The River Market Antiques & Lunch Box Museum


This bizarre emporium is home to more than 2000 colorful lunch boxes. The most valuable are estimated to fetch in the region of $2500 if they were to ever go to auction. Peruse dozens of nostalgic designs from Star Trek and Pac-Man to Hulk, Popeye and vintage Disney characters.

Allen Woodall started collecting them in the 1990s after he inherited a number from a friend who died.


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