Home of the 4,000-strong brigade of midshipmen, the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis is the training ground for officers of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. It's also where you'll find the Naval Academy Museum, which features more than 50,000 artifacts and is home to the famous Gallery of Ships.

Just a block away from the Annapolis City Dock, the main entrance to the U.S. Naval Academy is located at Randall and Prince George Streets. Guided tours of the Academy and museum depart from the Armel-Leftwich Visitor Center, showing visitors the renovated chapel and its massive pipe organ, the Lejeune Physical Education Center and its Athletic Hall of Fame, Dahlgren Hall and its Drydock Restaurant, and Bancroft Hall, a dormitory that houses more than 4,400 midshipmen in over 1,700 rooms, among other points of interest.

Tour the factory floor where some of the best guitars on the planet are born. See the state-of-the-art facility where cutting-edge technology meets Maryland-made craftsmanship, and keep an eye out for legendary PRS devotees like Carlos Santana, Dave Navarro, and Joe Walsh whose guitars are handcrafted on site. You can even try playing a genuine PRS guitar - no guarantee you'll sound like Santana, though.

The Annapolis Spring Sailboat Show will be taking place April 25-27.



Stroll along the Annapolis City Dock and enjoy the beautiful scenery. The Annapolis waterfront is known to local boaters as "Ego Alley" because it is the weekend and evening scene of a steady parade of expensive yachts. This is the main attraction for most visitors to Annapolis--shopping, dining and watching the boats saunter by.

Market House has been open at City Dock offering a wide selection of foods, from crab cakes to homemade fudge to freshly baked bread to Italian pastries.

A unique, family-run waterfront vineyard and winery on the Chesapeake Bay, producing premium red and white wines.