Chesapeake City, MD

Chesapeake City is a canal town of 800 people in northern Maryland, sitting where the C&D Canal cuts between the Chesapeake Bay and Delaware River. Take Route 213 from I-95 (45 miles from Baltimore, 55 from Philly) to reach this spot where huge cargo ships glide past 19th-century houses. The town splits into upper and lower levels, with historic homes on the bluffs watching over the busy shipping channel below.