Notable People & Places

This is an incredible photo from 1936, showing the Hindenburg floating over Baltimore. Nine months later came the horrific accident in New Jersey. Make...

Here's a cool image we found at the Library of Congress. It's a print of a song written in honor of Baltimore's native son,...

Digging through The Baltimore Sun archives, we came across something awesome ... another policeman named McNulty! Much like the famed Ghosts of DC hero, Officer...

James K. Polk isn't exactly the most memorable president. That said, this is an article that we dug up in the Baltimore Sun from June...

Okay, sorry to do this ... but, here's one more post highlighting the failures of the O's. We were an awesome team...

Elvis Presley came to Baltimore in 1977. See great old photos and a video of his performance.

Is there something so identifiable with a city that, when you visit, you just have to see it? Such as New York and the...

Here's a really cool article from the days before Cal Ripken Jr. as an Oriole. This article was printed on June 8th, 1978 Largo--Just one...

The first Major League Baseball All-Star Game to be held in Baltimore was in 1958, four seasons after the Orioles arrived in town. The...

This is a cool old baseball photo. It's the 1913 Baltimore Orioles with Babe Ruth, pictured on the right. We did a little more digging...

In 1912, the Democratic National Convention was held in Baltimore at the Fifth Regiment Armory. Here's a great old photo from that period of...

Amazing. What more can I say about this old commercial. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7fZuEAm77A

This is an old clip of Oprah during her Baltimore TV days interviewing some dude named Herman Darvick -- who apparently has a LinkedIn...

We came across a great find in the 1850 U.S. Census. John Wilkes Booth's famous acting family lived in Baltimore, splitting time there with...

This is absolutely amazing. We found the original advertisement in the Baltimore Sun for John Wilkes Booth's acting debut in Richard III. The play...

Wow, this guy's a blast from the past.  He was good, but nowhere near the level he should have been. The first overall pick...

Many of you remember the glorious 1983 season when the O's beat the Phillies to take the World Series. Let's relive that moment by...

Here's a cool early 20th century photograph of Mt. Vernon Place on Charles St. Source: Library of Congress

Check out this awesome photo of city hall in 1900. Click on it for some great details. Source: Shorpy

This is one of the greatest moments in all of sports history. If you're an Orioles fan, it needs no introduction. This is the...

What did Oriole Park at Camden Yards look like during construction in Baltimore? This was the stadium that set off the baseball renaissance in Major League Baseball.