10 Best Places to Visit in Maryland 2025 | US Travel Guide
Discover the best of Maryland in 2025, from the historic battlefields and charming colonial towns to the vibrant Baltimore Inner Harbor and scenic coastal escapes. This guide showcases a diverse range of attractions, perfect for any traveler seeking adventure and history in the United States.
Antietam National Battlefield
The site of the bloodiest single-day battle in the Civil War, where Union and Confederate armies clashed, resulting in nearly 23,000 casualties; visitors can explore the open countryside with monuments and follow a self-guided tour route.
Ocean City Boardwalk
A popular boardwalk with shops, a Ferris wheel, a roller coaster, and food kiosks, offering everything from Delaware fried chicken to saltwater taffy and hot funnel cakes, as well as free concerts, movies, and other evening activities.
American Visionary Art Museum
A museum that displays and celebrates the work of self-taught artists, featuring surprising and thought-provoking exhibits, creative uses of found materials, and an annual kinetic sculpture race.
Assateague State Park
Located on Assateague Island, this park offers a long stretch of beach for swimming and surfing, bayside for fishing and kayaking, and is known for its feral horses roaming the dunes.
Old Town Annapolis
A historic area filled with charm, featuring the Maryland State House, narrow streets, and picture-worthy brick and clapboard buildings.
William Paca House
The restored home of William Paca, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, showcasing period antiques and original family items, along with a restored 2-acre garden.
Baltimore Inner Harbor
A popular tourist destination in Baltimore filled with attractions, hotels, restaurants, shops, museums, and historic ships, including the USS Constellation.
Baltimore Museum of Art
A museum known for its collections of 19th-century, modern, and contemporary art, including the world's largest collection of works by Henri Matisse, as well as African, Asian, and Near Eastern art; Gertrude's restaurant features Chesapeake Bay cuisine.
The Walters Art Museum
A cultural landmark in Baltimore's Mount Vernon Cultural District, presenting a comprehensive history of world art from the third millennium BC through the early 20th century, known for its jewelry, enamels, ivories, bronzes, and illuminated manuscripts.
National Aquarium
A dramatic aquarium building overlooking Baltimore's Inner Harbor, replicating ecosystems for marine life, birds, mammals, and plants, featuring an Atlantic coral reef exhibit and an Amazon River Forest.
Fort McHenry National Monument
A national icon that withstood a 24-hour bombardment by the British in 1814, inspiring Francis Scott Key to write the Star-Spangled Banner; visitors can walk the ramparts and view a multimedia presentation on the fort's history.
Ocean City Life Saving Station museum
Features a saltwater tank where you can see local sea creatures.
Sandy Point State Park
A park on the shore of Chesapeake Bay with lifeguards on duty at the mile-long sandy beach where you can rent boats at The Parks Marina to get views of Annapolis from the water.
Harbor Place
A modern complex anchored by glass enclosed Pavilions featuring shops rest restaurants and an Amphitheater on the prominade
Star Spangled Banner flag House
A historic house in Baltimore along the Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.
Soly Plantation
A site of a British raid during the War of 1812 and included on the Star Spangled Banner National Historic Trail.