Five Minutes of Baltimore History

Did you know that a house ransacked by the British during the War of 1812 stills stands in Baltimore?

Have you ever noticed the fading signs painted on buildings all around Baltimore? Welcome to the World of Ghost Signs!

The Polish Home Club, known then as the Polish Home Hall, opened on August 11, 1918, in an area of Fell's Point known as “Little Poland.”

Chesapeake Beach, located in Calvert County, was a popular destination for tourists from Baltimore and Washington, DC, who traveled there by train or steamship in the days before automobiles changed everything.

Little Willie Adams, a Baltimore businessman, made significant impacts in entertainment, politics, and business.

A. Hoen & Co was one of the most prolific lithograph printing companies in the world, located in East Baltimore.

Beginning with its home deliveries around the city, Cloverland Dairy's story is intertwined with beloved Maryland history.

Goetze's Caramel Creams have been made in the same Baltimore factory for almost 100 years.

Laurel Cemetery was incorporated in 1852 as Baltimore’s first nondenominational cemetery for African Americans. Many prominent leaders of the African American community were buried there.

Harry O. Wilson was an extraordinarily successful banker, a businessman, and a philanthropist that helped Baltimore’s Black community in numerous ways and built the neighborhood known as Wilson Park.