Squashapenny Junction Antiques

I took one look at the «Rules» sign and thought I was back in high school. No cell phones, no purses, no… It was way too dark to see anything easily, maybe because the prices are too high for the quality of the items. This place has no ventilation and hasn’t been cleaned in about a century.

Lots of stuff, but it’s true: all the rules are seriously weird. If you try to look aroud outside, they make up new ones on the fly.

This place is seriously cool. Seriously. The selection of unique general store and apothecary items is unsurpassed. You could easily visit 100 times and still not see it all.
The only ding that I would offer is that while the shopkeeper is very friendly and knowledgeable, there are a lot of rules. No kids, not touching. I was a little intimidated at first.

It’s a 5 star museum. Seriously. 5 stars. No charge for admission. (Surprisingly)
It’s a one star find and shop store. Take one look because it’ll all you’ll get here for free. Chances are that beyond that they’ll start charging.
Don’t bring your purse in, it’s not allowed, they also know you can’t afford to buy anything in there anyway, so don’t bother. Don’t bring your cell phone in because they know if you take pictures of their outrageously priced old crap, you’ll scare away any poor chumps that might venture to come all the way out to this obscure little town and throw money at these folks.
They were clearly above much conversation during my brief but curious visit, they aren’t above following you around the shop though to make sure you haven’t stuffed anything into your … Oh wait, bags aren’t allowed.
100 year old tricycle — 395 $
Old layered pop up card of human head — 30 $
UK pennies from the 60’s– 1.00 $
Old barbers wooden bowl — 12 $
Old useless 1 in tall apothecary bottle — 29 $
California raisins sign 1 ½ ft –120 $
Book on human skin issues (from the 70s) — 30 $
You get my point.
Beyond bags and phones you also aren’t allowed to touch anything. Seriously. I mean. Anything.

What a wonderful find!
On our way down to North Carolina, we decided to stop at a few antique shops along the way. We debated stopping here because it’s a little ways off the main road. Boy, I’m glad we did.
The items on the front porch alone piqued our curiosity and we weren’t disappointed when we got inside. There is so much to look at. We easily spend about an hour there and that wasn’t nearly enough. There’s items tucked away in every corner of the store. I was fascinated with the medical room to the left of the entrance.
If you’re interested in old medical items, apothecary, or general store supplies, this is the place for you. It reminds me of Obscura in some ways.
There’s also an additional building behind the main store and an interesting little sculpture garden.
We didn’t purchase anything this time but we are definitely going back when we have more time to browse the entire store!

Rarely antiquing before, this place is as good as it gets. They have the most ridiculous odds/​ends that you’ll ever see but all so cool. Who the heck new that all this «junk» can be so expensive?