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Outdoor dining in downtown Baltimore by the Inner Harbor; photo courtesy: Visit Baltimore


Baltimore, Maryland's largest city and economic hub, is widely recognized for its famed Inner Harbor; distinct neighborhoods; unique museums and rich history. The city has long served as a popular destination for vacationers, business travelers, tour groups and conventions.


It is home to a variety of hotels, restaurants, meeting spaces, the Baltimore Convention Center, and a host of entertainment facilities that include the National Aquarium (Maryland's largest tourist attraction), Hard Rock Cafe Baltimore, The Horseshoe Baltimore casino, Harborplace, the Maryland Science Center. State-of-the-art stadiums serve as home to Major League Baseball's Baltimore Orioles and the National Football League's Baltimore Ravens. Still more attractions include: The National Great Blacks In Wax Museum; American Visionary Art Museum; B&O Railroad Museum; and Frederick Douglass - Isaac Myers Maritime Park, to name a few, that entertain and educate.


In addition, history buffs are drawn to Baltimore as the place where Francis Scott Key wrote the U.S. National Anthem, where many African Americans journeyed to freedom via the Underground Railroad, where the industrial revolution grew and prospered, and where waves of immigrants came to America. Historic sites include the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, the Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, the Edgar Allan Poe House, Federal Hill and more, as well as national historical trails and scenic byways.


52 September  October 2015


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