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Hixton is a second-hand shopping jackpot
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What is a blog?  For us it is a short blurb that we write when the mood strikes us.  It can be first person, funny or informative. In short, a blog is whatever we want it to be. Published Oct. 27, 2008 at 10:38 a.m.
Tags: hixton, black river falls, antiques, antiquing, hixton school house antique, wisconsin death trip, spooner

Last fall my boyfriend and I planned a camping weekend in Black River Falls, a getaway we nicknamed "Wisconsin Death Trip" after finding the Michael Lesy book of the same name.

Intrigued by this illustrated account of the untimely downfall of almost an entire community during the 1890s, we thought it might be fun to check out the area for ourselves while enjoying the last of the autumn colors and hitting up the antique stores for which we'd read Black River Falls was known.

The town was great -- quaint and cozy as can be -- and while the weekend was a wonderful escape from the city, it wasn't the second-hand shopping Mecca we'd anticipated.

This past weekend, while driving to a cabin in Spooner, we discovered said second-hand shopping Mecca: Hixton. Less than 15 miles northwest of Black River Falls, Hixton is a small town of about 500 with some of the most interesting antiquing options I've seen in Wisconsin.

Hixton School House Antique, 162 Elder St., is an enormous old brick schoolhouse with cows gazing in its pasture and a yard scattered with old rusty farm equipment. Be sure to give yourself time; the interior is nothing less than a maze of levels and rooms revealing ancient treasures of days past.

If you find Main Street -- and it's hard not to in this town -- you'll find Warehouse Antiques, and the Village Peddler of Hixton. Neither stores are as big as the School House, but both provide hours of scouring through old country household items you'd never find in the city for the price.

There are two others in Hixton worth exploring: Millers Antiques & Auction Co., N8779 State Rd. 95 N, and Cobblestone Cottage, 135 Interstate Rd. N.

Happy rummaging.

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