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==Notable landmarks== * [[God's Ark of Safety]], a roadside landmark, is a skeletal steel structure representing the biblical [[Noah's Ark]] being built on the [[Interstate 68|I-68]] highway hillside since 1976.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cleary |first=Caitlin |url=http://post-gazette.com/pg/06106/682602-85.stm |title=If the flood comes too soon, this ark won't be quite ready |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080918074215/http://post-gazette.com/pg/06106/682602-85.stm |archive-date=2008-09-18 |newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]] |date=April 16, 2006 |access-date=April 16, 2006}}</ref> * The Frostburg Palace Theatre is located on 31 east Main Street. Since as early as 1907, the local people of Frostburg have gone there to see good films. In 1912, the Palace Theatre company bought the building and remodeled it as a movie theatre until 1981. Beginning in 1981, it rooted itself into the community through having local school performances. The theatre shows foreign, classic and independent films.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.frostburgpalace.org/ |title=The Palace Theatre β Classic, Foreign, and Independent Films}}</ref> * The [[Great Allegheny Passage]] is a {{convert|150|mi|km|adj=on}} system of biking and hiking trails for the public that connects Cumberland, MD to Pittsburgh, PA.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Great Allegheny Passage |url=http://www.atatrail.org/ |access-date=August 25, 2013 |date=2013}}</ref> * [[Frostburg State University]] was founded in 1898. Beginning as a university for teachers, Frostburg became a liberal arts school in 1960. Today, Frostburg State University has 4,755 undergraduate students, 630 graduates, and an 18:1 student faculty ratio.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://frostburg.edu/ |title=Frostburg State University - Frostburg State University}}</ref> * The historic Hotel Gunter first opened on New Years Day in 1897, with a barber shop, petting zoo, and jail inside. [[United States Marshals Service|US Marshals]] would often stay at the hotel when transporting prisoners down [[U.S. Route 40 in Maryland|Route 40]] to Washington DC, and the jail was built to hold said prisoners. The hotel opened a [[speakeasy]] and cockfighting ring during prohibition. As of 2023, the building has a restaurant, apartments, and 12 hotel rooms.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hotel Gunter |url=http://www.mdmountainside.com/hotel-gunter |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Allegany County, The Mountain Side of Maryland |language=EN-US}}</ref>
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