| Anne Arundel County |
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Horizon Organic Dairy Farm - Learn about the important relationships between agriculture & the environment as you visit one of Maryland's many dairy farms.
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Chesapeake Children's Museum, a museum about the Chesapeake Bay
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The Maryland State House is the oldest State Capitol still in use.
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Londontown Publik House & Gardens - Georgian architecture & colonial living; ongoing archaeological dig on the site, conducted by archaeologists from the Lost Towns Project; 8 acres of woodland gardens!
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The U.S. Naval Academy 's mission is "To develop midshipmen morally, mentally & physically . . . to assume the highest responsibilities of command, citizenship & government."
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The Banneker-Douglass Museum "is dedicated to preserving Maryland's African American heritage, and serves as the state's official repository of African American material culture."
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The Shiplap House - was built about 1715, making it one of the oldest surviving buildings in Annapolis. The owner combined inn-keeping with the business of a "sawyer," cutting lumber into lengths suitable for building houses and ships.
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| Baltimore City |
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USS Constellation - The last all sail war ship built by the US Navy . . . before the US Navy went to all steam powered vessels. Hands-on experiences! Learn how this mighty sailing machine was powered, propelled and controlled.
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National Museum of Dentristy - Museum highlights will include a dental play station, a tour of Branches, Bristles and Batteries: Toothbrushes Through Time, the Penny Wilson Iron Jaw (Ms. Wilson performed a famous iron jaw act in the 1950's when she did her death defying feat of teeth suspended in mid-air only to be held aloft by her bite piece. The original bite piece is housed in the Museum's permanent gallery), and 32 Terrific Teeth.
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Maryland Science Center - More than you can imagine! IMAX, too.
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Robert Long House - the oldest residence in Baltimore City (1765)!
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U.S. Star Spangled Banner House - The home of Mary Pickersgill who made the huge flag which flew over Ft. McHenry in 1814.
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B & O Railroad Museum includes a wide variety of steam locomotives -- arguably the most historic collection found in the United States.
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U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame which includes a history of lacrosse
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Edgar Allan Poe National Historic Site, home of a great American writer
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The Great Blacks In Wax Museum, Inc . - a wax museum committed to the study & preservation of African American history . . . life-size, life-like wax figures highlight historical & contemporary people of African ancestry
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The Maryland Historical Society - houses a priceless collection of treasures & everyday objects which celebrate Maryland's diversity & richness
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Fort McHenry, home of the Star-Spangled Banner
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Baltimore Civil War Museum - Technically, Maryland belonged to the Union during the Civil War. But the truth is more complicated than that . . . the Museum tries to untangle these various threads of history
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Baltimore Museum of Industry - If you are interested in the history of work in Baltimore, then this is the place for you. If you think this subject is boring, they will prove you wrong!
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Port Discovery - Three floors of endless, interactive fun for the whole family. An amazing array of hands-on activities & adventures.
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Walters Art Gallery, Henry Walters' (1848-1931) gift of 22,000 works of art to the City of Baltimore.
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The National Aquarium in Baltimore is one of the most sophisticated & technologically advanced aquariums in existence
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Babe Ruth Museum - rare photos, film highlights, & everything else you would want to know about "The Babe" ( field trip guide )
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| Calvert County |
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Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum - a state history & archaeology museum exploring the changing cultures & environment of the Chesapeake Bay region of the past 12,000 years
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Calvert Marine Museum, a museum about the collection, preservation, research, & interpretation of the culture & natural history of Southern Maryland
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Battle Creek Cypress Swamp - A sub-tropical tree found mostly in the Carolinas and Southeast, cypress stands are unusual this far north. The Battle Creek cypress stand is presumed to have established itself somtime in the last 10,000 years.
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Linden (click on Linden when the next page pops up) - A near-town farm, Linden is unique for its collection of most of outbuildings. There are presently ten. The architecture of the main building and the collection of service buildings are beautifully set on the land.
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| Prince George's County |
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Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, a leading international research institute for wildlife & environmental research ( Prince George's County)
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Surratt House Museum, home of Mary Surratt, accused of participating in the conspiracy to assassinate President Lincoln.
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Accokeek Foundation, a living museum dedicated to care of the land
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Marietta - plantation home of Gabriel Duvall, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, appointed in 1811
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Goddard Space Flight Center - has mission responsibility for Earth Science, Space Science, & Technology
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Mt. Airy Plantation - according to the home's long-standing tradition.... it has played host to a number of ghosts!
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Northampton Slave Quarters Archaeological Site - Historians and archaeologists are working reconstruct the lives of the many slaves and tenant farmers who lived at Northampton Plantation. Detailed information about the life of one slave, Elizabeth Hawkins, was obtained from descendants who live in the area.
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Fort Washington Park - The first Fort Washington was completed in 1809 and guarded the Nationís Capital until it was destroyed by its own garrison in 1814. It was the only defense for the Nationís Capital until the Civil War when a circle of temporary forts was built around the city.
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| Washington County |
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Sidling Hill - One of the best rock exposures in Maryland and indeed in the entire northeastern United States (also has museum)
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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park - The story of Harpers Ferry is more than one event, one date, or one individual. It involves a diverse number of people and events that influenced the course of our nation's history. Harpers Ferry witnessed the first successful application of interchangeable manufacture, the arrival of the first successful American railroad, John Brown's attack on slavery, the largest surrender of Federal troops during the Civil War, and the education of former slaves in one of the earliest integrated schools in the United States.
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Antietam National Battlefield - This Civil War site marks the end of General Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North in September 1862
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Fort Frederick - the cornerstone of Maryland's frontier defense during the French & Indian War (1754-1763). It served as an important supply base for English campaigns
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Washington County Museum of Fine Arts - exhibitions, musical concerts, lectures, films, art classes & special events for children & adults throughout the year
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John Brown's Farm was the headquarters from which John Brown (1800-1859) planned & executed his raid on the Federal armory at Harpers Ferry in October 1859
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