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Best U.S. flea markets, according to Budget Travel

NEW YORK (AP) • Do you love looking for treasures in a flea market in your leisure time?

Budget Travel magazine's September issue is featuring the world's best flea markets, including five in the U.S. They are:

• The 127 Corridor Sale, also known as the World's Longest Yard Sale, along 654 miles in five states, from West Unity, Ohio, to Gadsden, Ala., with the next one scheduled for Aug. 5-8, 2010.

• The Brimfield Antique & Flea Market Shows, six consecutive days each in mid-May, July and September, in Brimfield, Mass., with next year's scheduled for May 11-16 , July 13-18 and Sept. 7-12.

• The Springfield Antique Show & Flea Market, held in Springfield, Ohio, one weekend each month excluding February and July, with supersize Extravaganzas held in May, June and September.

• The Brooklyn Flea, held in Brooklyn, N.Y., at 176 Lafayette Ave. on Saturdays in Fort Greene and 22 Water St. on Sundays near the Brooklyn Bridge;

• And the Alameda Point Antiques & Collectibles Faire in California, held the first Sunday of each month on a decommissioned naval base on San Francisco Bay.

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