Destination Annapolis: The Story Behind the Scenery

An elegant city of Colonial America, early capital of the United States, home of the United States Naval Academy, international sailing center, capital of the State of Maryland, playground for the rich and powerful of Washington, and tourist mecca, Annapolis is today, as it always has been, the crown jewel of the Chesapeake Bay area.

Annapolis, settled in 1649, is in Maryland on the eastern seaboard of the United States.