What does a historic landmark have to do to get some respect? When the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620, they were not, as many still mistakenly believe, the first settlers to sow the seeds of democracy in the New World. A group of English adventurers who sailed into Chesapeake Bay and up Virginia’s James River bested them by more than a decade. Jamestown, the island settlement they...

Though Washington, D.C. lures many international visitors, Baltimore draws quite a respectable crowd, too—and they're looking for someplace cheap to stay.

College kids have long used hostels when traveling abroad, and this July, the Baltimore Hostel—an oasis of communal, transnational living tucked away on Mount Vernon's West Mulberry Street—reopened. On any given day, the place is...

Fact File: Atlantic City, New Jersey
Distance from Baltimore: 116 miles
Average August temperature: 73.4° F
Average August water temperature: 72.5° F

What’s New: The Pier at Caesars (Boardwalk at Arkansas Avenue) dazzles with luminous skylights and suspended patios...

Nestled along the Chesapeake Bay's ubiquitous creeks and coves, the town of St. Michaels on Maryland's Eastern shore has been synonymous with clamming, crabbing, fishing, and dredging for oysters for centuries. But it may come as a surprise to some that this land of the skipjack is also a gourmand's delight. And nowhere is this more apparent than at the annual St. Michaels Food and Wine...