Oddities & Such — Local services in Carrboro

My wife and I are way into antiques. We have been looking for a new spot in the area, and I stumbled across Oddities and Such from Google. We stopped in today, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to have found this spot. This is such a cool place, filled to the brim with carefully curated treasures and we felt honored to look around. But, if I’m being honest, our time with Big Red really made our day. Richard is a wonderful guy who cheerfully greeted us at the door. We struck up a conversation and ended up finding he likes orange soda. We had to run to the ATM to get cash (this place is cash only) and we picked him up an ice cold orange soda as a little surprise. In our conversation, I found out that our birthdays are one day apart. He started calling me Little Red (because of my red hair) and shared stories with us about his childhood and his past adventures. All in all, today we left this shop feeling excited for the wonderful things we found and fulfilled from the time we got to spend with our new friend, Big Red. Seriously, I’ll be back like once a week now, not only to check out the new finds but to check in on one of the coolest guys I...

Recently moved here from MI and only brought what could fit in my van. I've gone to a few other stores and this should have been my first stop. This place is small but it has a lot to offer. Richard is the owner and a native to chapel hill/ carrboro. He will hat with you and tell you about the area. The store takes cash or check. He will bring your item out to the car for you. Awesome place, highly...

My husband and I took the day for antiquing and we ran across Odyssey and Such. Definately full of vintage and antiques. We found some vintage building blocks, Lego type, for our grandson, from the seventies. The owner, Richard, was very interesting and a pleasure to speak with. Loved his story of the peach tree growing next to his...