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In the Heart of it All
Bawlmer, Baldamore, Baltimore: Home of Natty Boh, inventors of the umbrella and “O!” Say Can You See. We gave you "The Star-Spangled Banner" and the chicken box. Thurgood Marshall, Frederick Douglass, Billie Holiday and Edgar Allan Poe each called our streets home. We're more than The Wire and more authentic than House of Cards. We're a true city of neighborhoods where everyone knows your name (and where your barber is married to that shop owner that went to (high) school with your best friend).
Welcome to Baltimore, a city of proud and influential residents...
...with a history of making history.
Baltimore is home to creatives, foodies, athletes, academics, and others...
...who invented a word to describe just how tightknit we are.
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Mill Hill
Deck of Cards Historic District
The 2600 block of Wilkens Avenue in Mill Hill is the city's longest block of rowhouses, stretching for more than 1,800 feet!
Dunbar-Broadway
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Johns Hopkins Hospital was the first major medical school in the United States to admit women, to use rubber gloves during surgery, and to develop renal analysis and CPR. The world-renowned teaching hospital is the largest employer in Baltimore City.
Patterson Park
Hampstead Hill
Before it became a public park, the land that is now Patterson Park played a major role in the War of 1812. It served as the grounds where American troops stood ready during the decisive battle of North Point at Hampstead Hill. The Patterson Park Pagoda now sits at the top of this hill providing amazing views of Downtown, the Patapsco River, the Key Bridge and Fort McHenry.
Fells Point
Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum
The first black-owned shipyard in the U.S. was in Fells Point at the current site of the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park Museum. The famous orater and freedman escaped slavery in Maryland to become a prominent leader of the abolitionist movement.
Jonestown
The Star-Spangled Banner Flag House
In this house in 1813, the Pickersgill family and indentured servant Grace Wisher sewed the flag that flew over Fort McHenry during the Battle of Baltimore, inspiring the creation of the Star-Spangled Banner.
Leakin Park
Carrie Murray Nature Center
This nature center is a hidden gem located within the largest urban wilderness park east of the Mississippi River, Leakin Park. Programming includes forest immersion for preschoolers, summer camps, nature hikes and more!
Mount Vernon
The Washington Monument
Baltimore’s homage to the nation’s first president predates the construction of the monument in Washington, D.C. by more than 30 years. Architect Robert Mills designed both. You could say we have the Baltimore original.
Moravia-Walther
Snowballs
The Baltimore snowball predates the snow cone, water ice, and similar frozen treats of other states. Made of finely shaved ice, the refreshing, summertime dessert is covered with flavored syrup and often topped with marshmallow cream. Walther Gardens, which opened in 1933, is thought to be the oldest snowball stand in the country.
University of Maryland
Edgar Allan Poe’s grave
Many cities claim fame from their ties to the famed macabre writer, but it’s in our streets that Poe met his mystifying end. His remains are buried at Westminster Hall and Burying Grounds on the University of Maryland, Baltimore campus near Downtown.
Hampden
Toilet Bowl Races
Each year at Hampdenfest, racers descend on Chestnut Avenue riding contraptions that incorporate a “human defecation device.” Toilets, diapers, urinals and potty seats have all been strapped to wheeled vessels of varying shapes, types and sizes for a friendly race. Only in Baltimore.
Oliver
The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
This wax museum features prominent African-American historical figures, including Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Martin Luther King, Jr.
Locust Point
Fort McHenry
The Battle of Baltimore at this Civil-War era fort was the inspiration for Francis Scott Key to pen the Star-Spangled Banner.
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