This laugh-out-loud guide will introduce readers to the offbeat people, places, and events of the Old Line State.

Maryland Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series)

Humor & Entertainment

Blake, Allison

Humor

Globe Pequot

Offers information on the history, accommodations, culture, dining, and shopping for the Chesapeake area

The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide

Travel

Mills, Eric

Harper, Jean

United States

Berkshire House Pub

Dove, Tom

Smart, literate, well-reported and incredibly comprehensive.-- Mid-Atlantic Country

Berkshire Traveller Pr

Reviews for lodging, dining, culture, recreation. shopping, and much more are organized regionally , making for easier exploration and trip planning. Follow Blake along the eastern and western shores of the bay - canoeing through tidal marshes, exploring colonial U.S. history, enjoying the best crab in the world, wandering through historic Annapolis - and you won't miss a beat!

The Chesapeake Bay Book, Fifth Edition (A Great Destinations Guide)

History

Americas

Countryman Press

Allison Blake explores Chesapeake Bay―distinctive lodgings, aquatic adventures, and tucked-away towns. A resident of both Maryland and Virginia for more than 20 years, Blake's intimate knowledge of the area and her explorations of much of the thousands of miles of shoreline and countryside give her the tools to offer again what Travel + Leisure has called the best book on the area. As in each Explorer's Great Destinations series guidebook, you'll find important contact information for lodging, dining, shopping, and recreational activities, transportation details, a calendar of events, special "If Time Is Short" options, local history, over 60 photos and maps, and essential information for residents. Find out why the Explorer's Great Destinations series is "consistently rated the best guides to the regions covered. Readable, tasteful, appealingly designed," according to National Geographic Traveler. No visitor should be without this indispensable guidebook. 60 black-and-white photographs; 7 maps

The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide, Sixth Edition (Great Destinations)

The definitive book on the Chesapeake Bay, with a new focus on Baltimore, Annapolis, and Maryland's portion of the Bay area! Once again, travel writer and longtime maryland resident Allison Blake surveys the Chesapeake Bay area and its distinctive lodgings, aquatic adventures, and tucked-away towns. In Explorer's Guide Baltimore, Annapolis &amp; The Chesapeake Bay: A Great Destination, the new version of her well-loved guidebook The Chesapeake Bay Book, Blake has also thoroughly explored from Baltimore (the colorful old port city that anchors the northern end of the Bay), to Maryland's 300-year old capital, Annapolis (known as America's Sailing Capital), south to the Potomac River and the Eastern Shore and onto the Virginia border. This is Maryland's Chesapeake Bay plus iconic Tangier Island, located in Virginia. This expansive guide will give visitors and residents alike all the information they need to fully explore and enjoy the thousands of miles of shoreline, the towns and cities, and the adjoining countryside of this lovely and historically significant area. Whether you're interested in urban or outdoors adventures, oysters in a chic bistro of famous Maryland blue crabs on a paper-covered picnic table, pursuits like hiking, biking, boating, museum-hopping, or relaxing on a beach, Maryland's Chesapeake Bay has everything you're looking for. As in every Explorer's Great Destinations title, you’ll find helpful information for lodging, dining, shopping, transportation, recreational activities, and special events. The focused and very helpful "If Time Is Short" advice, historical notes, and many maps and photographs make this an indispensable guide. Use it to help you discover all the Chesapeake region has to offer. Includes: history, lodging, dining, culture, recreation, shopping, transportation and more! Previous editions of this guide were published under the title The Chesapeake Bay Book. 100 black-and-white photographs and maps

Explorer's Guide Baltimore, Annapolis & The Chesapeake Bay: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations)

Reference

America's Top-Rated Cities provides current, comprehensive statistical information and other essential data in one easy-to-use source on the top 100 cities that have been cited as the best for business and living in the United States.

America's Top-Rated Cities 2016: A Statistical Handbook: Central Region

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Grey House Pub

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Books by Blake, Allison

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Maryland Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff (Curiosities Series)

The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide

The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide

The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide

The Chesapeake Bay Book, Fifth Edition (A Great Destinations Guide)

The Chesapeake Bay Book: A Complete Guide, Sixth Edition (Great Destinations)

Explorer's Guide Baltimore, Annapolis & The Chesapeake Bay: A Great Destination (Explorer's Great Destinations)

America's Top-Rated Cities 2016: A Statistical Handbook: Central Region