Hidden among the evergreens and rain-soaked streets of Everett lies a secondhand paradise that has Washington bargain hunters mapping out pilgrimages from as far as Spokane and Portland.

As you approach the sleek, modern glass building on Brand Boulevard, you’ll spot the museum’s signature red neon diver perched atop the structure, eternally frozen mid-plunge into an invisible pool of ...

She told me to take a left, but there’s an empty lot there!” my husband, Francis, barked from the driver’s seat.