Mountain Gate Family Restaurant, originally uploaded by Frederick Chronicle.

This all-you-can-eat buffet in Thurmont is great on weekends, with ham and roat beef, freshly carved, delicious macaroni and cheese, fried chicken, mashed potatoes, complete salad bar, breads, puddings, and numerous pies. When you arrive, someone seats you, then a waitress comes to take your drink order and ask if you are here for the buffet. If you are (which nearly everyone is), she tells you that you can go whenever you want. The salad bar is long; the pie selection is amazing. The bread area is tempting.

Jug Bridge Demijohn, Frederick Maryland, originally uploaded by Mr. T in DC.

In 1808, a bridge was constructed over the Monocacy River near Frederick, Maryland for the National Road. It was known as the Jug Bridge because of the jug-shaped decorative sculpture at one end. When the bridge was replaced in the 1940s, the jug was preserved as a memorial to the historic old bridge.

Frederick’s famous dog, originally uploaded by Team Frosick.

Famous cast iron greyhound dog statue in front of Dr. John Tyler’s home. The dog was stolen by Confederate troops who planned to remold the statue into bullets.

Here is a sample of the folk and bluegrass group’s work:

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Frederick Street Scene, originally uploaded by Frederick Chronicle.

Street scene from the In the Street Festival shows both the charming atmosphere of Frederick’s architecture and the way the community comes out to events. If you live in Frederick and you go to this festival, you get the feeling that you live in the right place.