For more than 50 years, Unclaimed Baggage has been attracting visitors from all over the country interested in what could be deemed a modern-day treasure hunt to the small town of Scottsboro.

The facility, which sells items found inside orphaned suitcases for discount prices, has become known as the kind of place where you never know what you’re going to find, but if you’re lucky, you’ll get it at a bargain.

Of course, with so many years in business, Unclaimed Baggage has accrued a long, and not-so-surprisingly interesting, history. You can read about some of it below.

Unclaimed Baggage Fun Fact #1

Unclaimed Baggage got its start in 1970, when entrepreneur Doyle Owens used a borrowed pickup truck and a $300 loan to pick up his first load of unclaimed baggage from Trailways Bus Line in Washington, D.C. They were all sold in a day, and the business was born.

Unclaimed Baggage Fun Fact #2

Today, Unclaimed Baggage is a 50,000-square-foot facility and adds around 7,000 new items to its sales floor daily.

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Unclaimed Baggage Fun Fact #3

Unclaimed Baggage buys orphaned suitcases from all over the country, sight unseen, that are left unclaimed after the industry-standard allotment of 90 days. That’s less than 0.03 percent of bags, but it still leaves them with plenty to work with.

Unclaimed Baggage Fun Fact #4

Unclaimed Baggage hosts more than one million store visitors each year from every state and more than 40 countries, making it one of Alabama’s top tourist attractions.

Unclaimed Baggage Fun Fact #5

A lot of unusual items have been found at Unclaimed Baggage over the years, including an aluminized fire suit, an Egyptian burial mask, a unicycle, a cowboy hat signed by Gary Sinese, a jar full of shark teeth, shrunken head and even a live rattlesnake.

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Unclaimed Baggage Fun Fact #6

What’s the most frequently found item at Unclaimed Baggage though? That’d be underwear. In the 2023 Found Report published by the business, undies were listed as the item they found the most of (along with a promise that they only sell the brand new ones).

Unclaimed Baggage Fun Fact #7

The most famous find at Unclaimed Baggage is the four-foot puppet of Hoggle from David Bowie’s 1986 film Labyrinth, which was found in 1997. After being restored, the puppet is now on display for visitors to see at the Unclaimed Baggage museum.

Unclaimed Baggage Fun Fact #8

Meanwhile, the most expensive item ever found at Unclaimed Baggage was a 14-karat gold diamond ring appraised at $37,050.

Read more: Unclaimed Baggage’s most odd and opulent finds: ‘Saw’ body parts to $37,000 diamond ring

Unclaimed Baggage Fun Fact #9

At 2 p.m. daily, the center hosts a surprise bag opening where a customer gets to open an unprocessed, orphaned piece of luggage for the very first time.

Unclaimed Baggage Fun Fact #10

Can’t make it to Scottsboro? You don’t have to miss out. While rummaging through the store and visiting the museum is a big part of the fun, Unclaimed Baggage also has an online store where it sells clothing, electronics, books, jewelry and more found in its orphaned suitcases as well.

Unclaimed Baggage Fun Fact #11

Unclaimed Baggage is the country’s only lost luggage store.