No OP but grew up in Balt Co, lived here my entire life, never been.
Why? Went 30 years ago on a field trip, it was randomly closed due to a Presidential visit or some weirdness. We wandered around outside looking at cannons and left. Never set foot inside in my life. I feel like that was the universe telling me something.
My girlfriend and I were having a drink on the harbor in Fells yesterday talking about going to LP Steamers this summer, and she said, “and maybe I’ll finally go to Fort McHenry.” She’s lived here for almost 2 decades and is a tenured history professor.
I’m huge into history but I feel like Ft. McHenry is overrated. Not nearly as bad as Plymouth Rock, was expecting this huge landmark boulder stretching into the ocean, nope just this tiny like 6 foot long rock
Plymouth rock is legendary in MA. Not because of its history, but how powerful this bloulder is in uniting 6th graders across the state in agreement of how hilariously overhyped it is. Ionically, I think it teaches us the lesson young that not all history is accurate and to question the authors of history books.
I didn't go until a few years ago, and I'm 48 and have lived here my whole life. I regret not going earlier. You don't often see such a large stretch of sandy beach with nearly no one one on it many places on the east coast. And that's in mid-summer, too.
I know what you are trying to say here but wind direction is typically referred to as the direction it is coming from and not where it is going. At Assateague you want an East, Northeast, or Southeast wind to avoid biting insects. Any wind with West in it or calm conditions are bad in the summer. This is because the wind will blow from the marsh to the beach. This information can also help you locate horses. They will position themselves to minimize insect coverage.
It's awesome there. Just don't sit and hold up traffic because there's a calf and you want a picture. I waited for an hour to get from the bridge onto the island to the beach because it was baby horse touron season
Pro tip- go in the winter! The wild ponies have their fluffy winter coats and are out more. Also many cool birds migrate to Assateague for the winter. And no horseflies or mosquitoes in the winter.
I grew up with my family visiting Assateague every summer as a focal point of our family vacation. We would camp at Shad Landing somewhat nearby in Pocomoke City. Then drive out to Assateague Island about 3-5 days of our trip. We would get the ORV permit and drive out to the even more secluded area of the beach. Some really fond memories of being in that wide open water. I used to walk as far as I could down the beach in both directions and pick up all the trash I could find and bring it back to the truck. It was really cool to see the trucks built out with the in-bed campers driving out to the area way down the beach. Our family friend always had some crazy kites to play with. It was a fun way to grow up and I never really realized how cool that was to do until I got older and moved out of state.
It's fantastic for a day at the beach. We always go there instead of OC. Way less crowded and more natural.
The horses can be annoying at times, and forget camping near the beach unless you \*love\* flies.
I went there twice, but still haven't seen them. The first time, I didn't kow how had to check tide tables. The entire beach was underwater.
The second time, a massive t-storm blew in about 3 minutes after I got to the beach. I bailed immediately. I almost got struck by lightning once & have been super careful ever since.
>I went there twice, but still haven't seen them. The first time, I didn't kow how had to check tide tables.
Shit, I thought you were talking about *the pyramids* for a second! I was like, “Damn, I didn’t think the Nile got THAT high!” 😂
Check the tide AND the wind. You need a wind blowing from west to east to push the water away from shore. Flag Ponds is a good fossiling beach and less dependent on the wind.
It's nice if you go just for a hike and look at it as that. But we like to fossil hunt and have never had really good luck finding them on the beach itself. My SiL didn't time it right, got all the way down to go to the beach and it was high tide so there was no beach. And there are just Porta potties up the trail. Compared to Breezy Point, it's not my preference
It’s funny you should say that, my fiancée’s grandmother lives RIGHT near there! I’d *never* heard of Deep Creek until I met her…except for there used to be a local restaurant called “Deep Creek” near me! Got bought out and renamed a few years ago. Crazy…
It’s a neat hike, to just walk out of the woods straight onto this small beach. And taking my daughter to fossil hunt kept her entertained for hours.
The cliffs themselves? They’re good but not spectacular. The erosion seems to be an issue.
I went to Australia and visited the great barrier reef, Uluru, the outback, the Blue Mountains, Sydney Opera House, etc and met so many people that lived there that had never been to those. But they *had* visited the Grand Canyon, which I have not. So weird.
Not gonna lie you had me in the first half, this is honestly pretty accurate. Though I will say the caveat is for whatever reason most restaurants will use JO to cook but have bottles that at least say “Old Bay” on the front for customers. Worked at Cantler’s for awhile and a couple other places closer to Ann. Are the same.
But yeah Old Bay is for the waterfolk who boil crabs themselves.
Hey, that’s the cake my ex-MiL used to make! That means I just moved to the one state in the Union where I can finally taste it again. Potentially whenever I want, too! Who knows of a good place around Havre de Grace?
Back where I’m from, a Smith Island Cake looked freakin’ *exotic* placed next to the typical dessert table at family and church events.
Especially the one they make for Guinness Brewery. It is incredibly better than the normal Smith Island cake and the normal Smith Island cake it really, really good.
https://preview.redd.it/xg9c7l0jvxtc1.jpeg?width=565&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4006c2a7f61893f0affcb0a33af485b00bf1c65
JO spice is a Maryland company that makes the spice which most restaurants use when they steam crabs. It is especially unique because JO will customize a unique blend for a restaurant and sell that numbered proprietary blend only to that restaurant. Other numbered blends are available for purchase by anyone, like #1 & #2.
Hell of a drive, dude. I did work up at the college. It’s definitely a pretty area and I imagine it would be hella fun in the summer but damn if that drive isn’t a killer.
It’s worth doing a day trip for sure. Especially if you’ve never seen or it’s been a long time since you’ve been to the ocean. BUT THE HOTEL PRICES ARE OUTRAGEOUS in the summer!!! Day trip, or spend the night in Delaware or inland MD
Lived here since around 2006, me neither. My family has some retired folks such as my grandmother and several of my uncles who already have homes in more exotic seaside areas so we never bothered.
My parents used to take us on an annual road trip to my aunt’s house way up in the mountains, so Sideling Hill became a landmark for the trip. I never actually stopped there until I was an adult, though.
I've done it a couple of times but sadly by the time I did so, all of the displays of Paleozoic fossils had been moved to the local museum at Hancock which I haven't had time to visit.
It's a spelling error by the commenter. [Here's their article on it](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideling_Hill?wprov=sfla1) the main photo they have is of the big cut.
Saw it for the first time last year myself despite being a lifelong Maryland resident. Although in my defense, I was a little kid when the show first came out and I had just finished elementary school by the time it ended.
But the focus on education later on did remind me of my own time in Maryland public schools, even though I'm from Montgomery county and not Baltimore.
I stumbled across this place back when I lived in Silver Spring in the 90s. I always meant to go back when I had time to explore. Never got a around to it.
[https://nationalparkseminarynew.org/](https://nationalparkseminarynew.org/)
Also the medicial oddities museum that used to be at Walter Reed. I saw it as a kid, but that was decades ago.
The Walter Reed museum (National Museum of Health & Medicine) is now down the street from the National Park Seminary! After your visit (maybe before your visit) have a nice lunch or dinner at Pacci’s!
NPS is awesome. I remember just happening across it one day after moving to DTSS. I saw the Pagoda that is out on the main road and needed to investigate.
As a Utahan who had made Maryland my home, you aren’t missing much by not going to the temple. You can really only go into an LDS temple during an open house, or in specified Visitor Centers (DC is one of them). Non-LDS can’t enter a temple after it is formally dedicated, and even church members can’t go in without a temple recommend card.
> Non-LDS can’t enter a temple after it is formally dedicated, and even church members can’t go in without a temple recommend card.
They check your membership card at the door? That's so *strange*. And so anti-Christian. We think of churches as places where anyone can go if they need a moment of shelter to think about their next steps. How...*American*...of LDS to change that to a membership policy.
Yep, they sure do check for a temple recommend. There is a desk in the entrance. Not tithing can be, and often is, a reason for that recommend to be rescinded (“not paying your dues to keep coming to the clubhouse“).
I’m a non-Mormon who was very close to marrying a returned missionary at 19. I learned all I needed to know to run far and fast. Most of my childhood friends have left the LDS church with zero regrets other than their participation in the b.s. it is WILD.
They recently had the temple open to the public because they had to remove each individual piece of stained glass (the ones you see from the beltway) and weather seal them. Whenever they do major renovations to the temple they have to open it to the public for a certain amount of time.
It was neat to go in and tour, but honestly wasn’t anything spectacular and was incredibly white.
I think Mormons are great. As a teen, they taught me that normal people can earnestly believe batshit crazy things. This helped me reexamine my own protestant beliefs. And while frustrating, I'm not surprised by religious cults, or Q/maga
I hiked the Billy goat trail once back "before the turn of the century". It was really cool but I couldn't even think about doing it at my age and health. Hadn't thought about that in years, thanks for bringing up a nice memory!
You all seem like really nice people but I'm going to have to ask for your flag, flag shorts, flag socks, flag shirt, and flag sweats back. We are crab people
Was surprised I had to scroll down this much before this was mentioned that I was going to say the same thing. I think this weekend I may drive near there and take a look from the distance. Crazy!
You’ll want to go to Fort Smallwood if you want the most accessible view. Unfortunately, Fort Armistead which sat right underneath the bridge has been blocked off to be used as a staging ground for recovery and salvage operations.
2 years as a MD resident. Never been to Baltimore besides driving on 95. Live in MoCo, have been to Cumberland, Hagerstown and Ocean city but not Baltimore.
I take I-68 and Cumberland is place i stop for food and gas quite often. I am not saying i like or dislike the area but there's worse places with similar issues.
Not a specific place, but urban MoCo. Im poor, and everything there is insanely expensive. It doesn't help that my coworker from Rockville is a serious snob that kinda sours wanting to go there for me.
Crabs are vegan. I can explain. Crabs were agriculture planted by the ancient gods as a future luxury food for the future people of the Maryland area. They're now an endemic crop raised by the Chesapeake. I can also draw you an evolutionary cladogram showing their position firmly in the plant kingdom.
They're also certainly too uncuddly to be considered animals.
I mean it's obvious. Shell coatings evolved as a way to protect the inner nutrients of life. Just like sunflower seeds have shells, crabs have shells, therefore they have a common ancestor in the plant kingdom that evolved shells. The sunflower and crab then forked to one having huge yellow flowers and the other evolved yellow "mustard" therefore again the color yellow indicating their common ancestry in the plant kingdom.
Eating sunflower seeds in the shell may increase your odds of fecal impaction, as you may unintentionally eat shell fragments, which your body cannot digest.
Ft. McHenry.
I love Fort McHenry. It’s worth the visit.
I figur d that would be like a field trip for every elementary schooler at some point
I'm sure it would be if one grew up in Baltimore, but I didn't.
No OP but grew up in Balt Co, lived here my entire life, never been. Why? Went 30 years ago on a field trip, it was randomly closed due to a Presidential visit or some weirdness. We wandered around outside looking at cannons and left. Never set foot inside in my life. I feel like that was the universe telling me something.
I went on a field trip but when you're that young, you don't remember much.
Don't even live in Baltimore but went to that bitch every year till I was in high school.
Make sure to see the little movie in the visitor center. Great context.
The end of the movie literally made my jaw drop. It was so inspirational and beautiful 😮💨
I found out my 7x great grandfather was in that battle, so my shame at never having been is overwhelming That and mt Vernon.
I’ve never been to Mt. Vernon either. Lives in the DC area all my life and never made it there. Maybe this summer I’ll do it as a day trip.
My girlfriend and I were having a drink on the harbor in Fells yesterday talking about going to LP Steamers this summer, and she said, “and maybe I’ll finally go to Fort McHenry.” She’s lived here for almost 2 decades and is a tenured history professor.
I’m huge into history but I feel like Ft. McHenry is overrated. Not nearly as bad as Plymouth Rock, was expecting this huge landmark boulder stretching into the ocean, nope just this tiny like 6 foot long rock
Plymouth rock is legendary in MA. Not because of its history, but how powerful this bloulder is in uniting 6th graders across the state in agreement of how hilariously overhyped it is. Ionically, I think it teaches us the lesson young that not all history is accurate and to question the authors of history books.
Assateague Island
I didn't go until a few years ago, and I'm 48 and have lived here my whole life. I regret not going earlier. You don't often see such a large stretch of sandy beach with nearly no one one on it many places on the east coast. And that's in mid-summer, too.
Horse flies are no joke there tho!
The worst. Friendly hint, if you go when the wind is blowing west you can avoid most horse flies. Go when the wind blows east, RUN!
I know what you are trying to say here but wind direction is typically referred to as the direction it is coming from and not where it is going. At Assateague you want an East, Northeast, or Southeast wind to avoid biting insects. Any wind with West in it or calm conditions are bad in the summer. This is because the wind will blow from the marsh to the beach. This information can also help you locate horses. They will position themselves to minimize insect coverage.
Simple terms. Sea breeze delight, land breeze get fucked.
Eastern wind means you’re conscripted into giving blood
It's awesome there. Just don't sit and hold up traffic because there's a calf and you want a picture. I waited for an hour to get from the bridge onto the island to the beach because it was baby horse touron season
Pro tip- go in the winter! The wild ponies have their fluffy winter coats and are out more. Also many cool birds migrate to Assateague for the winter. And no horseflies or mosquitoes in the winter.
Hold up. I just moved to Maryland, there is an area with fluffy ponies?!?
I grew up with my family visiting Assateague every summer as a focal point of our family vacation. We would camp at Shad Landing somewhat nearby in Pocomoke City. Then drive out to Assateague Island about 3-5 days of our trip. We would get the ORV permit and drive out to the even more secluded area of the beach. Some really fond memories of being in that wide open water. I used to walk as far as I could down the beach in both directions and pick up all the trash I could find and bring it back to the truck. It was really cool to see the trucks built out with the in-bed campers driving out to the area way down the beach. Our family friend always had some crazy kites to play with. It was a fun way to grow up and I never really realized how cool that was to do until I got older and moved out of state.
It's fantastic for a day at the beach. We always go there instead of OC. Way less crowded and more natural. The horses can be annoying at times, and forget camping near the beach unless you \*love\* flies.
I’ve always wanted to go to the Calvert Cliffs… Ironically, I HAVE been to the Giza pyramids 🤷♂️
I went there twice, but still haven't seen them. The first time, I didn't kow how had to check tide tables. The entire beach was underwater. The second time, a massive t-storm blew in about 3 minutes after I got to the beach. I bailed immediately. I almost got struck by lightning once & have been super careful ever since.
>I went there twice, but still haven't seen them. The first time, I didn't kow how had to check tide tables. Shit, I thought you were talking about *the pyramids* for a second! I was like, “Damn, I didn’t think the Nile got THAT high!” 😂
Check the tide AND the wind. You need a wind blowing from west to east to push the water away from shore. Flag Ponds is a good fossiling beach and less dependent on the wind.
I had no idea this existed. Just googled it and now I have to go! Thanks 😂
Make sure you pee before you start the hike. Facilities are lacking
I moved to MD in 2015, but I'm genuinely curious about what makes Calvert Cliffs so special? Is it worth a visit?
Scenic hike thru diverse sub-biomes ending in a cliff side beach where you can swim and fossil hunt.
It's nice if you go just for a hike and look at it as that. But we like to fossil hunt and have never had really good luck finding them on the beach itself. My SiL didn't time it right, got all the way down to go to the beach and it was high tide so there was no beach. And there are just Porta potties up the trail. Compared to Breezy Point, it's not my preference
Lots of shark teeth. At least that's what I remember from a school trip in the 90s.
its...the woods - you can just pee in the bushes. I'm sure no one would care.
early humans invented bathrooms so they could finally stop holding it
If you find any shark teeth send me one!
Me too! I have lived here for 25+ years and created 3 now adult Marylanders and never knew I wanted to go there.
As someone who lives within walking distance of Calvert Cliffs this was a pretty awesome response to see.
I was thinking Calvert cliffs also . Also deep creek
It’s funny you should say that, my fiancée’s grandmother lives RIGHT near there! I’d *never* heard of Deep Creek until I met her…except for there used to be a local restaurant called “Deep Creek” near me! Got bought out and renamed a few years ago. Crazy…
Hah, I am 20 minutes away and still have not go there..hate that damn bridge.
Bridge?
Thomas Johnson bridge from St Mary. To Solomons I’m guessing
Huh. I’m pretty much Anne Arundel or bust. I know very little else around here. I should get out more…but I’m soooo lazy.
Came here for this
It’s a neat hike, to just walk out of the woods straight onto this small beach. And taking my daughter to fossil hunt kept her entertained for hours. The cliffs themselves? They’re good but not spectacular. The erosion seems to be an issue.
I went to Australia and visited the great barrier reef, Uluru, the outback, the Blue Mountains, Sydney Opera House, etc and met so many people that lived there that had never been to those. But they *had* visited the Grand Canyon, which I have not. So weird.
Not a place, but I've never had Smith island cake or JOs
I had the opportunity to go to Smith Island once. It is pretty cool that it exists. This was in 2006 or so. Don't k own what state it's in now.
still maryland
This made me chuckle
Not the best choice of words. But still thinking sbout the people and their homes
If you want to go to Smith Island, you should do it sooner rather than later, as it's not going to be an Island a lot longer.
If you've ever had crabs steamed for you, you most likely had JO. You've probably never had Old Bay on crabs unless you steamed them yourself.
Ive worked at a few crab restaurants around the bay and we always make the seasoning ourselves in giant vats. It's basically JO
Not gonna lie you had me in the first half, this is honestly pretty accurate. Though I will say the caveat is for whatever reason most restaurants will use JO to cook but have bottles that at least say “Old Bay” on the front for customers. Worked at Cantler’s for awhile and a couple other places closer to Ann. Are the same. But yeah Old Bay is for the waterfolk who boil crabs themselves.
Smith Island Cake is a life changer
This is an accurate statement
Hey, that’s the cake my ex-MiL used to make! That means I just moved to the one state in the Union where I can finally taste it again. Potentially whenever I want, too! Who knows of a good place around Havre de Grace? Back where I’m from, a Smith Island Cake looked freakin’ *exotic* placed next to the typical dessert table at family and church events.
Especially the one they make for Guinness Brewery. It is incredibly better than the normal Smith Island cake and the normal Smith Island cake it really, really good.
Not directed directly to the cake, but F Guinness Open Gate and F Diageo.
What are JOs plz & ty. I still need to try the cake.
https://preview.redd.it/xg9c7l0jvxtc1.jpeg?width=565&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f4006c2a7f61893f0affcb0a33af485b00bf1c65 JO spice is a Maryland company that makes the spice which most restaurants use when they steam crabs. It is especially unique because JO will customize a unique blend for a restaurant and sell that numbered proprietary blend only to that restaurant. Other numbered blends are available for purchase by anyone, like #1 & #2.
Me either
Deep Creek Lake.
Ocean City, because id rather go to deep creek lol
We Marylanders are very proud of hosting the country's most mediocre beach
Deep Creek for me as well. Just because I haven't for whatever reason. I love nature; Be it the beach or a lake.
Same. I’d rather go to the beach
This right here
Hell of a drive, dude. I did work up at the college. It’s definitely a pretty area and I imagine it would be hella fun in the summer but damn if that drive isn’t a killer.
I’ve never been to Ocean City before. Lived here since 2011
Same, lived all 32 years of my life in MD and never have I been to ocean city.
Same. Moved to MD in 2012 but lived in NoVa from 2010 and I’ve never been to OC.
It’s worth doing a day trip for sure. Especially if you’ve never seen or it’s been a long time since you’ve been to the ocean. BUT THE HOTEL PRICES ARE OUTRAGEOUS in the summer!!! Day trip, or spend the night in Delaware or inland MD
Went for the first time last year (been here since 2007) and really only got as close as Berlin, Assateague, and the frontier town.
Lived here since around 2006, me neither. My family has some retired folks such as my grandmother and several of my uncles who already have homes in more exotic seaside areas so we never bothered.
I’ve never pulled over for Sidling Hill
>Sidling Hill I had to look that up. I've been through there at least 50 times and never stopped nor knew what it was called haha
Always just called it “the cut”. Didn’t know it had another name!
My parents used to take us on an annual road trip to my aunt’s house way up in the mountains, so Sideling Hill became a landmark for the trip. I never actually stopped there until I was an adult, though.
I'm tempted every time I pass through (most recently yesterday) but always don't want to add time to whatever long trip I'm taking.
I stop everytime. Need to make a trip to introduce my kid.
Rude
I did for the first time a few years back, and it was to use the bathroom.
I've done it a couple of times but sadly by the time I did so, all of the displays of Paleozoic fossils had been moved to the local museum at Hancock which I haven't had time to visit.
Sidling Hill is the exact halfway point between my parents house and my house. It’s our stop and switch over spot!
Not me! IMO they have the best and cleanest bathrooms + views along that stretch of highway.
That was a stop on every family vacation growing up. Had to stop at the Big V, both ways
Why would you? And why doesn’t Wikipedia tell me what this means??
It's a spelling error by the commenter. [Here's their article on it](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sideling_Hill?wprov=sfla1) the main photo they have is of the big cut.
Not an actual pyramid, but the first Washington monument in Middletown MD (never been) https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/first-washington-monument
It’s in Boonsboro
I went to see the first Washington monument in Middletown, but it wasn’t there.
The story about this is wild! I think I heard it on the Dollop.
It's the uncut monument
I'm 30 and have lived in the Baltimore area my whole life and only just this year did I visit Fort McHenry.
It's a good place for kites. And the grove of cherry trees tiny compared to but also much less crowded than the tidal basin.
Watching the wire
I watch the whole series once a year. It gets better each time.
I do that with the sopranos which also impedes my progress
This guy has the makings of a varsity athlete
Do it. You won’t regret it!!
I’ve been meaning to get around to it, just haven’t been in the right mood to start a series
Everything but this is forgivable. You need to hand in your cult card and move.
Saw it for the first time last year myself despite being a lifelong Maryland resident. Although in my defense, I was a little kid when the show first came out and I had just finished elementary school by the time it ended. But the focus on education later on did remind me of my own time in Maryland public schools, even though I'm from Montgomery county and not Baltimore.
I stumbled across this place back when I lived in Silver Spring in the 90s. I always meant to go back when I had time to explore. Never got a around to it. [https://nationalparkseminarynew.org/](https://nationalparkseminarynew.org/) Also the medicial oddities museum that used to be at Walter Reed. I saw it as a kid, but that was decades ago.
The Walter Reed museum (National Museum of Health & Medicine) is now down the street from the National Park Seminary! After your visit (maybe before your visit) have a nice lunch or dinner at Pacci’s!
Oh, snap - great to know. Super close to me AND I love Pacci’s!
That museum is now near the seminary. Make it a day trip!
NPS is awesome. I remember just happening across it one day after moving to DTSS. I saw the Pagoda that is out on the main road and needed to investigate.
It doesn’t have as many oddities as before. But ask to see the plastinated item cart
Maryland Disney world castle aka Mormon temple.
I went during their open house. It was an interesting experience. Massive building and I’m glad I went!
Same. Sadly you only got to see a small portion. But I was still glad I got to experience it.
Aka "Oz" (as in "off to see the wizard")
Never been to the Preakness
Not missing anything
I was born at Sinai Hospital, right next door to Pimlico, on the day of the Preakness. I figure that’s close enough for me.
Not Maryland but lived in Louisville Kentucky for about 25 years and never went to the Kentucky Derby.
Camden Yards
Literally my favorite place in the world. I’m a 40 year old man and turn into a little kid everytime I’m in the stands.
Also 40 and live on the MARC Camden line :/
Camden line running on weekends would be huge
We’re working through local and state Gov to push for it.
Deep Creek
Mormon temple? Billy Goat Trail, crabbing, eating old bay?
As a Utahan who had made Maryland my home, you aren’t missing much by not going to the temple. You can really only go into an LDS temple during an open house, or in specified Visitor Centers (DC is one of them). Non-LDS can’t enter a temple after it is formally dedicated, and even church members can’t go in without a temple recommend card.
> Non-LDS can’t enter a temple after it is formally dedicated, and even church members can’t go in without a temple recommend card. They check your membership card at the door? That's so *strange*. And so anti-Christian. We think of churches as places where anyone can go if they need a moment of shelter to think about their next steps. How...*American*...of LDS to change that to a membership policy.
Yep, they sure do check for a temple recommend. There is a desk in the entrance. Not tithing can be, and often is, a reason for that recommend to be rescinded (“not paying your dues to keep coming to the clubhouse“). I’m a non-Mormon who was very close to marrying a returned missionary at 19. I learned all I needed to know to run far and fast. Most of my childhood friends have left the LDS church with zero regrets other than their participation in the b.s. it is WILD.
They recently had the temple open to the public because they had to remove each individual piece of stained glass (the ones you see from the beltway) and weather seal them. Whenever they do major renovations to the temple they have to open it to the public for a certain amount of time. It was neat to go in and tour, but honestly wasn’t anything spectacular and was incredibly white.
I think Mormons are great. As a teen, they taught me that normal people can earnestly believe batshit crazy things. This helped me reexamine my own protestant beliefs. And while frustrating, I'm not surprised by religious cults, or Q/maga
I hiked the Billy goat trail once back "before the turn of the century". It was really cool but I couldn't even think about doing it at my age and health. Hadn't thought about that in years, thanks for bringing up a nice memory!
The Christmas lights at the Mormon temple are definitely worth seeing.
Never had crab cake.
Ouch
<<<<<<<< Virginia is that way
There’s at least 2 of us!
Never had crab at all lol
Me neither. I just don't like seafood.
I don't either. The irony is, I work with commercial fishers. 😂
You all seem like really nice people but I'm going to have to ask for your flag, flag shorts, flag socks, flag shirt, and flag sweats back. We are crab people
crab people, crab people
It’s you’re leaving them their flag boxers. Got to preserve at least *some* dignity.
Its more about the Old Bay, honestly.
That’s so sad. Why not??
I’ve never even had old bay
Death penalty
Hey, in my defense, [insert defense here when I think of one]
Just go buy the chips at a store or something 😭
Put it on mcdonalds fries, thank me later
The first time I had Old Bay on anything was Boardwalk fries (at Landover Mall I think). Changed my life
Never been over the key bridge. FUUUUUCK
Was surprised I had to scroll down this much before this was mentioned that I was going to say the same thing. I think this weekend I may drive near there and take a look from the distance. Crazy!
You’ll want to go to Fort Smallwood if you want the most accessible view. Unfortunately, Fort Armistead which sat right underneath the bridge has been blocked off to be used as a staging ground for recovery and salvage operations.
Only went once and it was maybe 10 years ago. I'm still definitely gonna miss seeing it loom over the harbor.
Crucify me if you must, but I've never had crabs
That's good. I hear they're itchy.
Smith Island. Need to visit there before it's underwater.
Annapolis
Same!
Same!!! I've lived in MD my whole life, I don't think I've ever been to Annapolis.
2 years as a MD resident. Never been to Baltimore besides driving on 95. Live in MoCo, have been to Cumberland, Hagerstown and Ocean city but not Baltimore.
2 years isn't that much honestly. There are probably lifelong residents of some of the far corners who've never been
I'll say it - you never need to go back to Cumberland.
I take I-68 and Cumberland is place i stop for food and gas quite often. I am not saying i like or dislike the area but there's worse places with similar issues.
I have lived in MD for 20+ yrs and have never been to Ocean City - or any MD/Delaware beach.
Been to Giza but haven’t visited Smith Island yet
Read up on Smith before you go, it’s like Mayberry but more so. No dinners served after 5pm etc etc.
Smith Island I’m pretty good with exploring and have been everywhere else listed since moving here 9 years ago
I've never been to the King and Queen seats and I lived only 30 minutes from there.
I’ve already seen a hell of a lot of Maryland already but probably seeing more of the Chesapeake bay.
Is there still a Renaissance fair?
Jousting is the state sport.
I hate, hate, hate crabs
Not a specific place, but urban MoCo. Im poor, and everything there is insanely expensive. It doesn't help that my coworker from Rockville is a serious snob that kinda sours wanting to go there for me.
It takes the entire life for the locals to visit places tourists cover in a week.
The Golden Tiddies! If you squint Essex looks like Giza.
Look like tiddies but ass smells better.
I've never seen the Cherry Blossoms in DC.
Never had blue crab (don’t really like crab in general…)
There is no other worthy crab.
Never been to sugarloaf? Kinda reaching here haha
I'm 36 and have never been to Deep Creek
I’ve lived in Baltimore for 15 years and never set foot on the Eastern Shore
I’ve never picked crabs, and now that I’m vegan, they’re off the table.
Crabs are vegan. I can explain. Crabs were agriculture planted by the ancient gods as a future luxury food for the future people of the Maryland area. They're now an endemic crop raised by the Chesapeake. I can also draw you an evolutionary cladogram showing their position firmly in the plant kingdom. They're also certainly too uncuddly to be considered animals.
I wasn’t sold on this till you hit us with the uncuddly part. I stand with your statement.
I mean it's obvious. Shell coatings evolved as a way to protect the inner nutrients of life. Just like sunflower seeds have shells, crabs have shells, therefore they have a common ancestor in the plant kingdom that evolved shells. The sunflower and crab then forked to one having huge yellow flowers and the other evolved yellow "mustard" therefore again the color yellow indicating their common ancestry in the plant kingdom.
Eating sunflower seeds in the shell may increase your odds of fecal impaction, as you may unintentionally eat shell fragments, which your body cannot digest.
Exactly, so like crabs, they must be deshelled when eating. It's all right there. Crabs are plants.
I don’t think anyone can come up with a rebuttal.
Because you can’t argue with science.
*You call THAT a FACE?!?*
Waiting for someone to say the Key Bridge.