Links

DISTRIBUTION
Atomic Books (Baltimore, MD)
Baltimore's own indie/underground bookseller, located at 3620 Falls Road in Hampden.

Baltimore Chop Books, Music & Coffee House (Baltimore, MD)
Downtown Baltimore's only general independent bookstore, located at 625 Washington Blvd. in Ridgely's Delight, across the street from Camden Yards.

Microcosm Publishing (Portland, OR)
Independent publisher/distributor based in Bloomington, IN, and Portland, OR.

Quimby's (Chicago, IL)
Chicago-based indie/underground bookseller.

GUILTY BY ASSOCIATION
A. Aubrey Bodine
The online home of legendary Baltimore Sun photojournalist A. Aubrey Bodine.

Anger Hangover
Well-written, sharp-witted observations from the heart of Baltimore's Pigtown neighborhood.

AuthorsBookshop.com
Baltimore-based online bookseller, focusing on self- and independently-published books.

Baltimore Interview
"[D]edicated to profiling arts people in the Baltimore area."

Ben Shaberman
Humorist Ben Shaberman's first collection of essays, The Vegan Monologues

Better Hollywood Productions
Baltimore-based underground movie-making collective - and, yes, they do a damn fine job of it, too!

The Galumphery of Fun
A breed of humor and satire that Thompson might have described as "too weird to live, and too rare to die."

Get BenT! Online
Comics, cartoons, hype and random musings from the twisted mind of Ignatz Award-nominee Ben T. Steckler.

The Hungover Gourmet
The Journal of Food, Drink, Travel and Fun.

JMWW
Fine, Baltimore-based literary journal.

Leeking Inc.
The online home of long-running perzine Leeking Ink and zine-review zine Xerography Debt.

Locus Magazine
Baltimore-based, independently-published arts magazine that provides "a forum for local, emerging producers of culture."

Maryland Lawyers for the Arts
A non-profit providing lawyer-referral services and pro bono legal assistance to income-eligible artists and arts organizations.

The Mobtown Shank
Baltimore's free weekly interactive e-zine.

Molly Goatwax
Mrs. Goatwax is a Baltimore-based artist and poet.

The Pain - When Will It End?
Tim Kreider's socio-political cartoon bleeds off the page and into your lap.

BALTIMORE
The American Visionary Art Museum
A most unique repository for the work of self-taught artists.

Artscape
"America's largest free public arts festival" - held each July.

Baltimore City Government
The Powers That Be.

Baltimore Ghost Tours
"Join us for a haunting experience..."

The Baltimore Museum of Industry
A museum devoted to Baltimore's working past and present.

The Baltimore Museum of Art
Founded in 1914, the BMA is "home to an internationally renowned collection of 19th-century, modern, and contemporary art."

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum
"America's railroad museum" - associated with the Smithsonian Institution.

Baltimore Pride
Maryland's "premier GLBT event."

The Baltimore Public Works Museum
Located in the old Eastern Avenue Pumping Station, this is "the first and only museum of its kind in the world."

The Baltimore Society for Paranormal Research
"[E]stablished to research and document paranormal activities of the supernatural and occult in the Baltimore area."

The Baltimore Streetcar Museum
"[D]edicated to preserving Baltimore's public transportation history, especially the street railway era."

The Baltimore Sun
"Light for All."

Baltimore Tattoo Museum
Get inked while perusing vintage flash and other tattoo-related exhibits - located in Fell's Point.

The Bengies Drive-In Theatre
Featuring "the biggest movie theatre screen in the USA."

Baltimore Ghosts
"Forgotten relics" and "Urban artifacts".

The Book Thing of Baltimore, Inc.
"[Putting] unwanted books into the hands of those who want them."

The Charles Theatre
"[O]ffering first-run specialty films in addition to Hollywood movies, foreign films and cinema classics."

Charm City Art Space
Showcasing the "visual and performing arts in central Baltimore."

CityLit Project
"[Enhancing] the ability of local and area writers to create literature and reach larger audiences."

City Paper
Baltimore's "alt-weekly".

The Creative Alliance
"[Promoting] Baltimore as a dynamic center of art in all genres" since 1995.

The Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum
The last address of the renowned horror/mystery writer, here, in the City that Killed Hsim.

The Enoch Pratt Free Library
"[T]he public library of Baltimore City and the Maryland State Library Resource Center."

Fell's Point Out of Time (DVD)
"A poignant, provocative, sometimes funny, always revealing look at a community coping with change."

Fort McHenry National Monument & Historic Shrine
"Birthplace of the National Anthem" - plenty of open green-space, perfect for a picnic or tiring out your kids.

The Hippodrome Theatre
Restored (ca. 1914) vaudeville house, now featuring Broadway-style productions.

The H.L. Mencken House
Lifelong home of the "Sage of Baltimore" (and, sadly, not open to the public).

The Irish Shrine at Lemmon Street
"[T]his row of 1840 residences housed poor Irish Immigrants who worked in the “yards” of what is considered to be the nation’s first great railroad."

The Johnny Eck Museum
Online museum dedicated to the fascinating life of "Half-Man" (and Baltimore native) Johnny Eck

Kilduff's
Engrossing site devoted to images of Baltimore's past.

Lexington Market
"World-Famous" Lexington Market - home to Faidley's renowned crab cakes.

The Maryland Film Festival
Just what the name implies - held each May.

The Maryland Historical Society
The state's "oldest cultural institution...collects, preserves, and interprets objects and materials reflecting Maryland's diverse heritage."

The Maryland Transit Administration
Getting you from Point A to Point B since the bus showed up.

Miracle on 34th Street
A holiday tradition in Baltimore for six decades and counting...

The National Great Blacks in Wax Museum
Presenting "life-size, life-like wax figures highlighting historical and contemporary personalities of African ancestry."

(The Dr. Samuel D. Harris) National Museum of Dentistry
Highlights include George Washington's false teeth - associated with the Smithsonian Institution.

Normal's Books & Records
A collectively-run shop featuring books, records, CDs and small-press publications.

Old Bay
Seafood, popcorn, French fries...hell, what doesn't it taste good on?

The Parkway Theatre
A site devoted to North Avenue's long-defunct (but still-standing) Parkway Theatre.

The Pride of Baltimore II
"[Sailing] the seas of the world as the Goodwill Ambassador from the State of Maryland and the Port of Baltimore."

Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse
A "worker-owned and collectively-managed bookstore" - located in Mt. Vernon.

The Senator Theatre
Vintage (ca. 1939) single-screen movie house.

T(rapeze) S(chool) N(ew) Y(ork) Baltimore
Now, you too can fly through the air with the greatest of ease!

The Urbanite
"For Baltimore's curious."

Video Americain
Made famous in John Waters's Serial Mom

The Walters Art Museum
"[Presenting] an overview of world art from pre-dynastic Egypt to 20th-century Europe."

POINTS ELSEWHERE
The American Sign Museum (Cincinnati, OH)
The Ava Gardner Museum (Smithfield, NC)
The Barnum Museum (Bridgeport, CT)
Brothers Grim Sideshow
Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station (Hatteras Island, NC)
Coney Island, USA (New York, NY)
Deadman's Reef at Paradise Cove (Grand Bahama Island)
Drive-Ins.com
Find a Grave
Forgotten NY (New York, NY)
The Internet Movie Database
Lucayan National Park (Grand Bahama Island)
The Mutter Museum (Philadelphia, PA)
Maxilla & Mandible, Ltd. (New York, NY)
Mystic Seaport (Mystic, CT)
Napoleon House (New Orleans, LA)
Pike Place Market (Seattle, WA)
Powell's Books (Portland, OR)
Reading Terminal Market (Philadelphia, PA)
Rock City (Lookout Mountain, GA)
The Royal College of Surgeons Edinburgh Museums (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Sideshow (New Orleans, LA)
Strand Book Store (New York, NY)
The Thrasher Carriage Museum (Frostburg, MD)
U.S. Route 40