Maryland Scavenger Hunt

This guide is part of the Semiquincentennial Series. Inside, you’ll find 100 destinations across the Free State—some familiar, some forgotten—all brought to life through rhyming riddles, historic tales, and the spirit of discovery. 

How basketball’s Baltimore Bullets were named? Solved. Gold production in Maryland within walking distance of the White House? A mystery no more. The first toll booth in Maryland? Identified. The origins of duckpins? Still unknown.

Drive-in theaters... Germanic influences... Sears kit houses... trolley parks... gambling... diners... history-changing forts... seafood... lighthouses... beer... boardwalks... pioneering railroads... mimetic architecture... kissing bridges...super highways... octagonal buildings.. horses… post office murals... record-breaking escalators... tea parties... life-altering inventions... the shopping palaces of Howard Street... sports nicknames... Civil War intrigues... stone bridge masterpieces... rammed earth houses... Prohibition Era shenanigans...

Where horse-drawn trains first made their run, A terminus beneath the sun. The rails were born beside this place, With turntable and iron face. Now history stands on every beam— A railroad’s start, a nation's dream.

Where horse-drawn trains first made their run, A terminus beneath the sun. The rails were born beside this place, With turntable and iron face. Now history stands on every beam— A railroad’s start, a nation's dream.

Where Susquehanna meets the Bay, A granite light still points the way. Nine whale lamps once lit the night, To guard the Harbor’s glimmering site. It missed D.C. by just one vote— But keeps its pride and keeps afloat.

Where Susquehanna meets the Bay, A granite light still points the way. Nine whale lamps once lit the night, To guard the Harbor’s glimmering site. It missed D.C. by just one vote— But keeps its pride and keeps afloat.

He swung from streets where legends grow, And changed the face of baseball’s show. A babe in name but not in might, He sent the ball into the night. This humble house begins the tale Of Yankee lore and Red Sox sale.

He swung from streets where legends grow, And changed the face of baseball’s show. A babe in name but not in might, He sent the ball into the night. This humble house begins the tale Of Yankee lore and Red Sox sale.

They tunneled through shale with slow, stubborn might, By lantern’s flicker and grit’s dim light. A brick-walled marvel the river defied— Where George’s canal dream nearly died.

They tunneled through shale with slow, stubborn might, By lantern’s flicker and grit’s dim light. A brick-walled marvel the river defied— Where George’s canal dream nearly died.

Where the Ark and the Dove met a welcoming shore, And settlers began what would soon be much more— A capital lost, now a story retold, Unearthed from the earth where the colony bold First planted its roots in the Maryland clay— Find where the English

Where the Ark and the Dove met a welcoming shore, And settlers began what would soon be much more— A capital lost, now a story retold, Unearthed from the earth where the colony bold First planted its roots in the Maryland clay— Find where the English first came here to stay.

No haggling needed—just shopping with style, Baltimore’s best dressed up for the aisle. From downtown to suburbs, they led every trend, A retailing reign that refused to bend.

No haggling needed—just shopping with style, Baltimore’s best dressed up for the aisle. From downtown to suburbs, they led every trend, A retailing reign that refused to bend.