The Mount Vernon neighborhood in Baltimore, distinctly separate from the plantation in Virginia, is one of the city´s oldest neighborhoods and serves as the city´s cultural district. This National Landmark Historic District is named after the home of George Washington, and contains the original Washington Monument.
Escape the city for a while on one of Watermark's Cruises on the Bay. Watermark offers a variety of different tours and cruises, suitable for any party. Rent a private yacht or take a 45 or 90-minute cruise on the Annapolitan II in Inner Harbor. You can even take a romantic twilight cruise and see Baltimore´s city skyline lighting up the night.
Take a break from the concrete jungle at the smaller, 6-acre Sherwood Gardens. Located in the Guilford neighborhood, this public garden began as an outdoor hobby of John W. Sherwood in the 1920s and originally consisted of a few of his tulips imported from the Netherlands. Now, Sherwood Gardens contains approximately 80,000 tulip bulbs and hundreds of other plants collected from the gardens of Colonial estates.