Baltimore Trip Overview
Dive into one of America’s most historic cities with this tour of Baltimore! This storied city is chock full of essential American history, having been home to famous figures like Edgar Allan Poe, Frederick Douglass, and Babe Ruth. Hear a dramatic rendition of Douglass’s escape from slavery and rise to prominence as an abolitionist and advisor to Abraham Lincoln. Delve into Poe’s life and the unsolved mystery of his death. And much, much more!
Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together!
Within 30 min, we’ll send you two things: a unique password and the app. Download the app onto your phone and enter the password. Then download the tour inside. When you arrive, go to the Baltimore Visitor Center to start the tour. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience.
THIS ISN’T AN ENTRANCE TICKET. CHECK COVID RULES AND OPENING HOURS BEFORE YOUR VISIT.
NO EXPIRATION — THE TOUR IS AVAILABLE FROM THE MINUTE YOU BOOK UNTIL FOREVER!
Additional Info
Duration: 2 to 3 hours
Starts: Baltimore, United States
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Dive into one of America’s most historic cities with this tour of Baltimore! This storied city is chock full of essential American history, having been home to famous figures like Edgar Allan Poe, Frederick Douglass, and Babe Ruth. Hear a dramatic rendition of Douglass’s escape from slavery and rise to prominence as an abolitionist and advisor to Abraham Lincoln. Delve into Poe’s life and the unsolved mystery of his death. And much, much more!
Purchase one tour per car, not per person. Everyone listens together!
Within 30 min, we’ll send you two things: a unique password and the app. Download the app onto your phone and enter the password. Then download the tour inside. When you arrive, go to the Baltimore Visitor Center to start the tour. Stick to the tour route & speed limit for the best experience.
THIS ISN’T AN ENTRANCE TICKET. CHECK COVID RULES AND OPENING HOURS BEFORE YOUR VISIT.
NO EXPIRATION — THE TOUR IS AVAILABLE FROM THE MINUTE YOU BOOK UNTIL FOREVER!
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: 401 Light St Baltimore Visitor Center, Baltimore, MD 21202
Your tour of the historic, bustling city of Baltimore begins at the Baltimore Visitor Center. Get ready to experience all the culture and history of a city that has been home to all sorts of important figures like Frederick Douglass, Edgar Allan Poe, and lots more!
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD, USA
The first part of the city you’ll see is the Inner Harbor, the hottest tourist destination in the city.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: USS Constellation, Pier 1, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD
At the Baltimore Harbor, you’ll get up close and personal with some of the oldest ships in the country!
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: National Aquarium, 501 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202-3194
The harbor’s main attraction is the USS Constellation. This three-mast ship predates the Civil War, and was actually used to chase down and apprehend vessels illegally carrying enslaved prisoners!
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, 201 E Baltimore St, Baltimore, MD 21202
Next is the National Aquarium, home to over 20,000 sea and land creatures. If you’re looking for the perfect family-friendly activity, you’ll find it here!
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Mr. Trash Wheel, East Falls Ave Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD 21202
Off across the water, you’ll next see the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse, a little piece of history that’s been restored to its original, 19th century appearance.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: National Katyn Memorial, 600 block of President St., Baltimore, MD 21202
Beyond the lighthouse, you’ll find one of Baltimore’s strangest attractions: Mr. Trash Wheel. This innovative device helps keep the harbor clean and looks good while doing it!
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Frederick Douglass – Isaac Myers Maritime Park, Chase’s Wharf Fell’s Point, Baltimore, MD
This park is dedicated to honoring African-American maritime history. It gets its name from renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass and pioneering unionist Isaac Myers. Both men worked at the shipyard that once operated here at different times.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: The Horse You Came In On Saloon, 1626 Thames St, Baltimore, MD 21231-3489
Old-school watering hole in a Colonial-era building, offering drinks, pub fare & live music nightly.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Fells Point Corner Theatre, 251 S Ann St, Baltimore, MD 21231-2501
Originally founded as an independent town in 1763, Fells Point still retains much of its historic appearance. Back in the days of Frederick Douglass, this was home to a large number of free and enslaved African Americans. Many of them worked at the ship port like Douglass, and the cheap houses here were all they could afford.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Frederick Douglass – Isaac Myers Maritime Park, Chase’s Wharf Fell’s Point, Baltimore, MD
You might already be familiar with Frederick Douglass’s abolitionist work, but did you know he was also a staunch advocate for women’s rights? Douglass believed “Right is of no sex, truth is of no color.”
In 1848, Douglass attended the First Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York. Here, he met Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony and committed himself to their cause. While touring the country advocating for abolition, Douglass also began arguing for women’s rights. He called for all Americans, no matter their race or sex, to be granted the right to vote.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202-4403
Your route takes you next past the National Katyn Memorial, a striking and somber monument with some fascinating history.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Baltimore City Hall, 100 Holliday St, Baltimore, MD 21202-3427
It’s hard to miss Baltimore City Hall, that regal structure just ahead.
Shortly after its completion, this was the site of a violent altercation between two Baltimore politicians. In 1883, James Busey and William Harig, both democrats, got into a heated political argument just outside the city hall. Harig, punched Busey. The two brawled, then sprang away and simultaneously drew pistols. Both men began firing wildly, but Harig’s aim was much better than Busey’s. Four bullets hit Busey in the chest, killing him. Constables arrived and arrested Harig for murder.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Washington Monument and Mount Vernon Place, 699 North Charles Street Charles and Monument Streets, Baltimore, MD 21201
This pillar ahead is Baltimore’s Washington Monument. It might remind you of another Washington Monument… a slightly more famous one in a little town called D.C. Believe it or not, though, this isn’t actually a copycat! In fact, this was the very first major monument to honor George Washington. The architect, Robert Mills, just liked the design so much he decided to use it again in D.C.–only much bigger, of course.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Edgar Allan Poe’s Grave, 515 W Fayette St, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
In the 1930s, this gravestone started seeing a mysterious visitor. On January 19th, Poe’s birthday, a man appeared at the marker wearing all black, a wide-brimmed hat, and a white scarf to hide his face. He poured himself a glass of cognac and toasted Poe’s grave. Then he left three roses and the unfinished bottle and disappeared. The man returned the following year, and the year after that. The so-called “Poe Toaster” arrived at odd hours, usually under cover of darkness, and fled before anyone could discover his identity.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: H. L. Mencken House, 1524 Hollins St, Baltimore, MD 21223-2463
You’ll arrive next at the Frederick Douglass-Isaac Myers Maritime Park, dedicated to the two historical heavyweights in its name. Here, you’ll learn all about these important figures and how they forever changed the fight for civil rights in America.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum, 216 Emory St, Baltimore, MD 21230-2235
After that is the oldest saloon in the US, the Horse You Came In On Saloon. In addition to having some serious character of its own, this was also a beloved drinking spot of Edgar Allan Poe… and his ghost supposedly still frequents the joint!
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Federal Hill Park, 300 Warren Ave, Baltimore, MD 21230
The route heads into Fells Point next, probably the hippest neighborhood in all of Baltimore, and also one of the oldest.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine, 2400 East Fort Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21230-5390
This fort, built to defend Baltimore’s precious harbor, took the brunt of the naval assault in 1814. As 19 British warships approached, Major George Armistead told his 1,000 defenders to prepare for the fight of their lives. No sooner had the men taken their positions than the bombardment began. Cannons roared and sent cannonballs crashing into the fort. Luckily, the fort had recently been reinforced, and the cannonfire did little to damage it.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Star-Spangled Banner Flag House, 844 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202-4403
Francis Scott Key was so moved by the sight of the American flag flying over Fort McHenry that he scribbled a poem on the back of a letter he had kept in his pocket. This poem would later become the national anthem. Here is the original text of that poem, just as Key wrote it on that fateful morning:
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Port Discovery Children’s Museum, 35 Market Pl, Baltimore, MD 21202-4002
Then you’ll pass Douglass Place, home to several homes built by Frederick Douglass. Here, you’ll hear the rest of Douglass’s riveting story, including how he went from an enslaved shipwright to one of the most important figures in American politics.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Site of Edgar Allan Poe’s Death, 100 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
Let’s return to Edgar Allan Poe. See that big brick hospital off to your right? That’s Church Home and Hospital, the site where Poe drew his last breath. Poe’s death remains mysterious to this day, but here’s what we know about it:
In September of 1849, Poe boarded a train in Richmond bound for Philadelphia. He was supposed to meet a poet in Philadelphia to do some editing work, but he never showed up. For some reason, he never made it to Philadelphia at all, and nobody knew his whereabouts for the next week.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Mother Seton House, 600 N Paca St, Baltimore, MD 21201-1995
Off to the right here, a little way down North Paca Street is the Mother Seton House. It’s most famous for being the temporary residence of Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born person to ever be canonized as a saint.
Seton was born in New York City in 1774 to an Episcopalian family and lived there for most of her youth. When her husband fell gravely ill with tuberculosis, however, she moved with him to Italy’s warmer climate for his health. It proved to be a fateful decision because it was in Italy that Seton discovered Catholicism. Her husband died shortly after the move, and she dedicated herself to her newfound religion.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: The Walters Art Museum, 600 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201-5118
Baltimore City Hall is next, and it’s pretty hard to miss! You’ll definitely want to snap a few photos of this regal, Napoleonic structure.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Mount Clare Museum House, 1500 Washington Blvd, Baltimore, MD 21230-1727
Beyond that is Baltimore’s Washington Monument. This pillar might look familiar, because it was designed by the very same architect behind DC’s iconic Washington Monument.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: B&O Railroad Museum, 901 W Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21223-2699
After that is Edgar Allan Poe’s grave, which has for decades been the site of a strange ritual conducted by a mysterious individual whose identity has never been determined. Learn all about the enigmatic Poe Toaster here!
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, 333 W Camden St, Baltimore, MD 21201-2496
Even if you’re not in town for a game, you’ll certainly want to stop by Oriole Park, where countless baseball greats have made their names.
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Maryland Science Center, 601 Light St, Baltimore, MD 21230-3803
More educational activities can be found at the Maryland Science Center, one of the oldest scientific institutions in the country.
Duration: 5 minutes
