SOUTHERN MARYLAND Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons Relax at a Waterfront Inn The Island Inn & Suites on Solomons Island offers cozy accommodations inside a restored Queen Anne Victorian-style house that dates to 1906. Several rooms are named for yachts the home’s one-time owners built on this isle, including a presidential vessel that John F. Kennedy sailed. Bonus: the innkeepers make homemade cookies. SPOTLIGHT Step Back in Time to a 17th-Century Village Luxuriate at Rosewood Manor With a stunning grand staircase and garden level, four-star Grecian Tea Room, and stately Queen Anne Dining Room with its signature blueberry muffins, you’ll escape to luxury at Rosewood Manor in Port Tobacco. Port Tobacco Historic Village Be Charmed by The Inn at Brome Howard Stroll the formal gardens of this elegantly restored 1840s plantation house on Port Tobacco Village may be tiny—with just 13 residents— but it looms large in American history. Settled in 1634, the community once bustled with maritime activity and trade. Port Tobacco was formerly the second largest seaport in Maryland. Listed on early world maps, the village was home to indigenous Native Americans, missionaries, colonists and enslaved populations. Tourists will also hear tales of spies, assassins and even ghosts, including The Legend of the Blue Dog. We won’t reveal the story’s ending, but it involves gold, a fatal robbery and a faithful canine companion determined to protect his master in life and death. At certain times, it’s rumored that one can still hear the howls of the long-departed hound. DESTINATION MARYLAND ✥ 103
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