Some of the best Saturdays in Nebraska start with a building that looks like nothing from the highway. A low metal roof, a gravel lot, maybe a hand-painted sign, and then you walk inside and the aisles just keep going.
Rows of booths stacked with cast iron, vinyl, Pyrex, old license plates, and furniture somebody’s grandmother polished for forty years. Bring patience and comfortable shoes, because these six places are big enough to eat an entire day and you’ll still miss a corner.
1. Brass Armadillo Antique Mall – Omaha
Rows and rows. That’s the first thing that registers when you walk into the Omaha location at 10666 Sapp Brothers Dr, where the aisles run long enough that you lose track of which one you already covered.
Countless dealers stock this place, and the range is close to absurd: vintage clothing, pressed glass, stacks of records, shelves of figurines, mid-century furniture, and locked cases full of small collectibles. Hot Wheels collectors do well here, since several booths keep vintage die-cast in rotation…