Meet Your Mummy at Ye Olde Curiosity Shop
At the foot of Pier 54, right next door to Ivar’s Acres of Clams, is one of the oddest, most compellingly weird shops that I have ever entered — Ye Olde Curiosity Shop. It’s part museum, part store, and has been a part of Seattle history for over 107 years.
There’s a story behind the store, just as there’s a story behind the items in the store, and at the heart of it all is a man named Joseph Standley. As a third grader, he won a prize for having the neatest desk. The prize was a book about the wonders …read more
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