Thrift stores in Minneapolis
- 23 shops
- 5 thrift
- 18 used books & secondhand
- within 5 mi of downtown
Nicollet Avenue is the only street in Minneapolis where the stores group up, three of the 22 on the list. Everything else is scattered wide enough to need a car between stops. Goodwill has three branches and Salvation Army two, and three of the 22 are used bookstores.
Chains with several branches: Goodwill (3) · Salvation Army (2)
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Time Bomb Vintage Secondhand store
East Lake Street · 55406
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Stay Gold Vintage Secondhand store3.9 mi
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Shop for Change Secondhand store
Zane Avenue North
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Legacy Thrift Secondhand store
36th Avenue North
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Goodwill Thrift store
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Goodwill Thrift store
MN-100 · 55416
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Against the Current Used bookstore
Grand Avenue · 55105
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Book hunting in Minneapolis
Nearest-first is a decent route plan on its own: cluster your visits, start with the shops closest to each other, and save the outliers for days you're passing anyway. Thrift stores re-shelve constantly, most put new donations out every day or two, so a shop that was quiet on Saturday can be a different shop by Wednesday. Weekday mornings beat weekend afternoons, and it's always worth asking staff when the book cart comes out.
15 of the shops here have their opening hours on record, and 10 of those open on Sundays. Where no hours are listed, nobody has recorded them yet. 15 of the 23 are general second-hand shops.
If you want the odds on your side, read our guides to finding good books in thrift and charity shops and spotting the books worth grabbing before you set out.
Donating books in Minneapolis
5 of the shops here are charity-run and take book donations during opening hours. Ask at the counter for a receipt if you want to claim the donation against tax. Shops pay to dispose of what they cannot sell, so a bad donation costs the charity money. The test before you pack a bag: would someone buy this today? Recent fiction, classics, cookery and children's books move. Old textbooks, out-of-date travel guides and anything damp or mouldy do not.
Our guide to where to donate books covers which shops suit which books, and what to do with a whole house clear-out.
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