140 Best Places to Shop in USA

This funky and attractive shop sells local jewelry, glass, pottery, and clothing from numerous local artisans.

With a great selection of expertly crafted New Mexican, Mexican, and South American folk art, paintings, and block prints, Coyote Moon sells delightful pieces for every budget. The colorful shop also carries unique silver jewelry by owner Luis Garcia and by Pueblo, Zuni, and Navajo artists.

Etsy fans will be delighted by the handmade wares at this colorful shop and gallery: jewelry, notecards, prints, silk-screened T-shirts, fashion accessories, bags, Rhode Island--themed trinkets, and other sparkly handmade objects by local artists are all for sale. You'll save money on every purchase, too, because there's no sales tax on art in Rhode Island.

This gift shop, at Eagle Point near the Skywalk, sells Native American arts and crafts including jewelry.

Featuring contemporary art and crafts made by Alaskans, this is the go-to stop for gifts, a touch of Alaska, and an education. The high-ceiling, spacious gallery was constructed out of repurposed historic railroad timber. Be sure to give yourself enough time to browse as there is a lot to see.

This shop specializes in Mexican folk art, jewelry, and Southwest-style clothing.

This boutique shop has been a mainstay in Wickford Village since 1971, selling a wide variety of local crafts, stationery, glassware, pottery, and quirky gift items. It's a delight just to stroll around and admire the collection of unique and curious goods packing every shelf, and while you can spend hundreds on some one-of-a-kind items, the shop isn't so precious as to eschew a few $10 touristy trinkets, too.

The tiny shop carries lots of original jewelry handmade by local artists, as well as carefully chosen gifts including unusual ceramics, paintings, prints, glass items, baskets, fabrics, bags, and toys. Look for their 100% cotton pareau (sarongs) designed in Hawaii.

Stop here for lovely handcrafted goods inspired by the sea, many by local artisans. Choose from jewelry, candles, gifts for kids, home decor items, and artwork.

In addition to scarves, jewelry, and other crafts from around the world, this decorative-arts store carries brightly colored glass and ceramic works by local and international artisans, plus beautiful votive candles.

All over the world at Christmas, folks hang stockings knitted by the proprietor, who you're likely to find with needles in hand at this year-round homestead shop—in business since 1984 in the village of Bernard across the water from Bass Harbor. There are large and small stockings and, yes, designs include a red lobster on a green background. Her other craft items and some made by family members are also sold, as are used goods, including books. From a long line of islanders, she displays old family photos and wood toys her great-grandfather made for sale to tourists.

The whimsical artwork, jewelry, bags, cards, clothing, and other goods displayed in this colorfully painted shop in North Woodstock bring smiles to the faces of customers young and old. You can also visit the larger original store, set in a vintage barn, down in Ashland, near Squam Lake.

Descriptive synonyms for "gallimaufry" include jumble, assortment, medley, and hodgepodge, which fairly describes the items—many handcrafted—available here. Shoppers with an eclectic taste will appreciate the tightly packed selection of greeting cards, wood carvings, jewelry, and incense. 

Head to this gallery for fine pieces created by talented Mainers. It represents more than 75 of the state's artists and craftspeople, and its offerings include pottery, jewelry, glassware, artwork, and handmade chocolates.

The big one-stop shop for Alaskan-made gifts and souvenirs, Great Alaskan specializes in lathe-turned bowls made out of Alaskan birch. Watch workers turn bowls, and peruse the wide variety of Alaska-made crafts.

This artists' co-op is chock-full of landscape photography, textile art, and handcrafted jewelry. Some of the gallery's more "whimsical" items are clever remixes of household materials—think lamps made of toasters and jewelry made from cutlery.

The pottery, kitchenware, soaps, greeting cards, toys, and specialty foods of more than 250 artisans are on display in this colorful downtown gallery.

Right downtown, this welcoming shop sells an array of items—everything from jewelry and wood kitchen utensils to sea glass art and paintings. The cooperative that runs it represents scores of artists and also has a shop in Northeast Harbor.

The iconic Hawaiian quilt is a work of art that is prized and passed down through generations. At this store, the oldest quilt retailer in Hawaii, you'll find everything from hand-quilted purses and bags to wall hangings and blankets. More than likely, a friendly Hawaiian tutu (grandma) will be in the shop talking story. You can even get a take-home kit and sew your own Hawaiian quilt.  

Focusing on handmade items from both local craftspeople and artists in Oaxaca, this lifestyle gallery offers beautiful prints, ceramics, jewelry, and more, at all price points. Owner and "Creative Conductor" Frank Rose also sells an impressive collection of prints by Mexican artists including Diego Rivera and Rufino Tamayo.

Craftsman Temple Blackwood creates and sells wood-turned art and decorative items at his studio, where you can also sign up for a wood-turning demonstration or workshop.

This collection of shops carries work by local artists and artisans, including pottery, baskets, and dolls.

sells crafts and art, including that of local Zuni artisans and other indigenous people far and wide. Stop by for a caffeine jolt or a fresh fruit smoothie, enjoy the pretty rock garden and the view from the hand-hewn porch, or time your visit to one of their special live music events in summer.

Since the early '80s, this gallery specializing in beautiful animal fetishes carved out of turquoise, marble, onyx, and countless other materials has served as a co-op art gallery for western New Mexico's Zuni Pueblo. You'll find fetishes representing an astounding variety of animals, from eagles to mountain lions to turtles, plus fine jewelry and pottery.

With handmade items representing the Lakota, Navajo, Huichol, Acoma, and other tribes, Korczak's Heritage is more than a simple gift shop. In addition to handcrafted items such as jewelry and dream catchers, Korczak's carries sculpture and prints by Native American artists. The store also sells food and clothing, and gift items hewn from stones blasted from the mountain.

Exploring the farther reaches of the rural North Valley takes you past small adobe antique shops and mom-and-pop-type finds, but then there is the unexpected two-story stack of 1800s-vintage terrone block that forms the colorfully inviting La Parada. Inside, its longtime owner shows a keen eye for crafts from across the Americas (fantastic Haitian tin work made from recycled oil drums, charming blue-and-white painted D’Casa pottery from Guadalajara) and around the globe. All show the artists’ hands, as does the outstanding selection of vintage ties, handkerchiefs, and linens for sale.

For more than three decades, this strip mall shop has acted like "a hardware store for jewelry designers," stocking hundreds of different sizes and styles of beads, stringing materials, clasps, and crafting tools. The store also offers jewelry-repair services and weekend instructional classes.

Take the scenic route into the countryside to reach this motherlode of heirloom quilts on a century-old Amish farm about four miles north of Intercourse. All of the quilts and other quilted items are hand-stitched, the largest taking as long as a year to make. Assorted gift items are also for sale.

Here you can buy Native American and Southwestern crafts, such as pottery and jewelry, along with T-shirts, light outdoor apparel, dolls, and books.