August 19, 1997
Web posted at: 9:13 p.m. EDT (0113 GMT)
Baltimore -- hometown of Babe Ruth, Edgar Allen Poe, Billie Holiday, and "The Star Spangled Banner" -- celebrates its 200th birthday this year. The city offers plenty to do and see -- and a cultural experience that began taking root more than a century before Baltimore's official beginning. 
An Anthemic History | A Walk Through the Neighborhood
Go Nautical in Fells Point | Don't Miss Downtown
Those Famous Crabs
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