A Wrong Turn Leads to the Right Places to Shop for Antiques & Vintage!

This isn't the place I thought it was! A serendipitous misdirect leads us to Marion, Illinois and its two big, fun antique malls in this video. We intended to go shopping in the next town up the road, but something tells me there's a reason I was meant to discover this new place! Will we find great old antiques and vintage that our collectors will love?

Our first stop is Marion Antique Mall, which fills an old trackside warehouse with thousands of square feet of cool old stuff. Right away, we find a surprising variety of mid-century modern along with the usual primitives, farmhouse items and cast iron ware we're used to seeing in this part of the country. We can't take the 1900-vintage post office window home with us (even though it's on my 'bucket list'), but we do find deals on a 1970s 'boho' Hawaiian carafe, a Lefton weather reading owl and a really fun 1940s red 'bakelite' (catalin, technically) picnic set in suitcase that have to go home with us.

Elvis may have left the building, but his 1970s throne chair didn't! Our inquiry with the Marion mall owners leads us to another antique mall discovery, when they inform us that just up the railroad tracks is Warehouse Antique Mall.

This second mall is a big surprise, a 1905 brick edifice filled with mostly mid-century modernism, home goods and kitsch that's fun to explore. Resin grape and pendant lamps drip from the ceiling and 1940s barstools offer a fun look for a mid-century kitchen or home bar, while vibrant Empoli glass and kitschy 1970s banks and cookie jars capture our attention. This is a fun town full of cool stuff, and we'll be back to visit our accidental discovery in the future!

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