Remember when a trip to the big-box store meant blue light specials and the smell of popcorn wafting through cavernous aisles? That era is nearly gone, but one Florida location refuses to fade away.
Tucked inside a busy shopping plaza, this store is the last of its kind in the continental United States. It first opened its doors in November 1977, nearly fifty years ago.
Today, it operates out of a fraction of its original footprint, hidden in what used to be the garden department. A hurricane temporarily closed it in 2020, but it reopened the next month…