There’s something magical about the hunt for treasures from the past, and in Allentown, Pennsylvania, that magic has a brick-and-mortar home called Weil Antique Center.

For as little as $30, you can fill a shopping cart with small treasures that each carry their own story. Perhaps the most underrated aspect of antique shopping is the stories embedded in every object.

Cast iron dates back a couple thousand years, with many historians tracing the origin to China. In the early 1700s, Abraham Darby of Great Britain patented a manufacturing method for cast iron pans.

Cast Iron on 17th is located at 3520 East 17th Street and is open Tuesday and Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. and Thursday through Saturday from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m.

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