This 0.5-mile walking tour through the Ellicott City Historic District, the charming 19th-century flour milling town, reveals stories of freedom seekers from Ellicott Mills and the surrounding area. Places on the tour include routes to freedom as well as sites that were part of failed escape attempts and obstructions to liberation. Park at the Courthouse Drive parking lot and begin your walking tour on Court Place, then stop at the interpretive marker on Court Place[...]
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Completed in 1830, the station is America's oldest surviving railroad station with a miniaturization of the original route of the railroad between Baltimore and Ellicott City.
Independently crafted since 1772. Explore unique boutiques, great dining, art galleries and studios, museums and more in this charming old mill town.
Old firehouse contains firefighter memorabilia, displays, uniforms, photographs.
Restored one-room school house serves as living history museum/African-American genealogical resource center. First publicly funded school in county for African-American children.
Italian restaurant’s serving food with many homemade recipes.
Frederick (Capital Region) Whether you’re more likely to spend your weekend on a hiking trail or a wine trail, Frederick is a perfect home base. Book a few nights at 10 Clarke, a Victorian-yet-modern B&B that puts you in walking distance to 50 blocks of shops and restaurants in downtown. Foodies will be in heaven at Dutch’s Daughter. Sip your way along the Frederick Wine Trail that connects eight Maryland wineries while weaving through Civil[...]
Area's third largest theater company brings the works of William Shakespeare and other classics to life. Year-round performances: in Baltimore indoors and in Ellicott City outside in the summer.
Berlin Without the Lederhosen Germany is a long flight, and we’ve got our own Berlin right on the Eastern Shore and just minutes from the beach. Walk and shop the charming streets of “The Coolest Small Town in America” enjoying unique takes on Eastern Shore seafood, great seasonal events such as the annual Fiddler’s Convention and the hilarious annual bathtub races. See why this quaint town was the setting for films such as “Runaway Bride”[...]
Railroads transformed American life in the 1800s and 1900s, and Maryland played an integral part in the creation of the railroad industry—the Baltimore & Ohio, the first intercity railroad in the Western Hemisphere, was begun in Baltimore in 1827. Visit these museums, attractions and sites of interest to learn more about the history of railroading in America. Baltimore: Where Railroading Started The first 12 miles of track laid in the U.S.—part of the first intercity[...]