Maybe Socks, Too?

from unclaimedbaggage.com

There is a place where the precept "reduce, reuse, recycle" is taken very seriously, and that is the Unclaimed Baggage Center. Before you ask, yes, there really is such a thing. It's in Scottsboro, Alabama (mostly known, until now, for the landmark Scottsboro Boys case of 1931 ~ in fact, the center is not far from the Scottsboro Boys Museum and Cultural Center). It's hard to understand how so many suitcases are left behind by their owners, but there you have it ~ and there, in Scottsboro, you have the spoils, ripe for the picking. Says the center's Brenda Cantrell, "Our shelves provide both a snapshot of what's going on in America right now and also a chance for shoppers to essentially travel the world" (story, slideshow): http://www.smithsonian.com/travel/nations-stash-lost-luggage-finds-new-life-tiny-alabama-town-180955422/