Maryland is one of the smaller yet most densely populated states in the union. From sandy beaches along the Atlantic, through the Chesapeake Bay, the city of Baltimore, and out to the rural stretches of western Maryland, here are a few glimpses into the landscape of the state of Maryland, and some of the animals and people calling it home.
This photo story is part of Fifty, a collection of images from each of the United States.
People ride on the towpath near Swains Lock along the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal near Potomac Village, Maryland. #
Crabs are shaken out of a crab pot on a boat in the Chesapeake Bay in Annapolis, Maryland. #
Sunrise at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge #
The Patterson Park Pagoda stands on Hampstead Hill in Baltimore's Patterson Park on a winter day. #
An Amish man drives his buggy through heavy snow and wind in Mechanicsville, Maryland, following a major storm in early 2016. #
A view of Baltimore, looking northeast from Fells Point, in spring #
Amateur and professional photographers gather outside to take photos of a model to expand their portfolios, in Silver Spring, Maryland, in May 2019. #
A view of Baltimore's Inner Harbor #
A cannon stands in Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland. #
Fort Carroll, an abandoned 19th-century sea fort in the Patapsco River, near the Francis Scott Key Bridge, south of Baltimore #
A bald eagle flies with a fish in its talons above the Susquehanna River near the Conowingo Dam. #
An interior view of the George Peabody Library, a research library at Johns Hopkins University, on the Peabody campus in Baltimore #
Snow geese descend on a farm in Ruthsburg, Maryland, on February 7, 2019. #
An Amtrak train passes over the Susquehanna River Rail Bridge between Perryville and Havre de Grace, Maryland. #
A raccoon forages on the shores of Assateague Island National Seashore in Maryland. #
A view of the annual Montgomery County Agricultural Fair in Gaithersburg #
A man looks out a large window as he tours the Pavilions, a new building at the Glenstone museum combining art, architecture, and landscape, during a media preview in Potomac, Maryland, in September 2018. #
Wild horses roam along Assateague Island National Seashore near Berlin, Maryland. #
The Washington D.C. Temple, a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Kensington, Maryland, as seen at sunset from traffic on Interstate 495 #
A steam train with the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad operates near Cumberland, Maryland. #
An aerial view of rowhouses in Baltimore #
Boys watch as the arabber Bilal Yusuf Abdullah prepares his horse-drawn cart full of produce outside a stable in Baltimore in June 2018. At one time, numerous stables could be found scattered across Baltimore and other U.S. cities. But by the 1960s, urban renewal, supermarkets, and other developments reduced Baltimore's number to about 25. When the city's wholesale produce markets closed to make way for downtown developments, arabbers were pushed farther to the margins. #
The illuminated Capital Wheel is seen with the giant arm and face of The Awakening at National Harbor. #
Hounds wander in a field as the huntsman Geoff Hyde (top center) and members of the Elkridge-Harford Hunt Club prepare for a fox hunt to begin in Monkton, Maryland, in 2015. More of a chase than a hunt, the hounds and club members pursue a fox by scent, but the goal is not to kill it. #
Fireflies photographed along a trail in Greenbelt Park in Greenbelt, Maryland #
A view of the United States Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Maryland, at night #
Students gather during the University of Maryland Homecoming Carnival. #
The Potomac River flows through Great Falls Park. #
The Thomas Point Shoal Light, a historic lighthouse, stands in the Chesapeake Bay. #
Strands of small blooming flowers photographed on a warm day in Maryland's Calvert County #
A car drives down a street in Baltimore on March 26, 2018. #
The rapper Duke Jackson (left) performs as JPaul Bonan records him while filming a music video in Baltimore's Graffiti Alley on February 21, 2020. The alley allows local artists to legally tag the walls in the art district of the city. #
A crowded beach in Ocean City, Maryland #
A couple and a dog rest on the beach at Loch Raven Reservoir as the sun sets behind the horizon in Glen Arm, Maryland, on February 19, 2020. #
We want to hear what you think about this article. Submit a letter to the editor or write to letters@theatlantic.com.
Some of the top images from the 13 categories of underwater photography in this year’s competition
Ducklings at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, a fish-operated vehicle in Israel, a whale off the California coast, the 2022 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, and much more
Weeks of heavy rain have inundated communities in several Brazilian states.
Stephanie Keith, a photographer with Reuters, recently joined members of the Olympic Cougar Project as they tracked a wild cougar named Lilu.
