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With its optimal location just north of Baltimore and south of Frederick, it isn’t any secret that Carroll County, Maryland, is home to a vast array of unique communities. What isn’t always apparent, however, is just how fascinating its quaint collective truly is. Many of the small towns that comprise Carroll County today boast a … Continue reading Sifting Through Sykesville History
Leaf-peeping season is the perfect time to take in the beauty of the lush, bucolic countryside via a scenic train ride excursion. And you can never go wrong when you ride the rails in style with a company that literally has “scenic” in its name. Credit: Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad The Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad … Continue reading All Aboard Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad!
Have you ever visited the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park? Originally established as a National Monument by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1961, the site was later added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966 and officially designated a National Historical Park in 1971. Based primarily within the District of Columbia, … Continue reading Discovering Riley’s Lock and House at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Today, October 7, marks the anniversary of the death of the famed international genius and writer of many macabre masterpieces, Edgar Allan Poe. When you pair that with this being Halloween month, you can easily see plenty of “Poe”tential for enjoying eerie events and endeavors related to the literary great and some of his most … Continue reading Perusing Poe Sites in Baltimore