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If you’re looking for an unusual gift you won’t
be able to find anywhere else, a popular place
to stop while spending time Up North is Pine
Cone Antiques in Crosby. They specialize in
antique furniture, American pottery, antique
lamps and electronic signs reminiscent of the
1950s and 1960s.
“We are somewhat of an unusual antique
store in that we carry real authentic high end
antiques. We are not a gift shop or collector’s
shop per say. We deal in some original artwork
as well. Some of it is contemporary. Some of it
is antiques,” says shop owner Bob Novak, who
is also the Mayor of Crosby.
Novak says the shop’s hottest sellers are
antique lamps and lighting fixtures. They sell a
lot of Up North style contemporary lamps that
may have a deer, bear, or some kind of metal
object on it. “You know, things that are perfect
for the cabin,” he says.
Pine Cone Antiques carries a lot of Native
American gifts as well, including arrowheads,
bow and arrow sets and beaded items. “We
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are probably known to have one of the largest
collections of pottery in the upper Midwest.
People are very surprised to come to Crosby,
Minnesota and find the kind of merchandise
we carry. We travel far and wide to find the
most unusual pieces we can,” says Novak,
who adds the store also carries stained glass
windows, antique books and oriental rugs.
Pine Cone Antiques is located at 10 West Main
Street in Crosby. Store hours are 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. on Sunday, or you can call for an after-
hours appointment. The store phone number
is 218-772-0414. More information is available
online at Crosbyantiques.com.
You can also find the ideal gift for the
chocolate lover in your life in Central
Minnesota. Fancy Pants Chocolates, located
at 704 Laurel Street in Downtown Brainerd,
is perhaps best known for its Paul Bunyan
peanut butter cups. They are 4-inches across
and filled with scrumptious chocolate and
peanut butter.
The store is owned by Nancy Williams, who
lives in nearby Ft. Ripley. She opened the shop
in 2002 after retiring from a job working for
the state of Minnesota.
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own chocolate. So, finally I got this good, in-
depth book on making chocolates and taught
myself how to do it,” she says, “and I use really,
really good chocolate.”
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from Belgium, and the dark chocolate she uses
comes from Columbia. “I don’t know if it’s true
or not, but people have said to me they have
bought chocolate all over the world, and what
they’ve found in my shop is the best they have
ever had.”
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Fancy Pants Chocolates offers handmade
sea salt caramels, chocolate covered potato
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