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Baltimore is truly a "city on the move." An astonishing array of events and attractions make for year-round fun and entertainment. If museums are your passion, you won't be disappointed. Unique offerings such as the Baltimore Museum of Art, the B&O Railroad Museum and the Great Blacks in Wax Museum provide plenty of educational fun. The Maryland Science Center, the Baltimore Zoo and the National Aquarium will please the scientifically inclined, while those interested in the city's seafaring past and present can check out the National Historic Seaport or the Baltimore Maritime Museum. Favorite annual festivals and events include the Baltimore Farmers' Market, Jazzy Summer Nights, the July 4th Celebration, Downtown for the Holidays and the New Year's Eve Spectacular, to name just a handful.

Baltimore has a plethora of options when it comes to culture and the performing arts. The city boasts its own opera company and symphony orchestra and is home to such facilities as the Chesapeake Arts Center, the Gordon Center for the Performing Arts and the Lyric Opera House. The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival provides educational programs to students in addition to producing affordable classic theater.

Sports fans will feel right at home in Baltimore. The Orioles play baseball at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, while the NFL's Ravens can be found tossing the pigskin around at the top-of-the-line M&T Bank Stadium. Pimlico Race Course hosts thoroughbred horse racing. Those more interested in doing than watching can enjoy golfing, boating, fishing and much, much more.

When it's time to buckle down and get things done, Baltimore residents work and learn with the best. The city is home to thousands of businesses including major government offices, state-of-the-art medical facilities and major financial and biotech firms. The city's students are served by the Baltimore City Public School System, which has been educating Baltimore's children for nearly two centuries. One of Baltimore's proudest features is its collection of top-notch post-secondary schools. Johns Hopkins University, Loyola College, College of Notre Dame, the University of Baltimore and the University of Maryland at Baltimore are just a few of the options enjoyed by college-bound graduates.

Complementing Baltimore's superlative location is an excellent transportation system. The city is located just 10 miles from Baltimore-Washington International Airport, making travel convenient for frequent flyers. Those traveling shorter distances - into Washington D.C. for work, for example - can use Amtrak or MARC trains. For in-town trips, the Maryland Transit Administration operates buses, shuttles, and light rail and metro subway systems.

Baltimore's history is a long and colorful one. Established as a town in 1729 and as a city in 1796, it grew rapidly thanks to its fortunate location along a natural harbor of the Chesapeake Bay. The city experienced ups and downs due to war, fire and the Great Depression and underwent extensive redevelopment in the 1960s. Thanks to boundless effort on the part of citizens and local government, the city slowly became one of the largest and finest in the country. In fact, locals today pay so much attention to the quality of life in Baltimore that it is nicknamed "Charm City."