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Retail Archaeology
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Exploring dead malls, retail history, and retro games & toys | Featured on ABC News, The New York Times, and more.

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A meme image with the text "Remember NFTs? Sort of? Not Really? The same guys who made that bullshit are now telling us Auto-Comolete is intelligent and it has feeling's".
November 29, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 4:35 AM
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FountainCam™ After Dark
November 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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A new episode of Retail Archaeology is out now 🛒

youtu.be/jgAQqd1TCUQ
A picture of an empty grocery store. There are no people or items on the shelves. There is a "Retail Archaeology" logo in the top left corner of the picture. The words "Empty Liminal Grocery Store" in blue text appears in the bottom left corner of the picture.
November 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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I'll have a new video out in about an hour.
The deli department inside an empty grocery store. The deli cases and shelves are empty.
November 23, 2025 at 10:02 PM
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November 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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FountainCam™
November 18, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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November 16, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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The package deli department in an empty grocery store. The cooler cases are empty. The words "lunch meat" in silver lettering is on the wall above the coolers. There are also empty aisle end caps. The bakery department inside an empty grocery store. The word "bakery" in silver lettering is on the wall above empty bakery cases. There are also some empty bakery display tables. The deli department inside an empty grocery store. The deli cases are empty. There is also an empty island display case. The dairy coolers in an empty grocery store. The cooler cases along the wall are empty. There also empty aisle end cap displays. A picture of a glass of orange juice and a picture of eggs in a frying pan are hanging on the wall above the dairy coolers.
November 14, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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A new special Halloween episode of Retail Archaeology is out now 🎃

youtu.be/TlqKzKYAQYk
October 30, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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I had a goal to get my 2nd channel to 10,000 subscribers by the end of the year. It looks like I'm going to meet that goal a little early 😁
October 21, 2025 at 5:33 AM
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A screenshot shot of the internet video "All Your Base Are Belong To Us". There is a white arrow pointing to text saying the video on YouTube was uploaded 19 years ago. In the screenshot is the charactor named Cats saying "HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!!!". A screenshot of a character from the video game "Zero Wing". He appears to be bowing his head in thought.
October 21, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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Pictures of an AutoZone with an awesome neon sign taken with 3 progressively lower resolution cameras. These pictures were taken from the same spot one after the other.

Pic 1: Samsung Galaxy S23 2996x2248

Pic 2: Sony Mavica MVC-FD87 1024x768

Pic 3: AOL's digiCam
320x240
A picture of an AutoZone store at night with a red neon "AutoZone sign across the top of the building. The picture was taken with a Samsung Galaxy S23 at 2996x2248 resolution. A picture of an AutoZone store at night with a red neon "AutoZone sign across the top of the building. The picture was taken with a Sony Mavica MVC-FD87 at 1024X768 resolution. A picture of an AutoZone store at night with a red neon "AutoZone sign across the top of the building. The picture was taken with a AOL digiCam at 320x240 resolution.
October 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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A new episode of Retail Archaeology is out! Let's check out Petco.

youtu.be/HP4lDvJWPyk
October 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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My Lego spaceships.
October 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
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I have a new video out now on the RA2 channel. Let's take a look at the Lego Software demo CD I picked up in the most recent episode of Thrifting Time.

youtu.be/zb7esn8SAKg
October 3, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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My little slapped together Windows 98 machine:
-HP t5710 thin client: $10 at Goodwill
-Dell monitor with speaker bar: $10 at Goodwill
-Razer RGB keyboard: $8 at Goodwill
-Wireless USB mouse: had it already
-Dell USB floppy drive: $3 at Savers
-Generic USB optical drive: $15 from Amazon
October 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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Rock, paper, or scissors? Place your bets!
September 28, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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I'm going to start a gambling website, but the only thing you can bet on is After Dark screensavers.
September 28, 2025 at 7:26 AM
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Nice.
September 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
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September 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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Tomorrow, apparently.
September 23, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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September 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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There is also a companion video on the RA 2 channel. Videos involving cooking generally don't do well on the Retail Archaeology channel. I made the cooking segment its own video on RA 2.

youtu.be/acZw6wnTG0E
September 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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A new episode of Retail Archaeology is out now. It covers the recent sale of Family Dollar, store closures, and Family Dollar's store maintenance issues.

youtu.be/sIDWfFbJRXs
September 21, 2025 at 11:26 PM