VIDEO: Off-Beat Stores for Holiday Shopping

Ax-Man Surplus and Vados Bait and Tackle are among the unconventional stores where Fridley residents do their holiday shopping.

Posted Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 4:27 am CT|Updated Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:49 am CT

At Ax-Man Surplus, you can pick up a disembodied baby doll torso, acres of electrical wire and a Bill Clinton-shaped corkscrew.

Vados Bait and Tackle offers custom-made fishing poles and live bait popular throughout the state.

Both stores' owners say they are popular for holiday shopping.

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