The vault door at 1 Brodhead St has been swinging since Mazomanie's railroad days. It used to guard money. Now it guards better things: work from Driftless makers, books by our neighbors, and a few remarkable finds from farther afield. In person is the only way in, which is rather the point of a vault.
Small makers, small batches, mostly within a short drive of the front door. The shelves rotate with the seasons, so no two visits match.
Lavender grown, harvested, and sewn by hand on a family farm ten minutes east. Dryer bags, body care, and things that make the whole vault smell like July.
Hand-poured candles from a local kitchen. The kind you buy as a gift and then keep for yourself. We understand and do not judge.
Woolen goods from heritage and endangered sheep breeds raised right here in the Driftless. Wearing history, quite literally.
Raw local honey from down the road in Roxbury. The bees work the same hills you drove through to get here.
Loose leaf teas blended one small batch at a time in downtown Mount Horeb. Erin's blends stock our tea wall and your cup.
Small-batch soaps, crochet work by Veronica, jewelry, and whatever wonderful things local hands bring us next. This card stands for a dozen makers who rotate through.
Books by Wisconsin authors, on the shelf in the Vault. Buy one here and it comes with a story you will not get from a warehouse.
Author, speaker, disability advocate, Ms. Wheelchair Wisconsin 2023, and a good friend of the shop. Her book Still We Rise is written by one of our own, and it reads like it.
An Invitation to Freedom offers a daily reflection for every day of the year. A quiet book for the quiet corner table.
A warm, funny memoir of dogs, people, and other ridiculous animals, from a retired professor who has judged more dog shows than most of us have attended.
Memories of a Wisconsin farm girlhood, published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press. Read it with coffee in a building from the same era.
Rare Tea Cellar is a Chicago legend. From a cellar in Ravenswood, Rod Markus supplies the rarest teas and pantry treasures on earth to more than 1,800 of the best kitchens and bars in the country. We are proud to call them friends.
And to one coffee house in an old bank in Mazomanie. Our matcha comes from that cellar. So do our iced teas and the freeze-dried strawberries that end up on your salad. We are one of the few places in Wisconsin pouring Rare Tea Cellar, and you do not need a reservation. You need a counter stool.
It is not the only tea in the house, either. The loose leaf wall is blended by our friends at Telsaan Tea in Mount Horeb, because a good pantry has room for Chicago legends and neighbors alike. More fun and surprising ingredients are on the way. We are not going to spoil them.