276 Best Places to Shop in USA

Through a window in the gallery at Thames Glass, you can watch artist Matthew Buechner and his team working the forge and making blown-glass gifts. Sign up for a lesson to make an ornament, paperweight, or vase out of molten glass.

Home to approximately 55 shops and galleries and several restaurants, Tlaquepaque Arts & Crafts Village remains one of the best places for travelers to find mementos from their trip to Sedona. The complex of clay tile–roofed buildings arranged around a series of courtyards shares its name and architectural style with a crafts village just outside Guadalajara. It's a lovely place to browse, but beware: prices tend to be high, and locals joke that it's pronounced "to-lock-your-pocket."

In a neatly restored pioneer home off Main Street, this handsome gallery specializes in regional art. Its offerings include paintings, sculpture, and photographs, as well as antique and contemporary Navajo rugs discovered by the longtime collectors who own the gallery.

Exquisite work by local and national artists is beautifully displayed at Van Gogh's Ear.

The name of this unique arts space hints at its mission: "To build and exhibit aesthetically powerful art to educate a global audience about plastic pollution in the ocean and waterways and to spark positive changes in consumer habits." Inside the gallery you can view—and purchase—some of the remarkable sculptures of marine life that have been constructed entirely out of plastics and other debris collected from beaches, and learn more about how to help contribute to their efforts. The gallery is closed in winter, but there's a second location in Coos Bay that's open year-round and where you can watch artists working on new projects. 

With locations in Scottsdale and Tucson, this is the place to go for the true colors of the Southwest. In addition to one-of-a-kind paintings, the galleries also feature rustic, fine-art imports from around the state and the world, including furniture, sculptures, and jewelry.

This fine-art gallery specializes in American and European paintings—often featuring Monhegan Island seascapes and landscapes—from the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. Featured artists include Rockwell Kent, William Zorach, and Abraham Bogdanove. Also on display are the brightly hued paintings by gallery owner Keith Oemig, whose work is included in the collection of the Portland Museum of Art.

In a 1938 building that once housed a five-and-dime, Woolworth Walk features the curated work of more than 170 crafts artists, in 20,000 square feet of exhibit space on two levels. There's even a working soda fountain, built to resemble the original Woolworth luncheonette.

The emphasis at this superb gallery in a circa-1880s pioneer home is on regional art, including pottery, works in glass, jewelry, beguiling copper wind sculptures by Lyman Whitaker, and paintings by more than a dozen artists that capture the dramatic beauty of southern Utah.

Santa Fe's most impressive gallery of American and European art from the 19th century to the present. Contained within are works by Max Weber, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Remington, the Taos Society, the New Mexico modernists, and Georgia O'Keeffe, as well as contemporary artists.

At the end of Old Volcano Road near Volcano Village, this small gallery and studio has handblown glass inspired by the eruption of Kilauea and the colors of the tropics. You can see the artists in action Thursday through Sunday from 10 to 4, and other days by appointment.

Although many artist studios, galleries, and boutiques in historic buildings line Main Street, which runs though Tombstone Canyon, 55 Main Gallery is noteworthy for selling contemporary work at a range of prices along the main drag.

On the south end of Cedros Design District, the Ocean Art Gallery features works by award-winning surf photographer, Aaron Chang, and his son, Saxon Chang. On display are photographic prints with ocean themes and several striking surfboard sculptures.

This small, family-owned gallery features fine art, glass, jewelry, aloha wear, and island souvenirs.

This is where husband-and-wife artists Susan and Joshua Adams display and sell their oil paintings primarily showcasing landscapes.

Stunning, large-scale contemporary work by national and local artists, including painters Manon Cleary and Wolf Kahn and photographer Frank Hallam Day, is exhibited at this well-respected gallery, which is closed both Sunday and Monday. You can also schedule an appointment.

An eclectic mix by modern masters and contemporary artists is balanced by French and Italian modernist furniture from the 1920s to 1950s.

For those in search of locally produced silver jewelry, watercolor prints, and other handmade crafts, this artist-owned shop is a good place to start.

This outstanding collective gallery—which launched in 2004 and moved into its current, much larger home in 2018—helped establish the neighborhood's reputation as a creative hub. Peruse the superb and diverse work of the 30 resident artists, much of it quite reasonably priced.

This brick corner store on Main Street carries pottery, textiles, paintings, jewelry, and more—all handmade by more than a dozen local artists who belong to the cooperative. Artists often host free demos, too.

This gallery specializes in paintings, drawings, watercolors, and mixed-media works from contemporary American and foreign artists. It also has a fine selection of master prints and works from 20th-century American masters. The gallery exhibits emerging, mid-career, and established artists, as well as special shows of master artists such as Pablo Picasso, Fairfield Porter, Max Beckmann, and others.

Nestled into a residential neighborhood, this spacious gallery features work by artists from all over the country, along with locals in its "Niche Market" space. There's a focus on inclusiveness and diversity, and they don't shy away from big, bold pieces. Note that open hours are limited to afternoons.

Pottery, jewelry, and art supplies are sold at ArtWorks, the museum-style gift shop at the Anderson Ranch Arts Center. The center also hosts visiting artists, summer workshops, and art sales.

Established in 1975 and a local favorite, this gallery displays a mix of original prints, paintings, pottery, jewelry (including the owner's), and other art and crafts from Alaska artists. If you're in town on the first Friday of any month, ask the staff for a map of the First Friday Art Walk; more than a dozen downtown galleries participate in this monthly event by hosting evening exhibit openings, most of which feature the works of local artists.

The specialty here is Northwest native art, including scrimshaw and wood carvings.

Mostly local and Gulf Coast artists are represented in this gallery, featuring high-end and reasonably priced contemporary crafts and fine art, including jewelry, blown glass, sculpture, furniture, photography, paintings, ceramics, and decorative accessories.

This gallery, which traces its origins to 1870, exhibits original paintings and prints of landscapes and seascapes by Rhode Island artists, and sells a full range of art supplies and gifts for the creatively inclined. The nautical collection includes oil paintings of America's Cup winning yachts.

Furniture and housewares made with local myrtle wood are among the treasures you're apt to find at this extensive community gallery that also features seascape paintings, colorful ceramics, and fine jewelry by a number of notable artists in the area. 

For nearly a century, Disney has created distinct and iconic characters, theme parks, and films that have become fan favorites as well as the subjects of collectible works of art. In this intriguing gallery, a dazzling array of Disney images are captured in a variety of media, including sculptures, limited-edition Sericels, lithographs, framed prints, original paintings, and figurines. What's more, it doesn't necessarily cost a fortune to become a collector of Disneyana—just start with a collectible postcard. Check the calendar: Disney artists often come here to meet guests and sign their works.