Joseph O.
Yelp
An awesome, quirky, very special (er, sqecial) little store. Discovering this place is a rite of passage for students at UK, and it's tradition and a legend around here. It's a bona-fide little hippie store.
It's upstairs in a building just off campus, just obscure enough that you might miss it if you're not looking, but close enough to campus that students will probably find it on their own (and if not, someone will certainly tell them about it soon enough). Parking is a bit limited, there's a small lot in the back, or else it's street parking. They largely cater to on-campus students so don't expect parking like it was a big-box store in the suburbs.
The whole place smells like incense, to a rather distinctive degree.
For several generations of college students arriving at UK, it's been many of their their first real taste of counterculture anything. The place is loaded with books on spirituality, eastern religion, neo-pagan religions, LBGT affairs, environmentalism, obscure literature, and generally the sort of books that don't often show up in mainstream bookstores. Tarot cards, essential oils, incense, glass pipes, quirky jewelry, and other eclectic items are what you're likely to find here.
Candles, gemstones and crystals, refrigerator magnets, incense, scarves, curtains and blankets, journals and odd novelties. . .this is a neat place and countless college apartments and dorm rooms have been decorated from this place. For many years I did the bulk of my Christmas shopping here, and I still find cause to come back every now and then.