Ever wondered where your lost luggage ends up?
Chances are you were expecting it to be in an exotic locale far, far, away — in reality, it might only be as far as Alabama.
Scottsboro, Alabama, is home to the Unclaimed Baggage Center, a 40,000 square-foot warehouse filled with items gleaned from luggage lost all over the country.
Let's take a tour of the unusual facility:
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Welcome to the Unclaimed Baggage Center in Scottsboro, Alabama.
The store got its start in 1970, when an entrepreneurial-minded part-time insurance salesman had the idea of selling luggage that was left behind at a bus station in DC. He started buying bags from the station and selling their contents on tables outside a few days a week.
He then expanded the practice to airlines, moved back to his hometown, and thus the UBC was born.
Brenda Cantrell, brand ambassador at UBC, estimates that the store is home to over one million items at any given time.
The 40,000 square-foot warehouse gets stocked with 7,000 new items daily.
This number is extra impressive considering there’s a less than 2% chance of your luggage really getting lost.
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