3888 Best Places to Shop in USA

Hildreth's is more than a store; it's a piece of history. In 1842 it started as a general store stocked with such goods as flour, wheels of cheese, salt, and fruits, delivered by merchant ship via Sag Harbor and carted here by horse and wagon. Today visitors will find the latest in home furnishings, bedding, accessories, and gifts, as well as children's furniture, toys, and sweet baby clothes. An outdoor patio store is located just down the road at No. 15.

The Hill Center at Green Hills is a relaxing spot for an afternoon of shopping, made easily accessible by ample parking and a pedestrian-friendly layout. Major retailers include Whole Foods, Anthropologie, and West Elm, while local spots include Posh and H. Audrey.

This family-owned showroom sells unique, solid wood furniture, housewares, and games and toys, handmade by Amish craftsmen.

This family-owned store specializes in American-made men's and women's casual outdoor clothing and accessories.

If you're a cook or looking for a gift for someone who is, pop into this small shop across the street from the Eastern Market Metro. You'll find cookbooks, baking pans, aprons, towels and potholders, cookie cutters, barware, grilling tools, specialty foods, and much more. The shop is closed on Monday.

Half a dozen galleries and two popular restaurants, The Hudson and Javelina Cantina, are housed in the Hillside Sedona complex.

This is the big name in aloha wear for tourists throughout the Islands, and Hilo Hattie has only one store on Kauai, located a mile from Lihue Airport. Come here for cool comfortable muumuu and aloha shirts for men, women, and children in bright floral prints, as well as other souvenirs. Also, be sure to check out the line of Hawaii-inspired home furnishings.

Among this shopping plaza's 40 shops are a guitar store, a pharmacy, a brewpub, a trendy boutique, and the popular Island Naturals Market & Deli. Other dining destinations include Happy Valley Seafood Restaurant, Sunlight Cafe, and Restaurant Miwa, a Japanese restaurant. There's plenty of free parking. Across the street, the Kilauea Market has a wide variety of hard-to-find Asian cooking ingredients.

The focus at this U.K. outpost in the Crown & Crest is tracking down your family name and coat of arms. Take home a copy of your coat of arms for $40–$50. Drop the bigger bucks for a framed, embroidered, or hand-painted version.

This arts district, in what was a turn-of-the-20th-century wholesale and manufacturing district (now listed on the National Register of Historic Places), is south of downtown proper. It's home to a growing number of art-supply stores, galleries, and home-accessories importers.

One of New England's foremost crafts centers, the gallery shows and sells American arts and crafts, with a strong focus on pottery, jewelry, and textiles.

If you're interested in international authors or want to discover them, the Hobart International Bookport is the place to go. Italian, French, German, Spanish, and Dutch are spoken in this multicultural bookstore.

Heron-patterned dinnerware is one of the specialties at Hog Bay Pottery, which also sells knitted items and handspun and naturally died yarns. A husband and wife run this year-round homestead shop: he's the potter, she's the knitter and spinner. 

About a half-hour drive west of town, in Waterflow, are a number of old-time posts, including the Hogback Trading Co. A fourth-generation operation in business since 1871, it is especially known for fine, handwoven Navajo rugs.

Just down the highway between Kauai Community College and the Lihue town center, this newer retail plaza has a bank and Verde New Mexican restaurant, plus a Safeway, Aloha Aina Juice Café, Verizon store, gas station, and Domino's. Its grounds are fresher and more inviting than some of Kauai’s older malls.

Before taking a brisk dip into the Pacific Ocean, swing by this local swimwear boutique where all the suits are designed in-house. A wide variety of styles are available from one-piece wonders to string bikinis for every body type. And in case of occasional clouds, peruse their selection of sweatshirts and shorts as well. The shop is open every weekend, but they also do shopping by appointment throughout the week as well.

More than 100 makers and artisans come together during the winter holidays for this open-air market. Visitors can sample foods from local food trucks and dessert vendors, or get a warm or alcoholic beverage at four bars. Stop for a selfie, have a hot chocolate, and enjoy the twinkling string lights.

Among L.A.’s many farmers' markets, the Hollywood Farmers' Market is one of the most well-known. This family-friendly, open-air market, which has been around for more than 34 years, is also the city’s largest with more than 160 local producers and farmers touting their seasonal yields every Sunday. Start your day right and stop by to shop organic, locally grown produce, see live music, and sample some delicious California fare.

A small store that specializes in Christian merchandise, Holy Grounds is crammed with crosses, angels, Bibles, study books, and embellished T-shirts. In the back of the store you'll find more than 100 flavors of whole-bean coffee.

Bring home a punchy-patterned pillow or sinuously shaped salt shaker from

Vintage housewares sit alongside the latest items from well-known brands at Home Goods of Margaretville, an emporium with everything for anyone who cooks or entertains. Le Creuset cast-iron pots, neat dish towels, and cookbooks fill the large, bright store.

This Mid-City shop, with another location Uptown, carries food items, books, decorations, crafts, shirts, and so much more–all Louisiana themes, and in many cases, made by Louisiana artists.

Create a stylish, upscale farmhouse look in your own house by shopping the beautifully curated home goods at this aptly named shop, where earth tones and natural, organic materials abound.

Modern designer furniture and lighting fixtures here are popular with interior designers.

This shop offers name-brand outdoor wear in addition to more utilitarian gear. Buy your cute shoes and your hiking boots here.

This bright red store is crammed full of Native American jewelry, rugs, sculptures, pottery, and other traditional arts and crafts. You can find modern Native American art here, too, and a silversmith is on-site to repair jewelry.

Drop by HomeStyle for eye-catching objets d'art, stylish housewares, and other innovative, extraordinary, and whimsical decorative items, like popular Jellycat stuffed animals.