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Ranked by traveller reviews: 1) the Baltimore historical sightseeing tour, 2) a Fells Point walking food tour, 3) the ‘Baltimore Bewitched’ Poe and ghost tour, 4) an Inner Harbor sail on the schooner Summer Wind, 5) the Fells Point haunted pub crawl, 6) the National Aquarium, 7) Fort McHenry National Monument, 8) an Orioles game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, 9) the American Visionary Art Museum and 10) the Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters, both free.

Plan one to two days. Day one: the National Aquarium first thing, the historic ships and the Top of the World observation deck, a harbour cruise, then Fells Point for crab cakes, bars and a ghost walk. Day two: Fort McHenry in the morning, Federal Hill and the Visionary Art Museum, lunch at Lexington Market, the Walters and Mount Vernon, and an Orioles game or Little Italy dinner. Baltimore also works as a day trip from Washington, D.C.

The Baltimore Museum of Art and the Walters Art Museum, Federal Hill Park at sunset, the waterfront promenade from Canton to Locust Point, Fells Point’s historic streets and Broadway Market, Poe’s grave at Westminster Hall, Mount Vernon Place and the Peabody Library’s reading room, Hampden’s quirky 36th Street, Patterson Park, Druid Hill Park and the Baltimore Farmers’ Market under the Jones Falls Expressway on Sundays. Fort McHenry’s grounds and visitor centre are free.

Annapolis and the U.S. Naval Academy (40 minutes), Washington, D.C. (one hour by MARC train), historic Ellicott City (20 minutes), Havre de Grace on the Chesapeake (45 minutes), Gettysburg battlefield (90 minutes), St. Michaels and the Eastern Shore (90 minutes), and the Amish country around Lancaster, Pennsylvania (90 minutes).

Fells Point’s waterfront bars and live music, a Poe ghost tour or haunted pub crawl, an Orioles night game at Camden Yards or a Ravens game at M&T Bank Stadium, a sunset or moonlight sail on the Summer Wind, Power Plant Live’s clubs, Little Italy’s restaurants, a show at the Hippodrome or Baltimore Soundstage, Federal Hill’s bars and Horseshoe Casino. In December, Hampden’s Miracle on 34th Street lights draw crowds every evening.

The Miracle on 34th Street lights in Hampden (Thanksgiving to New Year), the German-style Christmas Village at the Inner Harbor, ice skating at the Inner Harbor rink, Ravens home games through January, the National Aquarium, the museums and the B&O Railroad Museum indoors, and steamed crabs and oyster season in Fells Point. Winter is cold (highs around 40°F) but hotel prices are at their lowest.

The National Aquarium’s dolphins and rainforest, the Maryland Science Center, Port Discovery Children’s Museum, the historic ships including the submarine USS Torsk, the dragon paddle boats in the harbour, the B&O Railroad Museum, the Maryland Zoo in Druid Hill Park, Fort McHenry’s flag-raising and an Orioles game at family-friendly Camden Yards.

April to June and September to October — mild weather, harbour cruises running and baseball season. Preakness weekend in May is the busiest of the year. Summer is hot and humid; winter is cold but cheap and festive from Thanksgiving to New Year.

Yes — with its Atlantic coral reef, blacktip reef sharks, tropical rainforest and Australian gorge, it is one of the best aquariums in the country and the anchor of the Inner Harbor; allow three hours. Tickets are timed, so book online in advance, and go on a weekday morning to beat school groups.