Cannery Row
Antique Mall
471 Wave St., Monterey (831) 655-0264,
There are two kinds of people: Those who look at this two-story building, with its corrugated steel siding, and see an old-fashioned thing to be replaced; and those who see a giant time capsule packed with treasures to be preserved. Our readers celebrate this anachronism on Wave Street, a former cannery brimming with artifacts of the past: china sets, street signs, baby dolls and baseball cards; military uniforms, Victorian fashion and nautical gear. It’s best to drop by when you have nowhere to be—the magic happens when you let yourself get lost in the nooks of both time and space.