3870 Best Places to Shop in USA

This charming, whimsical children's bookstore has a darling reading area for little ones as well as educational toys for infants to teens.

This sporting-goods store is a good bet for downhill necessities.

The Strand is the best place to shop in Galveston. Old storefronts are filled with gift shops, antiques stores, and one-of-a-kind boutiques.

Finding your signature fragrance at this sleek Abbot Kinney boutique won't come cheap, but perfumer Alexandra Balahoutis takes creating her scents as seriously as a seasoned winemaker—and they're just as nuanced as a well-balanced glass of vino. Essences for the perfumes are organic, wild crafted, biodynamic, and bottled locally. Highlights from SI's core collection include the cacao-spiked Dimanche and leathery Black Rosette.

The people running this packed-to-the-gills shop are as jolly as the housewares, cards, knickknacks, and souvenirs on display. Sacramento socks, T-shirts, and other local products are sold here, too.

Walk into this shop and your senses are filled with the fragrance of flowers and spice and a riot of color. Flowers, baskets, plants, unusual gifts, candles, and wrought-iron wall hangings are just the beginning.

This narrow space is just the right size for showing off a beautifully curated selection of mid-century modern furnishings, smooth, color-forward ceramics, locally-crafted goods, and rotating selection of antique curios, including the odd globe, cassette tape, or radio. Expect to find local artist prints and state park maps, textiles, and a mix of new and vintage items. There’s also a solid collection of vinyl records in the back, including jazz, soul, reggae, funk, and more.

This village-like mall has restaurants, a movie theater, and nearly 150 stores, including Nordstrom and Crate & Barrel.

In the are streets lined with market stalls and sellers of imported food and dry goods.

The broad range of (mostly women's) shoe styles, from pumps to tall boots to strappy sandals, is enhanced by an even wider range of sizes and widths. Bridal shoes are hugely popular, if pricey. The label also produces a line of chic handbags.

This small roadside peach stand is continually working with state and national horticulturists and scientists to improve production. They carry more than 30 peach varietals throughout the year, including their own. It's cash-only, so be sure to bring some along.

Find high-end men's shoes for the well-dressed man in this boutique with a carefully curated selection.

Su Casa, located in Fells Point, sells home decor, accessories, and furniture that runs the style gamut from classic to sleek. Many pieces are made by Maryland artists.

When Martha Stewart or the buyers at Williams Sonoma need inspiration, they come to see how Sue has set her sprawling table or dressed her stately bed. Her specialty is opulent linens for every room. And when Pacific Heights residents are looking for an impeccable hostess or bridal gift, they come by for a hand-embroidered velvet pillow or a piece of Amanda Moffat pottery.

Take the Taftsville Covered Bridge to this farm, where you can learn how maple syrup is made and sample as much as you'd like. The farm also makes excellent waxed cheeses.

Twenty-five miles northeast of Downtown Atlanta, this outlet mall has stores that include Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th, Levi's, and Bass Pro Shops.

"Life is chaotic, you might as well look good" is the motto of Diana Brind, owner and creative force behind the SugarPlum Boutique, an accessories shop. Her eye for the delicate is evident in the array of barrettes, scarves, hats, and silver jewelry. She also offers her own brand of mineral make-up called Chaos Cosmetics.

The urbane, free-spirited fashions carried in this friendly Alberta Street boutique capture the essence of the neighborhood—many of the short dresses, leather handbags, and unpretentious necklaces and bracelets are in the blacks, grays, and tans favored by East Sider Portlanders, although you'll find the occasional floral-print top or rose-hued handbag in the mix. Major brands include Pink Martini, Biko, and Spitfire.

Serious antiques hunters head southeast of Santa Barbara to Summerland, which is full of shops and markets. Several good ones are along Lillie Avenue and Ortega Hill Road.

This shop and tearoom blends its own teas and spices, and also sells a range of Alaska-made groceries from spruce tip jelly to kelp-and-cayenne chocolate bars.

Selling foods from American cottage farmers and artisans as well as homemade oils, soaps, and bath salts, the Deli also has a juice bar and is a good place to get tea, coffee, shakes, pastries, deli meats, organic produce, and other tasty snacks. Stop here before your hike to pick up a fresh sandwich.

Downtown Fort Worth's Sundance Square is a perennial draw, with several small stores.

This independent bookstore will have just the beach read for you to while away the hours in the sand or on the porch. It's crammed full and can get very busy, but the staff is knowledgeable and helpful. If you're into vinyl, Central Square Records is upstairs.

Previously known as Sunset Ridge Home and Hardware, the name Sunset & Co. may be new, but it's the same wonderful place to browse to your heart's content. The store seems endless, brimming with gifts and accessories for him and her, bath and body products, travel bags, clothing and accessories for babies and kids, and more. Home decor and accents abound, as well as hardware, Weber grills and accessories, coolers, tool sets, organizational and storage products, and high-end cooking appliances.

At Sunspots Studios & Designs, near downtown, you can see artisans at work, blowing glass and melding copper. Their exquisite items for the house and garden are available for purchase. In spring the studio hosts the Virginia Hot Glass Festival, which brings together hot-glass artists from across the region.

Talk about truth in advertising: this colorful gift shop tied to Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem is filled with what seems to be millions of cute minions (both one-eyed and two-eyed) on T-shirts and mugs and in the form of stuffed dolls. Gru fans can also find a black-and-gray scarf like the one worn by the supervillain. If you feel it's too hot in Florida for the actual scarf, buy a T-shirt with one silk-screened onto it.