Raising Up the Rust Belt

Photo by Maria Khoroshilova
Photos courtesy Explore Licking County
River Road Coffeehouse, at 26 N. Park Pl., a great place to park for the afternoon and get work done before you stroll Newark and head to the farmers market.
The Works: Ohio Center for History, Art and Technology at 55 S. 1st St. in the former Scheidler Machine Works building, built in 1882. The Works is a Smithsonian affiliate institution and prides itself on “being more than a museum.” Featured here is the glass blowing studio with an artist from Pittsburgh.
The Louis Sullivan Building (one of only eight banks designed by the American architect).
A flight of sodas from Market Street Soda Works, including black cherry soda and root beer.