Lazaretto Battery
This War of 1812 era gun battery/military post sat across Baltimore Harbor from Fort McHenry. It actually got its start as a hospital built in 1801 by the state. During the War of 1812, it was fortified and acted as the... history.rootsweb
Fort Marshall
Another of the many forts built in and around Baltimore. This fort was on the Smoke Hills, at Foster and 3rd, and was built to guard the Philadelphia, Washington and Baltimore RR. Like most of the area forts, it was a d... history.rootsweb
Boring
This class D rural agricultural community is almost forgotten. It sits on a small road east of SH 30, 22 miles northwest of Baltimore. In 1990 it mustered 280 folks. history.rootsweb
Fort Babcock
A War of 1812 era six-gun earth-walled battery protecting Baltimore. It was located where the BGE Gould Street Station now is. history.rootsweb
Fort Carroll
A military fort near Baltimore. It was located opposite Sparrow Point, and protected the Baltimore harbor. history.rootsweb
Camp Johnson
Old military post on the north side of Ellicott City, in area now called Patapsco Heights. history.rootsweb
Glendale Hospital
It's a small community split in two by a road. On one side, the hospital itself lays. It in my opinion is about the size of the whitehouse if not bigger. In the front of the hospital lays one resident. On the other side o... ghosttowns.com
Wagner's Point
Until the late 1800s, this was a rural part of northern Anne Arundel County. As the area industrialized, a working class community moved into rows of townhouses (Baltimoreans call these rowhouses) and the area was annexed... ghosttowns.com
Fort Washington
This class C/F (restored) major army fort overlooks the Potomac River, almost directly opposite Mount Vernon, seven miles south of Oxon Hill, west of SH 210. It was one of a system of Coastal Defense Forts being built t... history.rootsweb
Harmony Grove
Once home to a mill, many brick homes, and a post office as well as a rteain station Harmony Grove had existed up until the mid 60's at which point the mill and post office shut down. Around the time of US15's four lane e... ghosttowns.com
Fort Foote
A class B, Civil War era defensive fort, located in Fort Foote Park, along the east shore of the Potomac River, about a mile and a half west of Indian Head Highway (SH 210) a mile and a half south of I-95/495. The fort ... history.rootsweb
Bainbridge Naval Base
Abandoned former Navy training base near the Susquehanna River in Cecil county, Md. Last used by Navy in late 1970's. Has been unused since then except for a brief period when the federal Jobs Corp program occupied the ba... ghosttowns.com
Rock Run
Along the Susquehanna River, southeast of Darlington. This class B community began as a gristmill built in 1794 by John Stump. The town that grew up around the mill included a post office, springhouse, tollhouse, carria... history.rootsweb
Riverdale Town Square
The fire station was built in the late 1800's.It use to put out fires constantly.The fire station burned down in 1939, but half of it is still standing.The houses were built a little bit after the fire station, and boarde... ghosttowns.com
Point Lookout P.o.w.camp
This Civil War Prisoner of War Camp was located on Point Lookout, at or near Fort Lincoln, which is at the southeastern tip of "Mainland" Maryland. This is one of the locations featured in my newest book, GHOST TOWNS: Y... history.rootsweb
Fort Ritchie
Fort Ritchie was a base town with stores,pharmacys,resteraunts,and more,but in 1999 the government downsized and the base was closed. Submitted by: Seth Mykut ghosttowns.com
Stafford
A white flint mining town north of Aberdeen, exact location not determined. history.rootsweb