Baltimore’s Poe Celebration

January 19, 2009 marks the 200th birthday of Edgar Allan Poe and to commemorate this historic milestone, the city of Baltimore will host Nevermore 2009, a yearlong celebration of the life and works of one of Baltimore ’s most famed residents. The year will be filled with a variety of events, including birthday celebrations, lectures, wine tastings, art exhibitions, theatrical performances, special tours and more.

Poe lived and worked in Baltimore for a good part of his life. In addition to his home and his gravesite at Westminster Hall, traces of Poe’s life, and his death, can be found throughout the city.

To add to the excitement of Nevermore 2009 - Harbor Magic has created an exclusive Poe Getaway which is a Poe Edition of our Discover Weird U.S. package that we offer. This popular package is based on a collaboration between our hotels and the two gentleman that wrote the book "Weird U.S.: Your Travel Guide to America’s Local Legends and Best Kept Secrets", Mark Moran & Mark Sceurman. The two Marks (as we call them) produced an exclusive Guide to Baltimore’s Top Weird Spots that our guests can use as a travel guide of sorts to explore the more off beat Baltimore sites that so few guests get to experience. One of the spots on that list is of course the grave, or shall I say GRAVES of Baltimore’s adopted son Edgar Allan Poe. This is the basis of our Poe Getaway.

Click Here for more details and a full list of Poe sites in Baltimore.