There’s something almost spiritual about the hunt for secondhand treasures – that moment when you spot the perfect vintage lamp hiding between a stack of old magazines.
At Brightleaf Flea Market in Smithfield, North Carolina, that spiritual experience comes with an endless square foot of hunting grounds.
You know those places that make you feel like you’ve stumbled into an alternate dimension where time doesn’t quite work the same way?
Where you walk in thinking “I’ll just browse for 20 minutes” and suddenly it’s three hours later and you’re haggling over a ceramic rooster you didn’t know you needed until this very moment?…