FAITH LAPIDUS: People like to say that Baltimore is a city with real character in its neighborhoods. Many of these neighborhoods have row houses. These are homes, often tall and narrow, that are connected to one another. Many were built in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Some neighborhoods have an ethnic connection. These areas are known by names like Little Lithuania and Little Italy and Greektown. Many are popular for their restaurants.
STEVE EMBER: People hungry for fine art can find it at the Baltimore Museum of Art. But the city also has the American Visionary Art Museum, a museum that celebrates the work of self-taught individuals.
The National Museum of Dentistry is also in Baltimore. And so is the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum. It has one of the largest collections of locomotives and rail cars in the world.
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FAITH LAPIDUS: Baltimore is the home of a quirky, accented English spoken in some neighborhoods. Bawlmerese is a strong regional dialect that can be difficult to understand, even for native English speakers.
In some areas of Baltimore, women call almost everyone "Hon" -- short for Honey. Some Baltimoreans leave out letters in many words, like saying "Bawlmer" instead of Baltimore. And sometimes they add letters. For instance, they might call the nearby Patapsco River the "Patapsico."
Walk into a restaurant and the waitresses might yell out "Hi hon, how you doin'?" In fact, there is a restaurant called the Cafe Hon. The owner, Denise Whiting, was born in Baltimore. We asked her about her city.
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