One moment it was business as usual for mike wolf. The next, with a ring of the phone in 1999, everything changed. “Mike, we just got the Lionel C&O Alleghenys,” the hobby shop dealer told him. “And, ...

When I told proprietors that I was on a tour of Chicago hobby shops, their response was nearly universal: “It’s gonna be a short day.” That’s exactly what I was afraid of. A hobby shop isn’t something ...

When Ed and Ruth Schock opened their little toy and hobby shop in the couple’s two-story Broad Ripple home in 1947, it was the start of what would become one of Indianapolis’ most beloved institutions ...