Vintage, records & makers in Des Moines
Looking for vintage, record & maker shops in Des Moines? These 5 are the genuinely strange ones — Ratt's Underground Records, Skylabs, Divine Times Vintage and more — each hand-vetted and sourced, not pulled from a top-ten list. Great for an unusual date, a weird afternoon, or showing a visitor the side of Des Moines they'd never find on their own.
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Ratt's Underground Records
Buried in the east end of Merle Hay Mall, Des Moines's oldest and emptiest mall, this is described as one of…
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Skylabs
A vintage hi-fi temple tucked into Historic Valley Junction that reimagines stereo shopping from the golden e…
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Divine Times Vintage
Two floors of rotating vintage vendors in up-and-coming Highland Park, built around owner Jerrica Yasumura's…
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Goldeneye Curations
An East Village vintage and streetwear shop that grew from a single retail rack inside outdoor store Stoked i…
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Joy the Movie Theater Pig (Capitol II Theatre)
The Capitol II Theatre is a family-owned, two-screen movie house where Joy, a Guinness World Record-holding m…