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by Allison Blake (Author)
This laugh-out-loud guide will introduce readers to the offbeat people, places, and events of the Old Line State.
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Your round-trip ticket to the wildest, wackiest, most outrageous people, places, and things the Old Line State has to offer!Whether you're a born-and-raised Marylander, a recent transplant, or just passing through, Maryland Curiosities will have you laughing out loud as Allison Blake introduces you to the weirdest, wackiest, most outrageous characters and events in the Old Line State, and takes you places you never could have imagined--some of them right around the corner! - Join the throng in Baltimore for a two-night extravaganza called Night of 100 ELVISes.- Find out how the town of Accident got its name.- Go back to 1813, when the world's largest single-span bridge was such a marvel that folks just waited for it to come tumbling down. (It's still standing.)- Learn about the Baltimore Colts' marching band that played on . . . and on--for eleven years after theteam up and left town.
Author Biography
Allison Blake is the author of The Chesapeake Bay Book, and her articles have appeared in National Geographic Traveler, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, and Baltimore Magazine.
