133 Best Places to Shop in USA

Another inspired endeavor from the design-forward folks at Los Poblanos Inn, Town & Ranch smartly offers a side-by-side tasting Lounge (for its on-site distillery’s “new Western” dry gins) and a supplies shop, where you can stock up a picnic basket, refill your lotion bottles, or buy a local vintage and have it poured for you next door.

This 33-year-old family-owned gift shop featuring Native American products, including artifacts for sale, is attached to the Horse Creek Gallery (same owner). It sells jewelry, clothing, art, and more authentic products created by members of Wyoming’s different tribes. Hours vary, so call ahead.

The name of this independently owned shop, in business since 1973, refers to the indulgent practice of adding two extra scoops of coffee grounds to every pot you brew. While its space is small, it's a must stop for coffee and tea aficionados. The wide selection of beans and leaves is complemented by brewing paraphernalia, a wide selection of spices, and hard-to-find brands of U.K. sweets and other comestibles.

Arriving in 2012, massive Union Market is a feast for the senses that’s a favorite destination for locals and out-of-town visitors alike. The space offers a smorgasbord of food and drink options, from sushi and piping hot empanadas to Bloody Marys and fish-and-chips. There are butchers and bakers and candles (though not candlestick makers—yet), as well as cheese vendors, microbrewed coffee, and a shop selling spices you’ve never heard of. It’s all made the market enormously popular, particularly on weekends, when parents descend to sip espresso while the youngsters bound around a generous outdoor seating area that features a host of lawn games.

Union Market is part of the new, buzzing Union Market District, filled with restaurants; a pop-up movie theater, the Angelika, which shows new releases and classic favorites; and La Cosecha, a contemporary Latin market two blocks away.

This boutique stocks an array of well-selected one-of-a-kind items, many of them crafted by Philadelphia artists. At VIX (Roman numerals for the “5009” address), you’ll also find locally made soaps, prints, greeting cards, candles, shirts, home wares, and more. The quaint shop still features the original cabinetry and beveled-glass windowpanes from its former life as a millinery, nearly a century ago.

Located in an old hardware storefront in downtown Clayton, this fun and eclectic outdoor shop offers a little something for everyone—from hiking and camping gear, to books and gift items, to local food and beer. There’s even a kids play area, ice cream shop and axe-throwing venue on premises.

Kennett Square's famous mushrooms appear on many local menus, and this shop in the old brick family farmhouse overflows with mushroom-theme items from aprons to notecards; fresh, dried, and marinated mushrooms; and specialty mushroom products like soups. Steps away, in the farm's small but informative mushroom-growing exhibit, you'll see and learn how mushrooms are grown indoors. It's 1½ miles south of downtown. (The Mushroom Cap downtown at  114 W. State St. is another option for mushrooms and themed gift items.) 

In our cringe-averse culture, earnest positivity can be tough to land. And yet the succinct mantra that gives artist Matthew Hoffman's gallery-meets-shop its name has obviously resonated: over nine million stickers bearing these three words have been produced, and they've been spotted stuck on street signs and doors around the world. Pop in to buy one of your own, in English or another tongue—they're now available in 100 languages.

At one of the city's original kings of coffee, the espresso is as pretty as it is divine.

In addition to a fantastic coffee-farm tour, the Hilo Coffee Mill sells coffee from a variety of local producers, along with locally made baked goods, candies, artwork, and gifts. Free coffee samples are offered. The mill is closed Sunday and hosts a farmers' market Saturday 8 to 1.

This family-owned coffee company operates all of their businesses—growing, roasting, brewing, and serving their authentic Kona coffee—within a 10-mile radius of the farm. Stop by the café/outlet on Wednesdays (starting at 8:30 am) for a free curated tasting with the baristas, and shop for other Hawaiian-made treats, from honey and jams to chocolate-covered coffee beans. There's also free Wi-Fi. Tours of the farm are available.

Yep, it's a Portland import, but Seattleites have swallowed their pride with this one, as the coffee is just too good to ignore.

A stroll through these landscaped grounds is always a pleasure and will provide gardeners with myriad ideas. The farm is the headquarters of a mail-order operation that sells annuals, perennials, shrubs, vines, bulbs, and houseplants to gardeners throughout the United States; there is also a retail store on site.