Baltimore: Things To Do

Boston: Things To Do

SIGHTS/SHOPPING

National Aquarium - Aquarium 501 E Pratt St, in the Inner Harbor (410/576-3800). A world-renowned aquarium amply stocked with colorful tropical fish, glassy-eyed sharks, dainty seahorses and the like. $7.50-16.
Babe Ruth Museum - Sports Museum 216 Emory St (410/727-1539). Ruth's modest birthplace stands packed with photographs and baseball memorabilia tracing the life and career of this legendary ballplayer. $3-6.
Walters Art Gallery - Museum Corner of Charles and Center Sts (410/547-9000). In elegant Mount Vernon, this is the city's best museum, with impressive French Impressionist holdings and Greek and Roman antiquities.
Oriole Park at Camden Yards - Baseball Stadium 333 W Camden St (410/685-9800). One of baseball's prettiest stadiums thanks to its old-style arches, fancy ironwork and overall classic look.
Inner Harbor - Waterfront shopping and dining Downtown Baltimore Overpriced and teeming with tourists, but undeniably packed with restaurants and sundry attractions, including relaxing if hokey boat rides.

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