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The John H.B. Latrobe House is the only surviving site associated with the "Saturday Morning Visiter" writing contest that launched Edgar Allan Poe's literary career. On an evening in October 1833,鈥�

Dashiell Hammett and the Continental Trust Company Building

Dashiell Hammett found inspiration for his great detective novels like "The Maltese Falcon" and "The Thin Man" by working at the Pinkerton Detective Agency in what was then known as the Continental鈥�

A slice of English architecture, the Furness House was built in 1917 by architect Edward H. Glidden. Glidden also designed the Washington Place Apartments in Mount Vernon and the Marlboro Apartments鈥�

Zion Lutheran Church

The Zion Lutheran Church is a piece of German-American history that dates back to 1755. Originally known as the German Lutheran Reformed Church, it served Lutheran immigrants coming from Germany. The鈥�

Garrett Building

Robert Garrett was the original owner of the thirteen-story Garrett Building. Among other things, Garrett was a banker, Olympian, collector of medieval manuscripts, and a leader in the development of鈥�

Vickers Building

The Vickers Building represents a shift in downtown Baltimore architectural design that occurred directly after the Great Baltimore Fire of 1904 and is one of the largest buildings to utilize brick as鈥�

American Building

The American Building was home to Baltimore News-American, a newspaper that traces its lineage back to 1773.

Stafford Hotel

The Stafford was once an elegant hotel serving the elite of Baltimore and the many high-profile figures visiting the city. The hotel was designed by founding member of the Baltimore AIA chapter鈥�

Chesapeake Restaurant

In 1936, Sidney Friedman was riding a train to Baltimore and carrying a charcoal grill. Earlier that week, Friedman had dined at Ray's Steak House in Chicago and ate his very first charcoal-grilled鈥�

The Duchess of Windsor at 212 East Biddle Street

The Duchess of Windsor, born Bessie Wallis Warfield, moved into the three-story brownstone at 212 East Biddle Street with her mother in 1908. It was the first home they could call their own as they鈥�

Edgar Allan Poe Statue: Monument to a Literary Icon at the University of Baltimore

The Edgar Allan Poe statue sitting in the Gordon Plaza at University of Baltimore has a colorful past. The statue was commissioned in 1911 by the Edgar Allan Poe Memorial Association of Baltimore and鈥�

Ottmar Mergenthaler at 159 West Lanvale Street

Ottmar Mergenthaler was only 18 years old when he immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1872 to work with his cousin August Hahl at his machine shop in Washington, D.C. Four years later,鈥�

F. Scott Fitzgerald at 1307 Park Avenue

In August 1933, F. Scott Fitzgerald moved with his family to 1307 Park Avenue. Fitzgerald had been forced out of his previous home in Towson due to a house fire attributed to his mentally ill wife,鈥�

Mount Clare Station and the B&O Roundhouse: Oldest Railroad Station in the United States

Mount Clare is considered to be the birthplace of American railroading. It holds the oldest passenger and freight station in the United States and the first railroad manufacturing complex in the鈥�

Schuler School of Fine Arts: Hans Schuler's Home and Studio

Baltimore is a city known for its sculptures. John Quincy Adams famously toasted "Baltimore鈥攖he monumental city" during a visit in 1823. The moniker is well deserved. Baltimore possess the first鈥�

Green Mount Cemetery

Officially dedicated on July 13, 1839 and born out of the garden cemetery movement, Green Mount Cemetery is one of the first garden cemeteries created in the United States. After seeing the beautiful鈥�

Poole & Hunt Foundry and Machine Works: Industry and Adaptive Reuse at Clipper Mill

At its peak in the late nineteenth century, the Poole & Hunt Foundry and Machine Works employed over 700 people, making it one of the largest employers in the Jones Falls Valley after the textile鈥�

Clifton Park

Clifton Park is Baltimore鈥檚 fourth oldest country landscape park after Druid Hill, Patterson, and Carroll Parks. Around 1800, Baltimore merchant Henry Thompson purchased the rural property and began鈥�

Wyman Park

Today, Wyman Park is a complex of highly-contrasting park spaces, half-hearted links, and a variety of associated urban edges. The 1904 Olmsted Brothers report singled out the Wyman Park section with鈥�

Patterson Park

For almost two centuries, Baltimore鈥檚 Patterson Park has preserved its historic integrity while serving the recreational needs of an urban population with varied cultural, ethnic, and economic鈥�

Latrobe Park

In south Baltimore, Latrobe Park still has traces of Olmsted design elements. Originally only 6 acres in size, this park was created to serve the working class neighborhoods on the Locust Point鈥�

Hecht-May Company

By Meghan Gilbert & Theresa Donnelly

Adorned with graceful arches and elegant art deco lights the eight story Beaux Arts Hecht-May Co. building at the corner of Lexington and Howard streets (designed by Smith and May architects) was鈥�

Walters Bath No. 2

By Matthew Singer

Walters Bath No. 2 opened in 1901 serving residents living in the busy industrial neighborhoods of southwest Baltimore. The construction of the bathhouse was supported by Henry Walters, art collector鈥�

Detrick and Harvey Machine Company

By Matthew Hankins

While Baltimore is remembered for the city鈥檚 role in fabricating ships and railcars, the companies that made the large machines required to build those ships and railcars have largely been forgotten.鈥�

Mr. Trash Wheel

In 2014, a new species appeared in the Baltimore Harbor. With 5 feet tall googly eyes, a playful persona, and a steady diet of harbor detritus, Mr. Trash Wheel is cleaning up the harbor one swallow at鈥�

The Jones Falls

In the 1660s, David Jones, a Quaker farmer, selected a location for his farm in the relatively new area of Baltimore County (founded in 1659), just north of what was known as Coles Harbor, and along鈥�

St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Catholic Church

Among a sea of church steeples that dot East Baltimore, the five domes of St. Michael the Archangel Ukrainian Church stand apart with their burnished glow. Since 1992, the Cossack Baroque style鈥�

Silo Point

Of the many repurposed industrial buildings in Baltimore鈥檚 urban landscape, perhaps none is as extraordinary as Silo Point. Looming high above the brick rowhomes of Locust Point, Silo Point luxury鈥�

Pride of Baltimore Memorial