Maryland Day Trips

Smith Island, Maryland: Ferry, Smith Island Cake & Things to Do (2026 Guide)

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Waterfront homes and boats on Smith Island, Maryland in the Chesapeake Bay

There’s no bridge to Smith Island. No causeway, no car ferry, no traffic lights. You get there the way islanders have for nearly 400 years: on a boat, across about twelve miles of open Chesapeake Bay. What’s waiting on the other side is one of the most unusual places on the East Coast. Smith Island, … Read more

Visit Ellicott City, MD: 20 Best Things to Do, See & Eat on Historic Main Street

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B&O Ellicott City Station Museum, the oldest surviving railroad station in the United States

Ellicott City is the kind of town you can walk end to end in twenty minutes and still not finish in a day. You start at the river, next to the oldest surviving railroad station in America. Then Main Street tips uphill, and you climb past granite buildings from the 1700s and 1800s. Almost every … Read more