Welcome to Baltimore

Famed slugger and left handed pitcher, Babe Ruth is a Baltimore native

Johns Hopkins founded the nations' first research university here in 1876

Standing in our Inner Harbor is the world's tallest pentagonal building, The Baltimore World Trade Center

Baltimore is home to the Baltimore Ravens, who hold two Superbowl titles

Baltimore is the site of the nation's first Roman Catholic archdiocese, founded in 1789. Also we claim the nation's first major cathedral, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics to our national anthem as he watched the flag wave at Fort McHenry in 1812.

Michael Phelps, or the "Baltimore Bullet" stands as the most decorated Olympian of all time

The USS Constellation, the very last Civil War ship still floating—as well as the last sail-operated warship built by the Navy—is docked in our Inner Harbor

Our state bird is the Baltimore Oriole, also the name of our baseball team

French artist Henri Matisse lived in Maryland, and the world's largest collection of his works is housed at the Baltimore Museum of Art

Jazz greats Billie Holiday and Cab Calloway both hail from Baltimore

Our native son, Edgar Allen Poe wrote The Raven, which is why our football team is named The Baltimore Ravens