Secondhand items never go out of fashion. There’s always a collector who spends hours in thrift stores and flea markets hunting for that one special thing. Some have mostly junk. Others offer higher-end items.
Some flea markets have a mix of both and offer amazing secondhand shopping experiences. These are the best flea markets in America.
30. 127 Yard Sale
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Location: Through several states covering 690 miles from Addison, Michigan, to Gadsden, Alabama
When: The first Thursday through Sunday in August of each year
What makes the 127 Yard Sale great: The ultimate road trip for bargain hunters, the 127 Yard Sale spans six states down U.S. Highway 127 and allows you to see a little of rural America while hunting for a good bargain.
RV enthusiasts, antique dealers, and people who simply love to haggle take to the highway, which is littered with sales in hundreds of front yards and parking lots, although there are an equal number of commercial vendors to choose from.
29. Long Beach Flea Market
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Location: Long Beach California
When: Every third Sunday of the month
What makes the Long Beach Flea Market great: Good Housekeeping has called the Long Beach Flea Market one of the 10 best flea markets in the country, and it's easy to see why.
It was established in 1982 and now has over 800 vendors selling vintage items, crafts, plants and more.
Make sure to arrive early if you want to see everything, including the occasional celebrity.
28. Maine Antiques Festival
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Location: Union, Maine
When: The first weekend of August each year
What makes the Maine Antiques Festival great: The Maine Antiques Festival has been a must-do for lovers of antiques and quality vintage goods for over 40 years.
More than 150 vendors come around the country to display their wares, which include everything from jewelry, rugs, apparel, and furniture to repurposed items and crafts.
For those who love Maine cuisine, the flea market’s local food vendors are highly recommended.
27. First Monday Trade Days
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Location: Canton, Texas
When: Thursday through Sunday before the first Monday of every month
What makes First Monday Trade Days great: They say everything is bigger in Texas, and its flea markets are no exception. First Monday boasts up to 6,000 vendors. It started in the 1870s (yes, you read that right) when local residents would gather to barter their wares.
First Monday is a mix of flea market, farmers market and state fair. Over 400,000 people attend, so if you plan on going, get there early.
26. Scott Antique Market
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Location: Atlanta, Georgia
When: Thursday to Sunday on the second weekend of each month
What makes the Scott Antique Market great: Three thousand five hundred vendors from around the world wheel and deal at the Scott Antique Market, which is said to be one of the world's largest indoor flea markets. That means it’s open rain or shine.
The market is a favorite of interior designers, as it boasts home accessories and furniture of every period.
25. Springfield Antique Show & Flea Market Extravaganza
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Location: Clark County, Ohio
When: Nine times a year over one weekend from January through November with two Extravaganza flea markets in May and September
What makes the Springfield Antique Show & Flea Market Extravaganza great: Several hundred vendors occupy both outdoor and indoor spaces selling everything from pottery and crafts to antiques and vintage apparel.
But the fun really ratchets up in May and September with its Extravaganza markets, which have over 2,000 vendors, bands and food trucks, making the event more like a festival than a flea market.
24. PCC Flea Market
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Location: Pasadena, California
When: The first Sunday of every month
What makes the PCC Flea Market great: With just 400 vendors, the PCC Flea Market at Pasadena City College is more intimate than the Rose Bowl and a lot less overwhelming. Vendors here sell everything from high-end antiques to cheap rummage sale items.
Attention record collectors: PCC is also notable for its record swap meet. It is the only flea market in Southern California to have a section dedicated to vinyl and music memorabilia.
23. Elephant’s Trunk Country Flea Market
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Location: New Milford, Connecticut
When: Every Sunday, April through December (weather permitting)
What makes Elephant’s Trunk Country Flea Market Great: When Elephant’s Trunk began in 1976, there were only 15 vendors. Since then, it has grown to over 500. With a different mix of sellers, merchandise and food trucks each week, you never know what you might find here.
Today, Elephant’s Trunk Country Flea Market is a favorite of locals and visitors alike and features something for everyone, including antiques, crafts and fresh produce. It has become so popular it’s even been featured in a few seasons of TV’s "Flea Market Flip."
22. Golden Nugget Antique Flea Market
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Location: Lambertville, New Jersey
When: Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays each week
What makes the Golden Nugget Antique Flea Market great: Collectors love this fabulous flea market in Lambertville, which also is home to several antique shops.
Vendors sell everything from vintage items to fabric and plants and are known to be friendly and willing to offer a deal.
This flea market occasionally features shows within it (for example, an antique train show), so check the Golden Nugget website for its event schedule.
21. Brooklyn Flea Market
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Location: Brooklyn, New York
When: Every weekend through October
What makes the Brooklyn Flea Market great: A favorite destination of Travel + Leisure, Country Living, and a host of other publications and websites, the vendors sell quality vintage clothing, furniture, and antiques as well as handmade crafts by local artisans.
You may also meet your future significant other while seeking out one-of-a-kind bargains here. Time Out has named it one of the city’s "Essential Pick-Up Spots."
20. Marburger Farm Antique Show
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Location: Round Top, Texas
When: Two weekends a year in October and March
What makes the Marburger Farm Antique Show great: If you’re looking for something more intimate when searching for treasures, check out Marburger’s 300 vendors who come to this small Texas town from all over the world to sell their wares.
This flea market caters to just about everyone from interior designers to collectors and bargain hunters. It's primarily known for its quality furnishings and home accessories.
19. Brimfield Antique Show
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Location: Brimfield, Massachusetts
When: Six days in May, July and September of every year
What makes the Brimfield Antique Show great: Make sure to wear your best walking shoes when attending Brimfield because it’s big — very big. While it appears to be one event, the flea market is made up of over 20 individually owned show fields.
You may not be able to see them all on the same day because their openings stagger throughout the event. However, if there’s something you’re specifically looking for, you have a good likelihood of finding it because of the diversity of sellers here.
Spending a few days in the area is your best bet for finding your favorite collectible.
18. Chelsea Flea Market
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Location: New York City, New York
When: Every Saturday and Sunday all year long
What makes the Chelsea Flea Market great: There is a romanticism to the Chelsea Flea Market that few other flea markets possess. As one of the last neighborhood bazaars in New York, famous collector, artist, and pop culture icon, Andy Warhol used to roam the stalls here looking for the ultimate bargain.
The Chelsea Flea Market offers an eclectic variety of goods with a surprise around every corner. Would you expect anything less from the Big Apple?
17. The Raleigh Market
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Location: Raleigh, North Carolina
When: Saturdays and Sundays every weekend
What makes the Raleigh Market great: North Carolina’s largest flea market is home to 500 vendors and draws thousands of shoppers each weekend looking for the ultimate collectible.
It features goods from local artisans as well as vintage furniture, clothing and jewelry and even fresh produce.
Bargain hunters and serious collectors alike make this their one-stop shop in the Tar Heel State.
16. Providence Flea Market
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Location: Providence, Rhode Island
When: Spring through fall every Sunday
What makes the Providence Flea Market great: There are plenty of vintage and antique items here, but the Providence Flea prides itself on not being the usual flea market.
There aren’t any "junk" items. There are record and comic dealers, plant and flower vendors, and handmade items by local artisans.
Shoppers also rave about the food. There are at least a dozen trucks parked nearby with something for everyone’s palate.
15. Antique World Market
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Location: Clarence, New York
When: Saturdays and Sundays from April to September (outdoors), Saturdays and Sundays year-round (indoors)
What makes Antique World Market great: Western New York is the best-kept secret when it comes to flea market collectibles, since it is not as picked through as larger cities. Antique World Market offers something for everyone — collectibles and antiques as well as practical bargains.
It also hosts an event called the Great American Garage Sale on the first Sunday of each month from May to October, with even more vendors selling a wider variety of items.
14. Spence's Bazaar
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Location: Dover, Delaware
When: Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays all year long
What makes Spence's Bazaar great: Spence’s has been a big part of the Dover community for over 85 years.
Its success boils down to the wide variety of items it offers, including vintage records, books, clothes, furniture and home accessories, as well as farmers market products and even Amish foods and crafts.
There is also an auction every Tuesday and Friday on various items.
13. Nashville Flea Market
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Location: Nashville, Tennessee
When: The fourth weekend of every month
What makes the Nashville Flea Market great: Often ranked on best flea market lists, the Nashville Flea Market boasts up to 1,200 vendors who make their way to the grounds from over 30 states to offer their wares to bargain hunters and serious collectors.
Buyers can find antiques, vintage furniture, knick-knacks, specialty foods, beauty items, leather goods and crafts made by local artisans.
12. Fremont Sunday Market
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Location: Seattle, California
When: Every Sunday all year long
What makes the Fremont Sunday Market great: Seattle’s Fremont Sunday Market is open rain or shine, which is perfect for those days in the Pacific Northwest when all it does is rain.
Its 150 vendors sell vintage clothing, up-cycled furniture, crafts, imports and other collectibles.
Food trucks and stalls from local favorites are also on hand.
11. Original Roundtop Antiques Fair
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Location: Round Top, Texas
When: Three weekends a year in January, March and October
What makes the Original Roundtop Antiques Fair great: For flea market addicts, Round Top, Texas, is a well-known destination among collectors, as it has several year-round shops and antique shows to peruse.
The Original Roundtop Antiques Fair has a wide variety of items, but its vintage Americana items are, bar none, some of the best in the nation and are housed in the 30,000-square-foot Big Red Barn with Texas primitive and continental home furnishings.
10. Urban Flea Market
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Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
When: The second Sunday of every month, except May when it is on the third Sunday. The outdoor portion of the market is over six Sundays from May to October of each year.
What makes the Urban Flea Market great: With vintage collectibles of every kind, the Urban Flea Market is the go-to for collectors of mid-century furniture and pop-culture Americana.
It also features the Rock 'n' Roll Swap Meet, where vendors sell hard-to-find vinyl, rare musical instruments, and memorabilia, including vintage concert tees.
9. Farm Chicks Vintage Fair
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Location: Spokane, Washington
When: One weekend a year during the summer
What makes Farm Chicks Vintage Fair great: Farm Chicks features hundreds of vintage dealers as well as those with handmade wares.
It’s cutely curated with plenty of shabby chic to go around, and the artisans who participate every year offer one of a kind handmade items, from yummy baked goods to delicate crafts.
Event organizers call it the happiest event on earth. Judging by the smiles and hauls we’ve seen, we have to agree.
8. Kane County Flea Market
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Location: St. Charles, Illinois
When: The first Sunday of every month and the preceding Saturday from March to December
What makes the Kane County Flea Market great: Refurbished furniture, holiday decor, rare sports collectibles, and a host of other hard-to-find items are the order of the day at the Kane County Flea Market, which features over 600 vendors each month.
Started in 1967, the flea market is a favorite of locals and travelers alike, so much so that it has earned the title "Best in the Midwest or Anywhere."
7. Lincoln Road Antique & Collectible Market
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Location: Miami Beach, Florida
When: On Mondays between October and May
What makes the Lincoln Road Antique & Collectible Market great: When other flea markets close down for the winter in other parts of the country, Lincoln Road is just opening and is home to snowbirds and locals looking for a good bargain.
Its 125 dealers sell an eclectic mix of goods from the Victorian era through the 1960s, which include home furnishings, clothes, art and even local memorabilia.
6. Renninger’s Mount Dora
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Location: Mount Dora, Florida
When: Every weekend year-round
What makes Renninger’s Mount Dora great: Mount Dora offers 1,000 vendors at two separate markets. Aside from collectibles like vintage furniture, jewelry, crafts, and art, it also offers fresh produce and seafood as well as other delicacies from local restaurants.
Mount Dora has a much larger Antique Extravaganza each November, January and February, as well as guitar shows, auto shows and a vintage garden show. Check its calendar for an exact schedule of events.
5. Alameda Point Antiques Faire
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Location: Alameda, California
When: The first Sunday of every month
What makes Alameda Point Antiques Faire great: With over 800 vendors, this is the largest antiques show in Northern California. Organizers require all items to be at least 20 years old.
Sellers specialize in vintage and antique home accessories and furniture, clothing, pottery, art, books and other fun collectibles. ATMs are also on hand for those deals that are too hard to pass up.
Make sure to wear layers as temperatures can fluctuate wildly.
4. Hawaii All Collectors Show and Wiki Wiki One Day Vintage Shows
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Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
When: One weekend a year (the month varies)
What makes the Hawaii All Collectors Show great: Vintage Hawaiian and tiki items are always hot items, so why not go to the source? Vendors from Oahu, the Outer Islands and the mainland sell here, and it’s strictly vintage with no items under 20 years old.
Features Hawaiiana, tribal art, beads, tiki, koa, mid-century furnishings and fashion and even Hawaiian monarchy items, among others.
3. Athens Schoolhouse Antiques Show
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Location: Lexington, Kentucky
When: The second Sunday of every month
What makes the Athens Schoolhouse Antiques Show great: It’s called the Athen's Schoolhouse Antique show because it is actually located inside an old school.
This flea market features over 70 vendors who deal in everything from early Americana to Victorian and mid-century furniture, knick knacks, art, and accessories.
During the summer, vendors also set up outside on school grounds.
2. Tulsa Flea Market
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Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
When: Some Saturdays from March to September
What makes the Tulsa Flea Market great: With 50,000 square feet of collectibles to choose from, there’s no wonder the Tulsa Flea Market has been a favorite of collectors since the early 1970s. It features a wide array of items, including memorabilia, rare records and books, and primitive furniture.
Sellers come from as far away as Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Texas, and you’ll never know what you’ll find from event to event.
1. Rose Bowl Flea Market
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Location: Pasadena, California
When: The second Sunday of every month
What makes the Rose Bowl Flea Market great: With over 2,500 vendors selling antiques, vintage apparel and local arts and crafts, Pasadena’s Rose Bowl is the premier destination for all things unique in Southern California.
It’s also great for people watching. You’re guaranteed to spot an A-list celebrity who loves a good bargain.