What is Maryland known for?
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Crabs (the kind you eat!!!) and tourist attractions...
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there's Indian Lake in worcester Ma, tha is really pretty and has a couple of beaches to boot.  Also webster lake is nice too.
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The Calverts were a wealthy, upper-class political family that converted to Catholicism and faced discrimination in Britain.  Thus, they founded the Maryland Colony as a refuge for persecuted Catholics.  However, the colony had a rather high protestant population, and, in an effort to establish peace between the two groups instituted the Maryland Act of Religious Toleration.  This was the first act in American history that legalized religious freedom.  George Calvert is also known as Lord Baltimore, hence Baltimore, Maryland.
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Maryland and Virginia are excellent state universties.  Others include anything in the Big Ten or any UC schools.  There are lots of excellent private universities other than those in the Ivy League (Chicago, Duke, Stanford, Rice, etc).  US News & World Reports ranks colleges.\n\nI've provided a link to Princeton Review.  They have a tool that asks you questions about what you want in a school as well as about your background.  It then suggests several schools that might be of interest to you.  I think you ought to start there.
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University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.  Great engineering programs.  My son attended for classes in mechanical engineering and was impressed with the variety and extent of the department.
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Cool, Live in Maryland, e-mail me lightblue2323@yahoo.com
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well, there are stuff that are better not known. like mafia wars, political assasinations and stuff like that :P
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In the State of Wyoming,California,Montana,New jersey are the best states. Great background for all of them.
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you could go to Google and search for Maryland or even ask Jeeves or even Yahoo search they all might help you. Try to look for a site that has a layout of Maryland.
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The Grand Strand is a popular tourist destination in the eastern portion of the U.S. state of South Carolina. It stretches from Little River, South Carolina to Georgetown, South Carolina, but the largest and most notable attraction on this stretch is Myrtle Beach. The area is noteworthy for possessing the largest cluster of golf courses in the world, 115 public courses at last count, as well as many exclusive private ones designed by the likes of Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Greg Norman. The Grand Strand is also known for historical areas (such as Georgetown) and a pleasant variety of seafood.
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It depends on what you are looking to find. Big Bend has an olivine granite, which is very rare. The Guadalupe Mountains have the world's largest exposed barrier reef. These are two great geological features in my home state. Almost any national park can claim something unique. Just look at the Grand Canyon with its great sedimentology. The best geology is a relative term.
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That is a good question. I am from Texas. I moved to Maryland about 3 years ago. You would not believe the number of people that think just because you are from Texas that you ride a horse, love rodeos, and  listen to country music. I personally do not care for any of the 3. It is simply stereotyping.
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Hi Sebas, here's your answer with a few extras.\n\nWhere did Maryland Get Its Name??? \n\nThe charter that Lord Baltimore received from King Charles I of England specified a name for the new colony. It was to be called Maryland to honor King Charles’ wife Queen Henrietta Maria (Queen Mary). \n\nhttp://www.mdkidspage.org/History.htm\n\nColonial Maryland\n\nhttp://www.timepage.org/spl/13timeline.html\n\nhttp://colonialancestors.com/md/maryland.htm\n\nThe American Colonies\n\nThe history of the original 13 colonies is a tangled tale indeed. There are many ways to view the events and, in hind sight, it is easy to think you understand. But no one knew where they were headed at the time and it could have ended up very different.\n\nhttp://www.dasd-ew.org/history.htm#colonial\n\nhttp://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/modsbook12.html\n\nhttp://www.usgennet.org/usa/topic/colonial/index.html\n\nhttp://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html\n\nGood luck.\n\nKevin, Liverpool, England.
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MICHIGAN!!  I know we don't get much publicity but it is the best state ever.  The land ranges from amazing beaches, massive fresh water lakes, mountains, farm land, large cities, dense woods and just about anything you could want.  There is something to do every season (which we do get, hot summers, beautiful falls, great snow in the winter, pleasant springs).  There are great schools and awesome colleges.  The west is quite conservative while the east is very liberal.  There is something for everyone in this state.  Plus- no hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, mud slides, severe droughts and only rare, tiny tornadoes.  The reason you don't hear about MI much is we don't have the problems seen everywhere else.  Come visit the lake shore during the summer and you won't want to leave.
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there are several islands in the Chesapeake Bay that use a dialect that is close to Elizabethean english.  They are Smith Island (MD) and Tanger Island (VA). Tanger was featured on a PBS history of englis.
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Virginia:\nUniversity of Virginia\nCollege of William and Mary\nSweet Briar College\nUniversity of Richmond\n\nMaryland:\nUniversity of Maryland\nJohns Hopkins\n\nDC:\nGeorgetown University\nAmerican University\nGeorge Washington University\nHoward University\n\nThere are, of course, more colleges than these in these areas (there are many more in Virginia), but these institutions are nationally well-known and respected.
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There are beaches along the Chesapeake Bay at Sandy Point. Also you can cross the Bay Bridge to Ocean City, Rehoboth and Bethany Beach. Some people kayak in the Potomac River but you have to be an expert because it is very rough. Deep Creek Lake is very nice and not over run with tourists. I am sure there are other places, too. Check the Baltimore Sun or The Washington Post for recreational sites.