Metal school lunchboxes. Remember those? Unfortunately, our children missed out as we now have insulated lunch sacks and coolers. To educate them, we ventured to the Lunchbox Museum in Columbus, GA, just 120 miles southwest of Atlanta.

Located inside River Market Antiques, only a small sign indicated we were in the right place. After paying the $5 admission fee for adults (students are free), the man behind the counter ushered us around furniture, vintage clocks, china pieces and old magazines to the other side of the store. He pulled back a curtain where rows and rows of metal lunchboxes greeted us.