Baltimore's Top 5

Baltimore's Top 5

See world-class art -- free! In 2006 two of the city's most prestigious museums, the Walters Museum and the Baltimore Museum of Art, started offering free admission. This chance to see works from world-renowned artists is one you won't want to pass up.

Cruise the Inner Harbor aboard a historic clipper ship. The ships that once proliferated in Baltimore ports offer tours during warm months. From the water, you can see sights such as Fort McHenry and the city's newest development of the harbor.

The country's oldest cathedral is in top form. After a recent sweeping renovation, the Basilica of the Assumption is an architectural landmark definitely worth visiting.

Head Down Under at Baltimore's treasured aquarium. The National Aquarium is one of the city's gems. At its new exhibit, Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes, you can come face-to-face with creatures from the deep.

Crack 'em and eat 'em like a Baltimorean. Baltimore loves crabs, especially at Bo Brooks in Canton -- one of the city's best crab houses -- where you can crack into a piping hot crustacean year-round.