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The Best Apple Cider Destinations Around Baltimore
Whether you prefer yours hot, cold, boozy, slushified, or baked into a warm donut, here's where to visit.
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The Ultimate Baltimore Area Pumpkin Picking Guide
Your perfect match is waiting at these local patches, orchards, and farms.
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Best Bird-Watching Spots to Check Out in Baltimore
The Patterson Park Audubon Center aims to dispel the myth that you have to leave the city to experience nature.
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GameChanger: Michael Buckley
We catch up with the longtime host of 'Sunday Brunch' on Annapolis’s late WRNR radio.
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Earth Day Events and Cleanups Happening Around Baltimore
Commit to making the community cleaner and greener by participating in these area activities.
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Faces of Baltimore 2026
our annual FACES profile section, in which we connect you with the real people living, working, and thriving right here in our Baltimore region. From educators to advocates, attorneys to orthodontists, our FACES profiles feature the stories not only of what these leaders do, but why.
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Four Nighttime Spots to Celebrate Dark Sky Week in Maryland
Supporting the movement to bring night back to Earth is as simple as stargazing.
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The Canton Kayak Club Wants Baltimoreans on the Water
Despite the city's reputation as being built by and for ship-builders, dockworkers, and fishermen, many of its current residents don’t get out on the water. For 25 years, the club has been working to change that.
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The Middle Branch is in the Midst of a Shoreline Renaissance
An innovative project aims to restore the long-lost wetlands—and reconnect South Baltimore communities in the process.
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At Camp Small, City Foresters Give Local Trees a Second Life
The zero-waste reclamation site in Cold Spring transforms fallen city trees into everything from lumber and mulch to tables and playgrounds.
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Autumn at the Beach
The Northern Outer Banks is more than a summertime destination.
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Cape Charles is a Best-Kept-Secret Beach Getaway on the Eastern Shore of Virginia
If you’re seeking an escape to an out-of-the-way Chesapeake beach town without the traffic, this tiny slice of solitude is a perfect place to spend time.
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Magnet Fishing Meetups Catch On in Fells Point
Historian Evan Woodard spearheads the initiative to retrieve forgotten objects from city waterways.
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GameChanger: Nicole Baumgarth
We catch up with the director of the Johns Hopkins Lyme and Tickborne Diseases Research and Education Institute.
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Best of Baltimore Readers’ Poll Results 2026
You voted, and now, here are your picks for the best that Baltimore has to offer.
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Deer Park, MD Was Once an Elite Vacationland—Thanks in Part to its Famous Water
Now little more than a sleepy whistle-stop, it’s part of an unlikely tale intertwined with the Baltimore railroad, the Appalachian Mountains, and Maryland history.
Arts & Culture
Artist James Evans Uses Photographs and Words to Combat Prejudice in Nature
“People don’t expect for brown and Black people to be in these spaces,” says Evans, a photographer, poet, author, and nonprofit founder.
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Penn Station is Once Again on the Verge of Rebirth. Will It Finally Succeed?
The vision for the landmark—to improve travel in and out of Baltimore, but also connect the entire city—is more ambitious than ever.
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The Conowingo Dam is One of the Best Spots in the U.S. for Seeing Bald Eagles
From November through January, eagle-eyed birdwatchers arrive from far-flung destinations to view hundreds of the birds that have migrated from New York and Canada.
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Meet the Guy Behind 34th Street’s First-Ever Hanukkah House
Thanks to Joshua Lamont, the storied block includes a fitting homage to the Festival of Lights.
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Eight Great Ice Festivals Within Three Hours Drive of Baltimore
Cure cabin fever with these regional frosty festivals.
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Meet the Keepers Closely Monitoring the Health of Baltimore’s Waterways
Alice Volpitta and Theaux Le Gardeur spend as much time monitoring contamination levels as they do advocating for clean water and holding polluters accountable.
Food & Drink
Migrash Farm Puts Its Hallowed Ground Before Its Harvest
The Baltimore County farm—whose name means “field” in Hebrew—sows a sustainable future by prioritizing environment over output.
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Meet the New Faces of Farming in Baltimore
Through the seeds they plant, these individuals and their organizations are giving back to the community.
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Black Yield Institute, and Other Grassroots Organizations, Help Bring Food Justice to Baltimore City
Farmers and neighborhood advocates work directly with government officials to reshape the politics around food, land, and freedom.
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Goats Returning to BMA Slope Friday to Clear Excess Vegetation
A new cohort of four-legged landscapers will make headway on the project that began in 2020.
