It’s the morning of January 11, 2012–a gray, cold Wednesday in Highlandtown–and as people wait outside for the bus on Eastern Avenue, Andy Farantos dumps a stainless steel tray of potatoes on the grill in the front window of G&A Coney Island Hot Dogs, the fried onions and chili sauce landmark started by his grandfather [...]

Wanna get spooked? Take a hard look at the Patapsco. No, not the body of water. I’m talking about the artist’s rendering of the Patapsco River that shows up on the “Lawbreaker Beware” signs all over the streets of Baltimore–be they safe or sorry.

The call came to Adrian Citroni on the morning of September 18, 2008. The caller described his son with a touch of gray hair at his temples. When Citroni confirmed the gray hair, the next words he remembered the caller saying were that there had been an accident and that his son had expired. Citroni’s [...]

View The Wire: A Streetview Tour in a larger map Shot on location during its five-year run on HBO, Baltimore was more than a backdrop and setting for The Wire. From its corners to its classrooms to the corridors of power, the city was the prism through which issues and themes were refracted. Here follows [...]

A colorful cartoonish mural recently completed at the landmark intersection of Greenmount and 33rd Street may be among the last commissioned by the City of Baltimore. Over two steamy summer months, dozens of volunteer artists helped paint a design by cartoonist and writer Tom Chalkley.

Whether you live here in Baltimore or are just visiting, there’s a trail great for walking that you’re probably missing. The Waterfront Promenade is a paved walkway that hugs nearly seven miles of the waterline of the Inner Harbor from Fort McHenry to the Canton Waterfront Park. The Promenade began in the early 1970s as [...]

Sometime during the morning of Sunday, February 7, 1904, a smoldering fire burst into flame in the basement of the John Hurst & Company, a dry goods store located at Hopkins Place, near the present-day Baltimore Arena.

Get into the spirit of Halloween by visiting places that appeal to the morbidly curious. We know where you can walk through a spooky catacombs, view miniature models of death scenes, and see an actual human corpse as you learn about body-snatching.

Childhood favorites such as kickball and dodgeball are the rage, with teams cropping up all over town. Emphasizing on fun rather than athleticism, these sports are a good way to combine socializing with healthful physical activity.