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Baltimore Places of Interest

Inner Harbor
This pedestrian-friendly mecca is full of life day and night and provides entertainment for couples, families and professionals. Read more

Lexington Market

Lexington Market
The oldest continuously-running market in the United States, this Baltimore icon was established in 1782 after General Howard donated the farmland that would become the site of the Lexington Market following the Revolutionary War. Read more

Charles Street
Charles Street is also home to a number of Baltimore attractions: the Lyric Opera House, Centerstage and Everyman Theaters, Johns Hopkins University Homewood Campus, Sascha's 527, Brewer's Art pub, the Walters Art Museum, and numerous other intriguing places to explore. Read more

Oriole Park at Camden Yards

Oriole Park at Camden Yards
Construction on this classic ball field began in 1989 and was completed in 1992, when it became the official home of the Orioles. Read more

Baltimore Entertainment

American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM)
Opened by former psychiatric nurse and founder, Rebecca Hoffberger, AVAM takes pride in the fact that it is a "pretty un-museumy" museum. Read more

The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum
The museum has more than just art; in fact, it houses many historical pieces including medieval ivories, Roman sarcophagi, medieval armor, ancient Egyptian amulets and much more.
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Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Here, visitors can observe over 100 wax and scene figures, as well as a model slave ship exhibit highlighting the 400-year-history of the Atlantic Slave Trade.
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Baltimore Lyric Opera

Baltimore Lyric Opera
Today, the building is the home of the Baltimore Opera Company and is also host to plays, touring entertainers and Broadway musicals. Read more

Baltimore Restaurants

Sascha's 527
A turn-of-the-century chandelier creates a romantic ambience, while a rotating display of artwork keeps the atmosphere fresh and lively. Live jazz is performed on Thursday evenings. Read more

The Brewer's Art
With a plethora of beers to choose from including Flemish, Belgian, Italian and Japanese beers, as well as microbrews, hard cider, and house beers like the Belgian "devil" beer, this is "the place" to come for beers. Read more

Vaccaro's in Little Italy
Established in 1956, Baltimoreans keep coming back to this combination café-pastry shop. Read more

Baltimore Nightlife

Power Plant Live
Guests are sure to find a place fitting of their ideal night on the town at this collection of bars, clubs and restaurants located right on the Inner Harbor.
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Grand Central
Grand Central morphs from a dance club to a swanky bar to a casual pub depending on the time of day and day of the week. Read more

Comedy Factory
Visitors will surely get a laugh from top comedians from around the country at this entertainment hotspot. Read more

Family Activities in Baltimore

Baltimore Aquarium

Baltimore Aquarium
Opened in 1981, this world-famous aquarium attracts over 1.6 million visitors per year with its convenient Inner Harbor location.
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Maryland Science Center

Maryland Science Center
At the Maryland Science Center young guests can embark upon a hands-on voyage through the human body, excavate dinosaur fossils, touch a cloud in Newton's Alley and observe mammoth canyons on Mars. Read more

Enoch Pratt Free Library
As a result of over a million dollars of donations made by Enoch Pratt in 1882, Baltimore's Pratt Free Library was established in 1888 with one central library and five branch libraries. Read more

Recreation and Outdoors in Baltimore

Douglass-Myers Maritime Park
The Douglass-Myers Maritime Park is a national heritage site with an on-site, interactive museum highlighting African American maritime history, the life of Isaac Myers, and the saga of Frederick Douglass' life as an enslaved child and young man in Baltimore. Read more

Federal Hill Park
Pristine with great views of the Inner Harbor, this historic site is home to a monument dedicated to Major General Samuel Smith, who helped to thwart the attack on Baltimore by the British in the War of 1812. Read more

Sherwood Gardens

Sherwood Gardens
Known as the most famous tulip garden in North America, the gardens see nearly 80,000 tulips in bloom along with a host of other spring flowers such as wisteria, dogwood flowers, magnolias and brightly colored azaleas. Read more

Baltimore Tours

Baltimore Harbor Cruises
Various ships offer cruises on the Inner Harbor for individuals, small groups or the entire company. Read more

Fells Point Ghost Walk
Guests can take a step into the past on this eerie tour of the Fells Point port neighborhood just as it was in its heyday: full of immigrants, sailors, ladies of the night and other characters looking to make a buck off of the booming shipyard industry. Read more

Fells Point Immigration Walking Tour
Second only to Ellis Island in the number of immigrants that traveled through its port during the 19th century, Baltimore was the port of entry for approximately two million immigrants between 1861 and 1930. Read more