Cosmic Charlie's owner Steve Goedecke stands outside his store, that will be closing before year's end, on Wednesday at Cosmic Charlie's on Water Street in downtown Augusta. The shop that has been at various spots on Water Street since 1992 will be closing by the end of the year.

Glass pipes in the case at Cosmic Charlie's are seen in a photo taken on Wednesday at the store on Water Street in downtown Augusta.

Cosmic Charlie's owner Steve Goedecke talks about an old elevator that he said could be made into a steam punk-style sculpture during a tour of the building on Wednesday at Cosmic Charlie's on Water Street in downtown Augusta.

A sculpted glass water pipe sits on top of a case at Cosmic Charlie's seen in photo taken on Wednesday at the store on Water Street in downtown Augusta.

Cosmic Charlie's owner Steve Goedecke talks about an old elevator that he said could be made into a steam punk-style sculpture during a tour of the building on Wednesday at Cosmic Charlie's on Water Street in downtown Augusta.

Exterior view of Cosmic Charlie's taken on Wednesday on Water Street in downtown Augusta. The shop that has been at various spots on Water Street since 1992 will be closing by the end of the year.

Cosmic Charlie's employee Corena Richards takes a pipe out of the case on Wednesday at Cosmic Charlie's on Water Street in downtown Augusta.

Cosmic Charlie's owner Steve Goedecke touches a sculpture of Jerry Garcia's face on a banister on Wednesday at Cosmic Charlie's on Water Street in downtown Augusta. The stairway going down from the main show room to The Rabbit Hole section of shop has several sculptured features.