Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
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
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
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 –…
- Pocomoke River State Park
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…
- Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art
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
Throughout its indoor-outdoor exhibits, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum delves into the deep ties between Shore folk and America's largest estuary…
- Salisbury Zoo
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…
- Furnace Town
History buffs will enjoy this multi-building living-history museum that marks the old location of a 19th-century iron-smelting town.
- Julia A Purnell Museum
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
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,…
- Nabb Research Center
This research center on the campus of Salisbury University contains what is likely the world's most comprehensive archive of artifacts related to the…
- Calvin B Taylor House Museum
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
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…
- Cannonball House
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…
- Dorchester Center for the Arts
Houses galleries, art classes, studios and a gift shop.