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A Stop at the Antique Mall in Saint Paul


While driving yesterday with kid two in Saint Paul, she says “Before I die, I want to go to an antique store.” A block later, we passed the Mall of St. Paul (aka the Antique Mall). Located on the corner of Selby and Fairview, I’ve probably driven by that place a thousand times, but never went in. Until now.

The place was huge – two sides on the first floor, plus a large basement jammed floor to ceiling with a lot of junk, er, treasure. The kid was in heaven, grinning from ear to ear the entire two hours we spent browsing.

We ended up only spending three dollars this time, but the kid said all she wants for Christmas is money to spend there. I was a little sad to find a lot of things there I remembered from growing up, but it was cool too. A few samples:

Originally published by DK on February 11, 2012 at 1:38 pm in Family, Mini Posts, Pop Culture


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