7 Best Places to Shop in Niagara Falls and Western New York, New York

More than 40 vendors participate in the Cross Roads Farm & Craft Market. The mix includes handcrafted furniture, jams, cheeses, Western wear, hand-knit sweaters, wooden toys, and candles.

Kate Spade, Coach, Banana Republic, Brooks Brothers, J. Crew, Michael Kors, Saks Fifth Avenue, Nike, and Ann Taylor are just a handful of the more than 150 stores at the Fashion Outlets, which draws as many Canadian as American shoppers for the substantial deals.

Greater Niagara Travel (www.greaterniagara.com) has a number of interesting driving tours on its Web site, including a tour of Underground Railroad sites, an Erie Canal Tour, a War of 1812 tour, and an architectural tour of Buffalo.

The owners of Landmark Acres Antiques have been stocking their shop with a well-edited collection of 18th- and 19th-century antiques since 1975.

Several artisan shops, including Roycroft Antiques, the Copper Shop, and Roycroft Potters, occupy space in the Roycroft Campus buildings. Buy art, jewelry, Arts and Crafts furniture, and home accessories.

Everything you'd expect to find in an old-fashioned five-and-dime—and some you wouldn't—is for sale at Vidler's 5 and 10 Cent Store. Its 15,000 square feet houses Elvis lunchboxes, giant Pez dispensers, John Deere collectibles, scented candles, moisturizers, kitchen supplies, cards, fabrics, and toys. The Vidler family opened the place in 1930 and still owns it.

Vinewood Acres Sugar Shack sells 29 fruit syrups, from maple to quince, and 15 fruit butters, all homemade from the farm's own produce. Customers are offered tastings of the syrups, poured over ice cream. The Sunday pancake breakfast (March–December) is popular.