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In the last decade, Deep Creek Lake in Garrett County has lured many vacationers to Wisp Resort, the only four-season ski, golf, and recreational destination in Maryland. The area sits at an average altitude of 2,461 feet and covers an area of approximately 3,900 acres. The residential properties are mainly used as second homes, but [...]

Rockville is a residential community as well as a commercial, office, and government center that appeals to families and professionals from all over Maryland. It is the county seat of Montgomery County and, according to the 2010 U.S. Census, has a population of 61,209, making it the third largest incorporated city in Maryland, behind Baltimore [...]

Tucked away in one of the most respected Baltimore City communities, Roland Park is one of the nation’s oldest planned garden suburbs. Developed between 1890 and the 1920s by the Roland Park Company, the neighborhood was named for Baltimore County landowner, Roland Thornberry, and is a self-contained area surrounded by natural elements that were planned [...]

Right over the Spa Creek Bridge from downtown Annapolis is the historic town of Eastport, Maryland. Throughout the mid-19th century until the establishment of the United States Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, this small, yet richly diverse area consisted mostly of farmland. Many workers at the USNA as well as people who worked in the [...]

Before St. Michaels evolved into the quaint, little tourist town it is today, it was a deep-water port situated close to the Miles River and the Chesapeake Bay where shipbuilding was the main trade. “This town was rowdy with sailors and shipbuilders and lots of taverns in its early history,” says Beth Hanson, curator of [...]

Back in the early 1960s, Columbia, Maryland was just a vision of one of the most prolific developers in American history–James Rouse. Born in Easton, Maryland in 1914, Rouse wanted to create a blend of the best city and country living in one planned community.
In November 1964, he introduced the village and neighborhood concept, plans [...]

Ellicott City, Maryland is known for its downtown charm and, in the last 20 years, its suburban growth. Joseph, Andrew, and John Ellicott founded what was originally named Ellicott Mills (later changed to Ellicott City) in 1771. Originally from Pennsylvania, the three brothers learned the milling, carpentry and blacksmith trades in their youths. Their desire [...]

Frederick, Maryland is strategically located in the American landscape. Laid out in 1745 by land speculator Daniel Dulany and situated on the route to the Shenandoah Valley, Frederick was a stopping place for pioneers traveling to the frontier. Settled predominately by German immigrants, the town’s most notable residents were a young German schoolmaster and his [...]

Within the year the town of Easton will be celebrating its 300th anniversary. Steeped in history dating back to 1711, Easton began as a center of trade and government. European settlers were drawn to Talbot County’s wealth of natural resources and abundance of waterways for ease of travel. Its first English settlers, arriving by boat [...]

This month’s real estate story switches focus from a single architectural style to the diverse and historic communities that have developed in and around the southern mid-Atlantic. Chevy Chase, Maryland is our first profile —an area that is rooted in history and has weathered the turbulent economic and political times of the last century.
Founded by [...]