Tucked away on a modest street in Belmont, North Carolina sits a brick building that doesn’t scream “wonderland” from the outside, but step through the doors of Catawba River Antique Mall and you’ve just entered a parallel universe where time is measured in decades past rather than minutes ticking by.
This isn’t just another dusty collection of old stuff—it’s a living, breathing museum where everything’s for sale and every item has a story longer than your last family reunion.
The unassuming exterior at 406 E. Catawba Street gives no hint of the treasures lurking within, like a poker player with a royal flush maintaining a perfect deadpan expression.
The red brick façade stands solid and unpretentious, a fitting guardian for the historical bounty it protects from the elements and passing trends of modern consumerism…