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Buying a bargain at a yard sale is not just a matter of happenstance. If you want to get that deal home, you have to be ready for it. Jason Cochran traveled to the famous World's Longest Yard Sale in rural Tennessee, where he shows you the tips and tricks for scoring the best treasures at yard...

The World's Longest Yard Sale is the flea market of your fantasies. For four days in August, Highway 127, running through six states, is converted into one 675-mile rummage opportunity. The game: Drive 30 seconds, pull over, browse, buy, get back in car. Repeat until exhausted. Jason Cochran went...

When I was a kid in the 1970s, my younger brother and I used to travel across the countryside with my grandmother, an aunt and an uncle, looking for yard sales. I don't think they bought much, and I'm very sure they were never looking for anything in particular. It was just a way to pass time.Flash...

One of my mom's favorite memories of my childhood is the essay I wrote about my summer vacation in third grade -- It was all about "yardsailing."My spelling's a little better now, but the after-effects of having spent every spring and summer weekend of my life from age four through 13 rummaging...