Lee's Legendary Marbles & Collectibles — Attraction in York

OK, it sounds boring, right? Marbles? Really? Let me tell you, I have visited this museum four times, because it's that fascinating! Twice, the store's namesake, Lee, has been there when I was, and he's happy to tell you anything you might want to know about marbles. Bring your marbles in, and he will tell you how old they are, whether they were machine or hand made, what they may be worth as collectibles, etc. Did you know there used to be glow in the dark marbles that glowed because they were radioactive? He has some on display! How about Chinese Checkers games? On display! How about rare ancient marbles? On display! There are literally hundreds of thousands of marbles here.

If you like other things, the back of the store and adjoining buildings are filled with antiques and collectibles of all types (and there's clearly some worthless junk, too). I really recommend stopping here for an hour or two.

Free admission. You can buy stuff there if you want: Marbles, antiques, coins, various...

We're not really into collectibles, nor marbles, but my wife and I made this a planned stop on our vacation after reading about Lee and his lifetime of collecting. We did not get to meet Lee, but the young man running the place when we arrived was very nice and spent his time telling us about Lee and marbles and some of the lifestyle of marble collecting. It was entertaining and interesting. I did purchase a little hand-blown marble from the 1800's as a memory for the shelf at home, and my wife purchased a cute jar of marbles for the living room. This is not a fancy, high-end place. It is a down-home, comfortable store that is worth the time to wander around and see. It is filled with far more than marbles, though the marbles are in massive presence all around. I do recommend a stop, for 5 or 50 minutes, if for no other reason that to acknowledge a lifetime dedicated to a...

Went here last year on our trip from Michigan to Utah. Was SO excited when I found out that there was a marble museum when we looked for attractions in the area where we stayed the night in York. It was closed by the time we got settled in and learned the museum was there but first thing I thought about when I woke up was going there. AWESOME PLACE!!! They have millions of marbles from recent years to really old, tons of coins and antiques!! I bought 3 really cool marbles from a bin for I think $2.00 each. I LOVE THEM and display them at home. We are currently in the car again driving from Michigan to Utah and I just can’t stop talking about how excited I am to VISIT AGAIN and buy more marbles!! We have not even driven out of Michigan yet! HIGHLY RECOMMEND VISITING THIS GEM OF A SHOP!! Can’t wait to get there!!! LEE IS AN INCREDIBLE GUY!!! REALLY COOL,...