New York & the Mid-Atlantic Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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1 Baltimore
Start in Baltimore, which
calls itself the ‘Crab Cake’
to New York’s Big Apple.
B’more has always been
built around its docks, and
is a port city through and
through its watery veins.
Indeed, the state’s most
prominent urban renewal
project was the Inner
Harbor overhaul, which
turned a rough dock into
a waterfront playground
for families. The most
prominent landmark,
and the best way to learn
about the state’s aquatic

fauna (and aquatic wildlife

anywhere) is the excellent

National Aquarium (%410-

576-3800; http://www.aqua.org; 501

E Pratt St, Piers 3-4; adult/child

$35/22; h9am-5pm Mon-Thu,

to 8pm Fri, 8:30am-8pm Sat,

8:30am-6pm Sun). Standing

seven stories high and

capped by a pyramid, it

houses 16,500 specimens

of 660 species, a rooftop

rainforest, a central ray

pool and a multistory

shark tank.

Ship-lovers should

consider a visit to the

Baltimore Maritime

Museum (%410-396-3453;

http://www.historicships.org; 301 E

Maritime

17 Maryland

Inside.the.marshy.silent.spaces.of.a.preserve.like.Wye.

Island.or.Blackwater.Wildlife.Refuge,.you’ll.realize:.

this.state.is.utterly.tied.to.the.water..You’ll.know.it.

when.you.roll.past.a.dozen.little.towns.on.the.Eastern.

Shore,.each.with.a.small.and.public.pier.still.used.

by.commercial.watermen.and.local.pleasure.boaters..

This,.trippers,.is.Chesapeake.Bay,.Maryland’s.defining.

geographic.and.cultural.keystone.