Nearly five decades old, the Maryland House is set to reopen on the state’s main superhighway next month as a new, ultra-modern rest stop.

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The stars have aligned at Old St. Paul’s Church on Charles and Saratoga Streets. You need to look no further than the ceiling of the beautiful downtown church.

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On Main Street in Historic Ellicott City, business owners are reeling after a deadly train derailment around midnight on Tuesday left much of the area inaccessible to traffic — and their customers.

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GRANTSVILLE — A nearly 200-year-old bridge spanning the Casselman River in western Maryland has been closed indefinitely for repairs. The Cumberland Times News reports that parts of a stone wall have crumbled and fallen from the Casselman River Bridge near ...

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The ornate and historic Inn at Government House was sold by Baltimore to a group of local investors who hope to redevelop the city’s official guest house and two adjoining rowhouses into a 17-room boutique hotel and restaurant. The city’s ...

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Ringed by crowded residential developments in central Howard County, much of what remains of the nearly 300-year-old Doughoregan Manor property will stay untouched. The county settled a preservation deal this month with the owners of the property, descendants of founding ...

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WOODSBORO — The Woodsboro Historical Society is seeking the public’s help in completing its restoration of the Frederick County town’s historic train station. The society is in the midst of a fundraising campaign, titled “Driving the Last Spike,” and members ...

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Inside the Old Otterbein United Methodist Church at Conway and Sharp streets hangs a 114-year-old chandelier with hundreds of crystal prisms. The white walls contain about 20 windows dating from 1785, and each window has 40 individual panes from the ...

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After a decade of uncertainty, the first of 19 new luxury condominiums are being built on a portion of the historic St. Stanislaus Kostka Roman Catholic Church site in Fells Point. The Union Box Co., developers of Merchant Point on ...

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WILMINGTON, Del. — The federal government is trying to give away some lighthouses. Schools, museums and other public entities are invited to apply for ownership of three Delaware Bay lighthouses made available through the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act. The ...

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