Category: History

Baltimore Sun
The last Little Tavern restaurant — part of a local chain that served bags of small burgers for more than 70 years — permanently closed this afternoon, the owner said.

The restaurants, known for their green-and-white storybook cottage buildings …

The Maryland Division of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Colonel Harry W. Gilmor Camp #1388 of the Sons of …

A 2000 story in the City Paper has some Baltimore ghost stories you may not have heard before.

Ghosts of the Prairie has a page on Haunted Ellicott City while the Shadowlands index has a page of Haunted …

The Orioles lost to the Red Sox last night but the evening was significant for Baltimore baseball history buffs in another way. The Orioles wore throwback uniforms that …

Former U.S. Senator Daniel Brewster died late Sunday evening at his home in Owings Mills. Brewster, who was 83, died of liver cancer. He served in the United States Senate from 1963-1969.

Brewster attended Gilman and …

Sam Porpora, who is 92 and lives in the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville, is claiming credit for starting the tradition of putting roses and a cognac toast on the grave of Edgar Alan Poe on Poe’s birthday. Porpora, …

From time to time, we like to highlight photography from the area and this time it’s thematic.

There are hundreds of roadside historical markers across the state of Maryland. The professional wrestling …