Long-term relationship with an outstanding bookstore I first…read morevisited Snowbound Books in 2024 when a local, with whom I went to law school, recommended the shop. I'm in D.C., my colleague is in Grand Rapids, and mutual friends have a lovely place in the U.P. We stopped and shopped, then I went back to D.C. with a suitcase full of books. I was hooked . . . from this point forward this was my go-to bookstore. I ordered a Christmas-list full of books, and the crew at Snowbound responded with class. Since that visit, I've made a point to support this, my new local bookstore, throughout the year, both with hardcovers and audiobooks. Snowbound linked up its business venture with the audiobook marketer Libro.fm, which collaborates with local bookstores to offer a seamless alternatives for audiobooks, doing an end-run around platforms that historically have minimized or shut out local bookstores. Libro.fm shares its profits with these local bookstores, and offers great deals with titles in their massive library. Recently, I researched the Snowbound catalog and received 14 books (see the photo). During the same period I purchased, at retail in some cases and with a deep discount in other cases, about 15 audiobooks, which I devoured upon arrival. This may reflect idealistic tendencies, but I would much rather support local booksellers, and audiobook platforms that share their profits with booksellers. Libro.fm meets this requirement for the audiobooks, and Snowbound meets it for new hardcovers. We're lucky to have both, as alternative to platforms that lack any connection with the local markets being served.

Excellent customer service, selection of books, cards, etc. Street parking mostly so start looking…read moreas you approach.

This is the creepiest used bookstore/headshop/insense store/hippy store ever. So I didn't realize…read morethe porn part until later. We walked in and it's laid out with insense, pro-gay stuff (which was cool), hippy/Indian fabrics etc. First thing we hear is a guy screaming and yelling in the back. We can't see him. Well, ok, the sign says there are books upstairs. Sweet. So we go up and first ting you see is a sign on one of the shelves saying that their co-op owners records were confiscated or something. I couldn't figure out what the point of the sign was. The other one was about shoplifting that rambled on and said that they have better cameras now. Ok so decided to skim the books. Really crappy selection, there is a sign for "Men's science fiction" or something which is weird. So the guy is still yelling downstairs. I decided to leave because it was just uncomfortable with guy who keeps yelling. The "cafe" area is a horder's dream. "Cafe" was blocked off. There was just crap there and appearantly they sell posters and the one featured was a backside of a woman taking off her pants. That wasn't even in good taste. I guess if you are a deprived 19 year old male you might find that hot. So there is a third floor porn shop or something Boyfriend ventured up there and told me there were old playboys, gay porn, old porn and dildos. So I don't know if you go to buy porn there or stay there and watch. Oh and porn on VHS. So I went down the stairs, the guy still yelling, I was just going to leave. There was a cute puppy that ran up to me, super fluffy and so i got to play with it and pet it. Some younger guy was moving boxes into his car and the other guy kept yelling. I gues I was just not paying attention what it was about... Soon after i left. Wow. Like i don't care that the store was headshop/porn shop but it just had a creepy vibe to it. It's like it's made for horny new agey males? Kinda sad if this is the only place for any alternative/new age stuff in Houghton. Oh and they were hiring according to their sign on the door. Maybe if they sell medical pot is how they are making their money. Because it's not based on customer service or atmosphere.

This business is closed. Will not be reopening. Was closed by law enforcement. Also roof came down.read more

I love Grandpa's Barn! It's not the largest bookstore, but relative to the size of Copper Harbor,…read moreit's huge! The friendly proprietors pack tons of volumes into this cozy bookstore. I am an avid fan of Local Interest titles and they have a LARGE selection of those. My avid-reader teenage daughter found two Young Adult titles she had never seen before in our much larger downstate bookstores! Now that's quite a feat! The owners seem to know everything there is to know about the community and are about as friendly as can be. As of July 2020, they're closed Mondays, open afternoons the rest of the week and most of the day on Saturdays and Sundays.

A ton of clothing racks at this store! Great furniture selection, very reasonable prices. Toy…read moresection doesn't have a lot most of the time. Great place to go if your looking to furnish your apartment or house on the cheap. Staff is always friendly. Everything seems clean and well organized. This is a great place for this area that does not have a big selection of anything.

I like the consignment shop! Their clothes are really reasonably priced, and the selection and…read morequality is great. However, their furniture is ridiculously overpriced for used, in my opinion. They also advertise that you can make an offer on any furniture that's been for sale more than 30 days, and on the multiple occasions that I've tried to do that, I'm constantly told that "the price was just lowered". Why advertise that you accept offers if you don't? Go there for the clothes and other assorted knick knacks - not the furniture.

I received a NMU hockey jersey for Christmas. Unfortunately it was too big. I was put in touch with…read moreBri (General Merchandize Manager). Bri worked with me to ship my return back to the store (at no expense to me) and have a new one sent to me. I will be ordering all my NMU merch from Bri in the future. The Jersey: The hockey jersey I ordered is very high quality. It's as close as you can get to what the players are wearing on the ice.

Things have changed here since I graduated from this university. Bigger area , more buildings,…read more although, it seems like less people just walking around the campus. Could be the electronics keep them in. Whatever. Still a beautiful place to continue your studies and get a degree