276 Best Places to Shop in USA

Historic Native American art and regional paintings, particularly Santa Fe modernists, are David Cook's specialty.

The radiant photography of artist David J. West captures Zion's natural setting in its full grandeur, along with Bryce, Cedar Breaks, Arches, and other stunning spots throughout Utah and the Southwest. The gallery also stocks contemporary landscape paintings and geologically inspired pottery.

Paintings, photography, sculpture, ceramics, and works in other media by southern New England artists are this gallery's specialty.

This nonprofit gallery, fondly referred to as DIAA, comprises works from local artists with rotating exhibits every two weeks during the summer months.

This gallery mainly shows works by master woodcutter Don Gorvett, who creates spellbinding scenes of New England's coast, particularly the Portsmouth area. There are also works by some of New England's finest printmakers, including Karen Whitman, John Volpacchio, and Sean Hurley.

Woodworker Gerald Ben and his wife, Renee, own this fine gallery that specializes in contemporary and abstract pieces while supporting the Holualoa arts community. It features a variety of art, including woodworking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, and painting.

One of the better-known artists to call St. Petersburg home, Duncan McClellan set up this studio and gallery in a former fish-processing plant, helping spur a renaissance in a once gritty industrial district. The enormous gallery displays diverse works from a rotating cast of glass artists from around the globe. It also has glassblowing demonstrations and is the hub for an evening art walk held on the second Saturday of the month. There are regular hours from Tuesday through Saturday, but it's open by appointment only on Sunday and Monday.

This fine art and handicrafts shop sells a wide assortment of art, including ceramics, frames, jewelry, oil paintings, and more.

Collectors of fine studio art glass are drawn here by a number of luminaries.

For a town of less than 1,200 residents, Joseph has an impressive focus on the arts. This shop is owned by an artist, Leah Svendsen, whose enchanting encaustic paintings are on display and for sale. If you'd like to try your hand at making some art while in Joseph, she offers weekly workshops on the encaustic painting process, which involves using hot wax, resin, and pigments. Participants take home two small paintings they've created. The two-hour workshops cost $125 and include instruction, supplies, and beer and wine for those 21 and older. (Ages 13 and up can take the workshop.) The shop also carries furniture made in Oregon, works by local artists, kitchenware, linens, and other home goods. 

While you peruse this huge gallery full of beautiful paintings, sculptures, and carvings, you can also watch award-winning artist Eric Thorsen at work in his studio. A rare treat not to be missed.

This gallery has an excellent collection of contemporary decorative and useful ceramics, art glass, photographs, and other fine craft work.

Longtime locals run this year-round gallery, which features Alaska-made paintings, prints, ceramics, and apparel, including their own work.

Supporting the Waimea Arts Council, this gallery presents annual juried shows of local art as well as solo and group exhibitions by its many award-winning multimedia artists and artisans. It's in Waimea's original firehouse building at the intersection of Lindsey Road and Mamalahoa Highway. Always call to check before visiting, as the gallery is staffed by volunteers and hours aren't always regular.

This nonprofit gives 125 artisans from throughout the state a chance to exhibit glassware, jewelry, furniture, and more. (Imagine a vivid coral reef seascape made entirely out of yarn. Stuff like that.) Here you can also book a walking tour of Downtown St. Pete's colorful murals. The gallery is open seven days into the late afternoon but stays open late for the famed Second Saturday Art Walk.

Works by some 20 artists who live or summer in the region, including nearby in Canada, are sold in this spacious high-ceilinged fine arts gallery in the former J.J. Newberry Co. Pieces include the husband-and-wife owners’ acrylic paintings (hers) and limited-edition photographic prints (his), as well as pottery, sculpture, and the not-to-miss driftwood sea creatures. The gallery also has three vacation rentals, including two lofts.

Stop here to enjoy artist Randy Fullbright's collection of gorgeous Dinosaur National Monument photographs. His paper castings of petroglyphs make nice mementos, too.

You can find 19th- and 20th-century, as well as contemporary, prints, sculpture, and paintings here—including original Picassos and Chagalls.

Gallatin River Gallery, the first contemporary gallery in Big Sky, sells one-of-a-kind jewelry, paintings, sculptures, and photography from international, national, and local artists.

Rotating exhibits by local artists keep visitors coming back to this popular co-op gallery on Tejon Street. Members display works in a variety of mediums, but vibrant paintings often dominate the gallery walls and space. You will also find locally created jewelry, pottery, and sculptures throughout.

This attractive gallery on the east side of town sells contemporary fine art from Southern Utah–based artists that includes paintings, photography, ceramics, and sculpture.

More than 50 local and regional contemporary artists sell their art at this terrific co-op gallery that's been going strong along Historic 25th Street since 2000.

Creative shop windows showcase an individual artist on a rotating weekly basis, inviting passersby into Bridgton Art Guild's wide-open tin-ceilinged gallery in a former hardware store. Eclectic and fun—definitely not stuffy—the gallery opened in 2003 and represents more than 40 local and regional artists working in various media. Artists' displays have their bio and photograph. Don't miss the back-corner gift shop with cards, small prints, and the like. Along with hosting wine and cheese receptions, lectures, and community events, the guild holds classes and workshops—many for a day or half day, so consider signing up (check the website for information on the many offerings).

In a late-1800s commercial building on Main Street, natural light washes both floors of this large rectangular gallery, whose owner graciously welcomes visitors. Offering an arresting mix of paintings in a host of mediums and styles by nationally acclaimed contemporary artists, a specialty—not found at many such top-tier galleries—is fine art or sculpted furniture. There is also sculpture.

Up a wildly painted staircase, this gallery owned by artist Carol Winner (the "C" in the gallery's name) displays and sells one-of-a-kind semiprecious jewelry and mixed-media creations, as well as paintings of local nature scenes.

Gallery Espresso is Savannah's oldest coffee shop and has a new show every couple of weeks focusing on work by local artists. The house-made desserts complement the heavy dose of caffeine and art. The location at the foot of lush Chippewa Square is ideal for enjoying your beverage on the brick sidewalk and watching the world go by under the live oak canopy.

This funky trilevel store sells art, jewelry, and light fixtures from around the world. Rotating shows take place in the upstairs and downstairs galleries.

Specializing in contemporary paintings since 1977, primarily oil, watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media, this striking gallery in the neo-Gothic stone Church of the Covenant also displays sculpture and furniture beyond your everyday tables and chairs.