Hidden behind palm trees and Florida sunshine sits The Mercantile Antiques & Uniques in Altamonte Springs – a veritable wonderland of yesteryear that somehow remains one of Central Florida’s best-kept secrets despite deserving a spotlight brighter than a Miami Beach summer day.
Time travel is real, folks – it just happens to be housed in a white building with elegant black columns instead of a DeLorean.
The Mercantile isn’t playing the same game as those tourist-trap antique stores where everything is overpriced and under-interesting.
This place operates on a different frequency altogether – one where authentic treasures await at prices that won’t require a second mortgage on your beachfront condo…