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A visit is not complete without a game of duckpin bowling, which may have originated in Baltimore (it's a subject of some debate). Compared to ten-pin bowling, the pins are shorter and squatter and the balls are smaller (3 to 4 pounds) and lack holes. The goal is still to knock down 10 pins, but you get three balls per frame, and a perfect frame is 30 points. Try it out at Patterson Bowling Center (www.pattersonbowl.com).

DID YOU KNOW?
A perfect score (300) has never been achieved; the world record is 279.

COMIC BOOK GEEKS, BARBIE DOLL LOVERS AND TREKKIES, UNITE!
Walk through 250 years of American pop culture at Geppi's Entertainment Museum (www.geppismuseum.com), home to Action Comics #1 (June 1938; the first time Superman appears), the first-ever TV Guide (1953; with Lucille Ball's baby on the cover), the first Happy Meal (1979) and Michael Jackson action figures (1984; donning "Beat It" and "Grammy Award" outfits).

ON POINT:
5 THINGS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT FELLS POINT

1. It's where Sleepless in Seattle was filmed. Meg Ryan's character lived in an apartment near Broadway Pier.

2. An 11-year-old Billie Holiday lived in the once-rough area (on 217 and 219 S Durham St).

3. It's home to the Pitango Gelato (www.pitangogelato.com). Famed flavors include pistachio di Bronte (the nuts are flown in from Sicily) and crema (Italian custard).

4. The Fells Point Fun Festival (www.preservationsociety.com), taking place Oct. 3-4. will feature 100+ arts and crafts vendors, three concert stages and the Carnival of Wonders for kids.

5. You can take a water taxi (www.thewatertaxi.com) there; $9 gets you an all-day unlimited pass.

ART OF THE PEOPLE

Lusitania If you think only trained artists are capable of creating museum-worthy art, you've never been to the American Visionary Art Museum (www.avam.org). This wondrous, colorful Federal Hill museum showcases works by artists who don't follow traditions, including:

Ted Gordon, who doesn't pick up his pen at all until he changes colors in his "doodles," on view in the "Obsessive Compulsive Delight" gallery.

The Applewood
FigureThe 112-year-old Frank Calloway, who has been institutionalized for 56 years. He still paints six to seven hours a day, creating wonderful murals.

Ship enthusiast Wayne Kusy, whose Lusitania is made from 193,000 toothpicks and 5 gallons of glue.

Judith Scott, the late deaf artist with Down syndrome who used yarn to wrap items she stole from her art therapy facility, creating cocoon-like sculptures.

An anonymous mental patient carved The Applewood Figure from an apple tree trunk. The artist's concave chest from TB is reflected in the sculpture.

TO MARKET, TO MARKET

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