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Unique and Unusual Stores Across America

OddStopsUSA is a directory of unique and unusual stores across the United States—places where the shop itself is part of the experience. Explore oddity shops, historic general stores, roadside trading posts, sprawling surplus stores, museum shops, hobby destinations, and other hard-to-classify places across all 50 states. Some are weird, some are historic, some are wildly specific, and some combine categories in ways that make them hard to explain until you visit. Use the directory to search by state, place, store type, or product category, switch to the map, or browse state by state to find a stop worth adding to your next trip.

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  • Hardware, tools and farm supplies inside Slanesville General Store
    WV

    Slanesville, WV

    Slanesville General Store

    Nicknamed the 'Slanesville Mall,' this country store crams groceries, hardware, farm supplies, fuel, a café and deli into the same community hub as a bank and post office.

    Slanesville General Store may be the purest 'what kind of store is this?' entry in West Virginia, functioning at once as a retailer, restaurant, farm-supply house and small-town service center.

    Food & drinkGrocery & pantryHardware & toolsFarm & gardenOutdoor, hunting & fishingApparel & footwearHome goods & furnitureAutomotive & mechanicalPets & animalsServices & repairsFuel & convenienceGifts, novelty & souvenirsOther
    Food & drinkGrocery & pantryHardware & tools+10 more
  • South of the Border’s giant Pedro figure spanning the Mexico Shop East building in Hamer
    SC

    Hamer, SC

    South of the Border

    A vast I-95 roadside complex where multiple souvenir shops, restaurants, fuel and lodging cluster beneath a 200-foot observation tower and giant signs, with an indoor reptile attraction beside the active retail.

    South of the Border is a single destination-scale roadside complex combining souvenir retail and traveler services with monumental architecture and a separately ticketed reptile attraction.

    Food & drinkApparel & footwearToys, games & hobbiesGifts, novelty & souvenirsFuel & convenienceOther
    Food & drinkApparel & footwearToys, games & hobbies+3 more
  • Wide interior of the St. Regis Travel Center gift shop with jewelry, bath products and other Montana merchandise displays
    MT

    St. Regis, MT

    St. Regis Travel Center

    A St. Regis highway stop where a 24-hour convenience store and fuel station open into a sprawling Montana gift shop, huckleberry-shake grill, fudge-and-ice-cream counter, casino and a free live-trout aquarium with a cylindrical 360-degree viewing area.

    St. Regis Travel Center takes the interstate gas-stop formula and layers on enough retail, food and live-animal spectacle to function as a roadside destination.

    Food & drinkGrocery & pantryApparel & footwearHome goods & furnitureToys, games & hobbiesGifts, novelty & souvenirsFuel & convenienceOther
    Food & drinkGrocery & pantryApparel & footwear+5 more

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What Makes an OddStop?

An OddStop is more than a store with an unusual product. It is a place where the retail experience, history, setting, collection, or mix of uses makes the stop memorable. That can mean an old general store still serving its community, an oddities shop filled with curiosities, a hobby destination built around racing, or a market, museum, roadside attraction, or workshop that also happens to be a place to shop. OddStopsUSA focuses on places worth understanding as destinations, not just businesses in a category.

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