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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Cumberland

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Cumberland, Maryland

Updated June 14, 2017
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Cumberland, Maryland

George Washington's Headquarters

This one-room cabin where the young colonel slept during the French and Indian War.

Cumberland, Maryland

LaVale Toll Gate House

Maryland's first (and last standing) toll house on America's first federal road established the state as the "Gateway to the West."
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The basement jail cell, with its rare yellow bricks.

Frostburg, Maryland

The Jail in the Gunter Hotel

The antique hotel still has a jail in the basement, though the cockfighting ring is long gone.
8 miles from Cumberland

Frostburg, Maryland

God's Ark of Safety

A steel skeleton is all that exists of what is supposed to be a replica of Noah's Ark
8 miles from Cumberland
Lonaconing Furnace

Lonaconing, Maryland

Lonaconing Furnace

The first blast furnace in the United States that used coal and coke fuel instead of charcoal to make pig iron.
12 miles from Cumberland
One of the many floors of spinning machines

Lonaconing, Maryland

Klotz Throwing Company

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.
12 miles from Cumberland
Historical signage covering Lefty Grove’s life and times

Lonaconing, Maryland

Lefty Grove Memorial Park

A coal town pitcher who became a record-setting legend, then came home to serve
13 miles from Cumberland
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