Built on the site of a canal-era warehouse, it excellent serves bar-style food. According to their website, the Warehouse Steak n’ Stein was built around 1838. The building served not only as a warehouse for canal cargo but also as a general merchandise store. For a short time, it also housed as the Roscoe Post Office. Photo by Michael Nicodemus
We tried the “legendary” onion rings which were great. Photo from Warehouse Steak n’ Stein’s Facebook Page
Country Drives
Much of Ohio is dedicated to agriculture, but none is as lovely as the last vestiges of the Appalachian foothills of northeast Ohio. Photo by Michael Nicodemus
You might wonder why anyone would build the country’s largest inland lighthouse. Well, um, anyway, this 65 foot lighthouse was built by Gospel Hill Ministries and features a beautiful view, a beautiful drive, and a prayer room. Maybe, after a few more years of climate change, it will be by the water! Photo by Michael Nicodemus
Longaberger Basket
Not much to say here: building shaped like a basket. It is currently empty. It is located at 1500 East Main Street in Newark, Ohio and can easily be seen from Ohio Route 16.
According to Atlas Obscura, “The Big Basket, which opened in 1997, is a scaled-up version of Longaberger’s signature Medium Market Basket. Most of the cherry wood used in the Big Basket came from the grounds of the Longaberger Golf Club in Hanover. The Big Basket also boasts two enormous handles, heated during the winter to thaw ice.” Photo by Michael Nicodemus
We were kind of tired at this point, so we just did some of the trail and did not make it to the gorge proper. There are ten miles of beautiful wooded trails featuring old hardwood trees, butterflies, birds, and wildflowers. The gorge is cut out of blackhand limestone and there are vestiges of the Ohio-Erie Canal, which cut through the gorge. Photo by Michael Nicodemus