If you’re a follower of storage auction reality TV shows like “Auction Hunters” and “Storage Wars,” you probably share with the randy collective of onscreen bidders the excitement and anticipation that behind every rollup door…
Tenants nationwide use their storage units for the intended purpose: to store their excess belongings. But the rules breakers that ignore their lease agreements and operate businesses from their units provide the best stories in…
More than three years ago, artists Aron Conaway and Hallie Jones were looking for a space in Louisville, KY to support artists and musicians in the area. That search led them to the 90,000-square-foot Civil…
Of the many things Austin is known for — including live music, great barbecue and innovative technology — the most interesting is the city’s proud culture of weirdness. The Keep Austin Weird slogan is splattered…
New York native and painter Raphael Cohen wanted to showcase his colleagues’ amazing collections of work in New York City. What he found along his quest was the crushing cost of renting spaces in the…
There is a zombie lurking in unit 83. That is the premise behind a new six-issue comic book series called Self Storage coming out this month. The story follows a storage auction hunter named Chris,…
Carl Sandburg famously dubbed Chicago the “City of Big Shoulders.” We wanted to find out how big are those shoulders, exactly? One way of measuring Chicago’s girth is to use the city’s limits. Chicago encompasses…
That little print ad in the back of the newspaper finally grabbed your attention. You’ve decided to check out your first estate sale, but what should you expect? From vintage dealers seeking hidden antiques to…
Once relegated to the high seas and bustling ports, shipping containers are growing in popularity across the country for use as everything from outdoor cafés, funky office spaces, backyard farms, and more. The normally rusted,…
From the moment you pass through the standard brick-front façade—the face of every building at Woodland Business Park in Charlotte, NC—and enter Boxman Studios, you step into the experience. A shipping container frame used as…
