandria, Virginia, to Silver Spring and Bethesda, Maryland. Thermal radiation would cause third-degree burns up to six miles from ground...