We're in NC, the Raleigh area, and we love a good antique store. We lived south in Fayetteville (2005-2007) and spent a lot of weekends in Cameron and at the annual Liberty Antique Festival. I agree that many stores have gone out of business. Hope you enjoy your travels.

If you want a weekend in Charlotte:

10 best antique shops Charlotte July 2021

And the #1 is moving even closer to my house later this year.

Wish I could give you some great suggestions but as you said a few of the local stores in H'ville have or are in process of closing. Needful Things is still operating but IMO its a huge collection of not much that's interesting - but I don't know the type of thing you like to look at/for. Are you interested in true antiques or musty old places where you can dig for a treasure? Or stores with fun vintage stuff? Or nice consignment of new/vintage/old? Pre-covid a friend and I went on regular excursions to outlying burgs looking for interesting junque stores to explore. Looking forward to getting back to that.

Thank you ladies. I edited my post because we actually head out of NC into SC at or near a little town called Landrum (which did btw have some good antique shops last time we were there).

@DLM2000-GW I love real antiques and I love to dig for a treasure but I am not crazy about junk stores. Nice consignment stores would be good too. I see people who find great things at Good Will, etc. but not here near me. My husband and I love to antique and we have been a few times as the pandemic has died down. One good thing is if we go on a week day - there are very few others shopping, so we have felt safe.

I know there is the big store still in Asheville, down near the river (I believe it flooded once) and I have found a few things there but that place is HUGE and I get overwhelmed and tired!

I'm sure we will find at least a place or two, and we will enjoy the outdoors too and just getting away for a few days!

I don't know if any of you are close to Black Mt., but there used to be an antique store there, with quite a bit of items outside. They had a PET ROOSTER, it was kind of their mascot. I am thinking that place has closed though.

If you think of any stores let me know! My sis and I and our husbands will visit here or there a couple of times a year I'm sure, but we were trying to come up with some places in between where we could meet up for a couple of days. They enjoy antiques too.

I do google before hand when I know what cities we will be in. I'll take a look before we go to see what's left in the area. Thanks.

Tina I think your talking about Antique Tobacco Barn on Swannanoa River Road. It's still there and there are two or three more places (can't remember names) up the road. Not heated or cooled so IMO anything antique of real value is destroyed by the environment. Sweeten Creek Antiques is near there as is The Screen Door. BUT - if you are going to be in Landrum, head to the Greenville area and you'll find lots of places in a Google search but do check out Cottage Grove Vintage - one of my favorite places. They have a nice instagram account and do daily stories about things in the shop. Check in Inman, SC (sorry can't remember names) and also Tryon, NC has some fun shops and a great little place for lunch. And Brevard has a great walkable downtown (have lunch or dinner at The Square Root), Underground Salvage and several antique stores.

edited to add - in H'ville check Feather your Nest for high quality consignment and The Marketplace on Locust

@DLM2000-GW yes, it is the Tabacco Barn. I knew it was still there as it has not been that long since we went. We've also been to Sweeten Creek and The Screen Door. We are about two hours from the area. We will not be far from Brevard next week, so may check that out. We've been there before (used to have friends who lived there) but not sure if we have checked out the antique stores. Greenville is a good idea for a meetup with my sister and BIL! Thank you! Also, Inman and Tyron may be - I'll keep those in mind for future trips.

Thank you for the Hendersonville suggestions - we will definitely check those out!

Thanks for all the suggestions! Some of these suggestions will be used in future trips - as my sister and BIL and the Mr. & myself will probably have some meet-ups along the way as they have moved to SC.

We spent 5 days in NC and let me tell you - the weather was glorious! We had some overcast times, but the temps were great! The high on Tuesday or Wednesday was 77!! We stayed in Black Mt. and spent some time there. We drove into Marion one day and found some antique shops there. We drove one day to Morganton. We met up with a good friend in Waynesville at a great place to eat and that town is adorable! We checked out a few spots but we definitely want to go back and explore further. Of course we went into Asheville for dinner one evening and had to check out some fav spots. As always, Asheville was hoppin! @User @kswl (you've got two user names!!) we drove up through Montreat - always a favorite. I had expected the mountain laurel bloom period to be over, but we were lucky to see some. Apparently someone is wanting to put a motel in the area - we saw several yards with signs that said "Stop the Motel". It's such a lovely area. So great weather, beautiful scenery, yummy good, time with a friend and a few treasures! A great time! Thanks again!! (PS we didn't drive into Hendersonville this time around. I fully intend to check out the antique store DLM mentioned on a future trip!)

oooohhhhhh!! Wait for me!!! I want to go too!