Rough and Ready Rare Finds — Local services in Castle Shannon

What an awesome place!!! Just moved to Pittsburgh and this has got to be one of the neatest and most unique shops within a 50 mile radius. My girls and I had so much fun looking through the collection of oddities and diverse artworks. I wish we could've stayed longer but lunchtime was approaching. We did discover the amazing creations by a husband and wife team and had to "adopt" some of their creatures into our family. We will certainly return...the owner is great and so is his sweet and amicable co-worker Charlie who loves attention. I assume parking may be a challenge, but I didn't ask if there was a lot? We parked on Park Dr and walked about a block and a half. You'll have to cross Willow Dr, the train tracks and Castle Shannon Blvd but it's doable. Highly recommend a visit, especially if you are into one of a kind pieces, this place has tons of them! : D

Cant stop adding to the collection!!! #roughandready...

This place was very cool!

We were greeted by the sweetest little dog on the planet when we walked through the door. The little guy also trailed behind us while we explored and it was very sweet! I loved him. Haha!

The owner was super kind and shares a lot of information about the pieces in the shop. It is rather small, but is a home to some strange things. If you're like me, and like the creepy, this place is worth a stop. The back room had a lot of cool dead stuff in jars and some amazing anatomical illustrations from the 1800's.

I will definitely keep visiting here to see what new stuff they get in, because the owner has an eye for the weird! And I'm about that!

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I can’t fully word how wonderful this place is, the owner was incredibly friendly and his door greeter (a sweet little dog!) we’re welcoming. After that the selection of antiques and oddities were abundant, lots of little hidden treasures as well as some larger than life selections of things you won’t find anywhere else. My boyfriend and I were especially attracted to the back room which is filled with a diverse selection of items (we mostly admired the animal skulls ). My only issue was that I didn’t bring enough money as I would’ve probably left with half of the taxidermied animals!

I definitely recommend coming here if you want to find something...