Nobody told the Cataract General Store near Spencer, Indiana that it was supposed to be a relic, so it just kept going and going and going.
More than 160 years after it first opened its doors, this beloved gathering place is still very much alive, still fully stocked, and still capable of making a grown adult stand in the candy aisle with a look of pure, uncomplicated joy on their face.
That’s a special kind of achievement, and it deserves to be talked about.
The Cataract General Store sits in the small community of Cataract in Owen County, tucked into a corner of Indiana that most people from the bigger cities haven’t spent nearly enough time exploring…