The Story of Maryland In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 Maryland landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Old Line State.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Drive-in theaters... Germanic influences... Sears kit houses... trolley parks... gambling... diners... history-changing forts... seafood... lighthouses... beer... boardwalks... pioneering railroads... mimetic architecture... kissing bridges...super highways... octagonal buildings.. horses... post office murals... record-breaking escalators... tea parties... life-altering inventions... the shopping palaces of Howard Street... sports nicknames... Civil War intrigues... stone bridge masterpieces... rammed earth houses... Prohibition Era shenanigans...</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>That story is all around you in the work of those who came before you. In these pages you'll learn the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that make Maryland uniquely Maryland. How basketball's Baltimore Bullets were named? Solved. Gold production in Maryland within walking distance of the White House? A mystery no more. The first toll booth in Maryland? Identified. The origins of duckpins? Still unknown.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only Maryland can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Old Line State standing in plain sight on Maryland streets!</span></p><p></p>