Baltimore, MD, USA
Fort McHenry:
Home of the Star-Spangled Banner, the US National Anthem. It was during the War of 1812, that Francis Scott Key witnessed the attack on Fort McHenry. After the attack was over, the US flag still flew at the Fort, and Key was so moved by this that he was inspired to write the Star-Spangled Banner.
Edgar Allen Poe House & Grave:
19th Cent. Horror Author, who lived and died in Baltimore. Every year, on the anniversary of Poe's Death, cognac is toasted (and a partial bottle left) along with three red are mysteriously left on his grave.
Washington Monument:
The first monument in the US to First President, George Washington, was modeled after Trajan's Column in Rome. It is made from local marble and sits in the center of Mt. Vernon Square.
