The Vintage Storyteller has opened in Maple Plain, Minn., the Laker Pioneer reported.
Located at 5260 Hwy. 12, the bookstore carries an array of titles pertaining to subjects like creativity, nature, and personal development, alongside gifts, prints, cards, stationery, tarot cards, and plenty of other nonbook items.
The store has a cozy, inviting atmosphere, with couches for customers to relax on, and there is a working jukebox from the 1960s. Owner Kari Ramstrom also hosts craft nights, workshops, and a book club.
Ramstrom, who has degrees in environmental science and library science, told the Pioneer that after her children went to college, she "saw the window of opportunity. I am using all of my skills gleaned from decades in public and school libraries and most recently as an educational coordinator and currently a farmers market coordinator, to start my own business and open a bricks-and-mortar shop."
The shop is open six days per week, and Ramstrom noted that, "when people walk in and say 'this is everything I love all in one place,' I know that I have succeeded with that vision."