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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Lonaconing

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Lonaconing, Maryland

Updated June 19, 2026
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Lonaconing, Maryland

Klotz Throwing Company

A remarkable time capsule of American manufacturing deep in Maryland coal country.
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.
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Lonaconing, Maryland

Lefty Grove Memorial Park

A coal town pitcher who became a record-setting legend, then came home to serve
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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
5 miles from Lonaconing
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.
6 miles from Lonaconing

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."
8 miles from Lonaconing
Casselman’s River Bridge today

Grantsville, Maryland

Casselman River Bridge

This beautiful stone arch bridge wasn't even expected to stand for one day, but people have been crossing it for centuries.
12 miles from Lonaconing
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