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The thrift store that exists because airlines lose your bags

Popkin
May 25, 2026
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Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama, is what happens when lost luggage doesn’t get reunited with its owner. After airlines try and fail to return missing bags, the contents end up here instead of disappearing into some storage void. The store then sorts everything out and sells it like a massive, slightly sur…

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