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Hội An, Vietnam

Nam Trân

This antique shop offers affordable 15th-century Vietnamese ceramics salvaged from a local shipwreck.

Rosario, Argentina

Pasaje Pan

This 19th-century shopping arcade has charming, unusual stores like a luthier workshop and even the local Esperanto Association.

Madison Dry Goods Museum

Madison, North Carolina

Madison Dry Goods and Country Store

The upstairs museum delves into the Lawson family murder, whose eight victims were embalmed at this store in 1929.

Indonesia’s first escalator

Jakarta, Indonesia

Indonesia’s first escalator

The country’s first escalator is located in department store filled with batiks and beautiful Indonesian products.

Little Compton, Rhode Island

Gray's General Store

Founded in 1788, this Rhode Island institution is the oldest operating general store in America.

Grabill, Indiana

Grabill Country Sales

A bakery and variety store filled with an extensive taxidermy collection.

Various Objects. Little Five Points. 2022.

Atlanta, Georgia

Rainy Day Revival

An oddity shop filled with taxidermy, funerary memorabilia, and more.

Inside the shop

Morganton, North Carolina

Green Eggs and Jam

An eclectic store sells obscure vinyl recordings of Charles Manson and Jim Jones, along with many other oddities.

There's sustainably sourced taxidermy in spades.

A Dozen Places Around the Country to Find That Perfect, Peculiar Gift

Treat yourself, too, with a visit to these odd shops.

Jonathan Carey November 29, 2022

Guitars and vintage punk posters

Vancouver, Washington

Briz Loan & Guitar

Along with used instruments, this pawn shop has pieces of music history on display.

Best Video Film and Cultural Center

Hamden, Connecticut

Best Video Film & Cultural Center

This Connecticut video store has a vast and varied archive that contains everything from 'Koyaanisqatsi' to 'The King's Speech.'

The Confessional Secret Room

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Hidden South Confessional

Inside this art and oddity-filled shop, a small room filled with secrets.

One Street: Georgetown Neighborhood, Seattle

Sponsored by Visit Seattle

High Amana General Store

High Amana General Store

Step back in time while shopping inside this local store.

Hollywood, Florida

Old Ghosts of Hollywood

An oddity shop inspired by the history of the circus.

Atlanta, Georgia

RONDO Distributing Co.

For the last eight decades, this curious shop has been ridding Atlanta of bad juju.

Instruments at Dusty Strings

Seattle, Washington

Dusty Strings

This music school doubles as a store for unique, hand-crafted, and hard-to-find instruments.

Twenty Sided Store

Brooklyn, New York

The Grundhauser Hero Lending Library

"Leave a He-Man, Take a Transformer" and share a story about your real-life superhero.