Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
Eastern Shore
The Atlantic Flyway is the main route birds take between northern and southern migratory trips, and the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge was…
Must-see attractions in Eastern Shore
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park & Visitor Center
Eastern Shore
This new visitor center and historic site honors Harriet Tubman, 'the Moses of her people' who led black slaves to freedom on the Underground Railroad,…
J Millard Tawes Historical Museum
Eastern Shore
This small museum gives insight into the history of the region's inhabitants, beginning 10,000 years ago. Exhibits explore the life of local watermen –…
Eastern Shore
The Shad Landing section of Pocomoke River State Park, part of the 15,000-acre Pocomoke State Forest and located about 3.5 miles south of Snow Hill, is an…
Eastern Shore
This museum is built around a little-known but fascinating art form that was largely perfected by two brothers who rarely left their small town. In the…
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Eastern Shore
Throughout its indoor-outdoor exhibits, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum delves into the deep ties between Shore folk and America's largest estuary…
Eastern Shore
If you're traveling with kids or just need to stretch your legs, this small zoo is a pleasant distraction. Run by the city, it's home to animals from…
Eastern Shore
History buffs will enjoy this multi-building living-history museum that marks the old location of a 19th-century iron-smelting town.
Eastern Shore
While away an odd, rewarding half-hour in this tiny structure, which feels like an attic for the entire Eastern Shore. Highlights include the town's first…
Wye Island Natural Resource Management Area
Eastern Shore
This small, marshy island encapsulates much of the soft-focus beauty of the Eastern Shore. It's all miles of gently waving sawgrass and marsh prairie,…
Eastern Shore
This research center on the campus of Salisbury University contains what is likely the world's most comprehensive archive of artifacts related to the…
Eastern Shore
Built in 1832, this green-shuttered Federal-style house evokes everyday smalltown life in the 1800s and 1900s through period furnishings and exhibits…
Harriet Tubman Museum & Education Center
Eastern Shore
This small museum in downtown Cambridge is a good introduction to Tubman's life if you don't have time to drive to the much larger Harriet Tubman…
Eastern Shore
This was the only house in St Michaels that was hit during the War of 1812. According to lore, a cannonball bounced off the chimney, barreled through a…
