Our gift to you... recommendations.
I'm going to be a little frank. I may, in fact, spend too much time thrifting, and driving around to find new places to thrift, and thinking about what I'd want to thrift next. It's kind of a serious problem.
Fortunately for you, during my years of excessive shopping, I've seen a few things. (By which I mean I've sniffed out most of the musty thrift inventories in town.) I, as a result, like to think I've developed some ideas about what I like in a thrift store. So, as much as it pains me to divulge my secret haunts, if you're at all inclined to trust my opinions, I can recommend some seriously solid secondhand shopping for you.
In no particular order, here's my list of the most treasured, most consistent, and most successful places to go thrifting: