Plan to spend an entire day or two at Six Flags America. With more than 100 exciting rides, slides, shows and entertainment, this amusement park offers plenty of thrills as well as wholesome family fun. During the warmer months, check out Hurricane Harbor, Baltimore´s only water park.
Learn, through pictures, artifacts and personal accounts, about the American Jewish experience in the city of Baltimore and the state of Maryland. The Jewish Museum of Maryland is the only American museum preserving and displaying two historic synagogues. Find out more about the two great waves of Jewish immigrants to Baltimore in this historic Jewish neighborhood.
During the first weekend of each May, spend four days watching top-notch film and video work from all over the world at the Maryland Film Festival. Hundreds of filmmakers attend the screenings of the approximately 50 feature films and 75 short films. Enjoy every type of film: narrative, documentary, animation, experimental, hybrid and others. You may possibly meet celebrity guests as well.
You can find several monuments and attractions commemorating George Washington throughout the states of Maryland and Virginia. The Washington Monument State Park contains the first monument built for the first President. Built in 1827, this historic stone monument still stands proud near the summit of South Mountain´s Monument Knob.