Dunes Antique Center

12825 Red Arrow Highway

Sawyer, MI 49125

269.426.4043

www.dunesantiques.com

We spent this past weekend camping in the Michigan dunes. On the way back, we decided to avoid the mess of 90/94 and instead took the Blue Star Highway and the Red Arrow Highway all the way back. The drive was great, and the local stops gave us fresh produce, a great lunch (fried chicken!), and some good antiquing. The Dunes Antique Center was one mega stop...dozens of booths with a great variety of stuff. Some inside shots below:

Anyone been to the Dunes Antique Center (or have other favorite antique stops along the Lake Michigan coast in Indiana or Michigan)??

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Dunes Antique Center

Location:	12825 Red Arrow Highway Sawyer, MI 49125
Phone:	269.426.4043
Website:	www.dunesantiques.com

Categories:	vintage

Comments (7)

What a great sounding trip! I am familiar with the area, can you be more specific about the route you took? I wasn't aware you could take Red Arrow all the way back to Chicago... I love the regional antique malls of the midwest, which each offer such different fare depending on the surrounding area's population. Also where did you camp?

posted by pinkuschi on July 17th 2007 at 7:54am
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Are cattle skulls EVERYWHERE? Seriously, are they?

posted by Kurt on July 17th 2007 at 9:48am
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pinkuschi:
we took Red Arrow to South Blvd ( i think?!), which turns into Rt 41, then LSD. it twists and turns a bit, but was much more interesting looking out the window than at other cars on 94!

we camped just outside of South Haven.

it was a gorgeous weekend!

posted by heather on July 17th 2007 at 2:48pm
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dunes antique center is one of my favorites! we used to live in sw-mich and found an amazing wood, leather-top desk for just $175. it's probably the best in that area for lots of good stuff in a variety of price ranges. there was a post a little while back where i left a comment on more places i'd recommend: http://chicago.apartmenttherapy.com/chicago/midwest/retro-modern-025360#comments

just an fyi, i've heard glen arbor is also a great place to camp, which is a few more hours north but also a several coast towns in that area that are worth a weekend exploring. hot, hot florida summer is making me miss the beautiful summers in sw-michigan!

posted by jhayne on July 17th 2007 at 3:44pm
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i love the michigan-indiana-illinois coast. some of the best antiques around. the dunes is one of my favorite places. it is so unassuming from the outside one wouldn't know what great finds await inside.

posted by Ellehsal Nerak on July 17th 2007 at 7:05pm
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Your post lists the address as Sawyer IL, but it's really Sawyer Michigan.

posted by KatGamer on July 17th 2007 at 8:38pm
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oops!! thanks KatGamer. you are so right.

posted by heather on July 18th 2007 at 7:17am
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