hotelHotel Impossible · Season 3, Episode 7 · Aired September 23, 2013
Lankford Hotel
Ocean City, Maryland
Good outcome here: the business is still trading today.
What happened after
Historic oceanfront hotel (est. 1929), 100 feet from boardwalk; official site directly fetched, active officialbookings.com reservation system.
What happened on the show
Down on the Ocean City, Maryland, boardwalk, the Lankford was a historic oceanfront hotel dating to 1929, sitting barely a hundred feet from the sand with a location most boardwalk properties would envy. The episode, Boardwalk Gold, captured the paradox: a genuine seaside asset that was not being mined for what it was worth. A historic hotel steps from the Atlantic should fill itself in season, so any shortfall pointed to operation and presentation rather than address. Melchiorri inspected each room and the front-desk routine at 807 North Atlantic Avenue, then pushed the owners to honor the 1929 character while lifting the stay to match the premier boardwalk position. The prescription was one any regular viewer would recognize for a location-blessed historic property: protect the heritage, deliver a clean and confident experience, and turn a golden boardwalk address into a deliberate choice for travelers.
After the cameras left
The Lankford is still trading on its boardwalk gold. As of our 2026 verification the historic oceanfront hotel, established in 1929, is open, with a directly checked official site running an active reservation system, positioned at 8th Street and the boardwalk about a hundred feet from the beach. Its traveler-review profile carries a strong four-and-a-half-star average across a couple hundred entries. Nearly a century old and steps from the Atlantic, the hotel is doing exactly what the show told it to. Confirmed operating as of 2026.
Sources
Confidence: high. Last checked 2026-07-19.
What is there now
Street imagery via Google Maps. Location approximate.