276 Best Places to Shop in USA

One of the city's leading galleries devoted to emerging contemporary artists resides along Chinatown's main thoroughfare. Jessica Silverman has been instrumental in launching the careers of several artists and constantly puts together interesting exhibitions.

This gallery specializes in the work of local and regional artists: photographs, sculptures, ceramics, and contemporary American paintings, often with coastal themes. Works from more than 30 artists are on display at the gallery overlooking Old Harbor from the second floor of the Post Office building.

Artist Jill Hoy has summered on Deer Isle since she was 10 years old. In 1986, she opened her own gallery to exhibit her contemporary landscapes that can also be seen at the Portland Museum of Art, Harvard Business School, and the Boston Public Library. If you're visiting in the off-season, call ahead to see if you can make an appointment to visit.

Established in 1969, this iconic gallery has an amazing collection of Audubon prints and specializes in antique natural-history pieces.

Among the most prestigious galleries in a town with quite a few good ones, Johnsons carries paintings, photography, sculpture, and textiles created by some of the region's leading artists.

The cooperatively run gallery, on the first floor of the old Senate Building, sells a mix of watercolors, jewelry, oil and acrylic paintings, etchings, photographs, art glass, ceramics, fiber art, and pottery from more than 20 local artists.

Internationally recognized painter Kevin Red Star, whose works draw on his Crow heritage, displays his oils, acrylics, lithographs, and etchings at Kevin Red Star Gallery. Red Star's works are in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian Institution, the Institute of American Indian Art, and the Pierre Cardin Collection in Paris.

Kindred Post is more than the downtown area's sole post office. The local owner has transformed the space into an elegant gallery that features regional jewelry, ceramics, prints, and other works of art.

Between the bustling hubs of Broughton Street and City Market sits the city's foremost cooperative art gallery. Near Ellis Square, the tasteful space is teeming with fine art across countless mediums. Noteworthy are industrial-style jewelry by Danielle Hughes Rose, the colorful landscapes of Dana Richardson, and Dicky Stone's intricate woodworking.

Gary and Elizabeth Theriault showcase a variety of local art here, including Gary's Big Island life photos and Elizabeth's hand-painted drums and rattles. The gallery owners also feature other artists' work, including Hawaiian ipus (gourds used as instruments in hula), exotic wood items, paper sculptures, quilts, and jewelry, at their sweet cottage gallery.

In this 1928 landmark building decorated with polychrome terra-cotta tiles, about 100 artisans show and sell their crafts.

In a hushed art-museum atmosphere, this gallery, with its well-educated staff, showcases high-end European paintings from the 18th and 19th centuries. Visits are by appointment only.

Global themes from Russian art to African American experiences in music, history, and culture are portrayed here through limited-edition graphics, photographs, posters, paintings, furniture, ceramics, textiles, and sculpture. Call before you go as visits are by appointment only.

Local artists display their work at this dynamic center staffed by volunteers (hours are a bit flexible because of this). Workshops in pottery, photography, woodworking, and painting welcome visitors. The gift shop sells Lanai handicrafts and special offerings, the sale of which underwrites children's art classes. The gathering spot also hosts occasional special events for the community.

Gallerist Becker and his wife, Heidi Nivling, display the kind of austere, abstract art that prompts people who don't know any better to say, "Hey, my kid could do that." Look more closely at the conceptual paintings featured in this small gallery and you'll notice the great skill required to make minimalist art with maximal effect. This gallery displays several exhibits throughout the year. 

The Lema family has built a reputation for fair prices on a large selection of Native American and Southwest-theme jewelry, art, pottery, rugs, and more. Everything sold here is authentic.

This colorful shop delights customers with items such as curvy floor leaf lamps (yes, made with real leaves), enameled glass copper art tiles with realistic yet often dreamy images, and fine art prints featuring a whimsical female character. Jewelry, candles, and the like are also sold. The couple who own, live above, and run this “curiously unique” store are the only employees, and can provide the stories and craft behind the works. There’s a two-story, two-bedroom vacation rental behind the store.

You can buy art and take classes at this vibrant community art space in the Junction District downtown. More than 60 artists working in pottery, glass, fiber, jewelry, toy-making, and several other disciplines create and sell here.

Take home a piece of art from plein air water colorist Lyla Clayre, whose hand-painted stationary, wrapping paper, postcards, and more feature French Quarter town houses and New Orleans flora and fauna.

Mike Field's iconic, high-graphic artwork is on display at this small, quaint gallery. An active waterman raised in Hawaii, Mike captures the island lifestyle of canoe paddling, surfing, and sailing as well as island plants and landscapes. T-shirts and other inexpensive items are also for sale here. 

Bright watercolor canvases and prints of cacti, desert scenes, and animals by the popular local artist Diana Madaras can be found at this gallery.

The gallery, a light and cheery space run by the Ketchikan Area Arts and Humanities Council, showcases established artists and rising stars. It's well worth a visit.

One of the state's best sources for folk art, Main Street Gallery carries works by more than 75 regional artists. The store also carries jewelry, pottery, paintings, and sculptures.

Maine Art Hill's centerpiece is a two-story gallery showcasing works by artists from Maine and elsewhere in New England. There's also a sculpture garden, filled with copper and stainless steel works created by the artist Lyman Whitaker. Just steps behind is a cluster of studio galleries, each hosting various artists and local services.

It's well worth a stop here to spend part of an afternoon (it's not open in the morning) browsing items made by local photographers, seamstresses, fiber artists, and potters.

Malcolm Greenaway has taken magnificent photographs of Block Island places and scenes since moving here in 1974. In his Water Street gallery, he sells prints in various sizes—print only, matted, or matted and framed. Come in and meet the artist himself: he's usually around when the shop is open.

Original oil paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and other art are sold at Manitou Galleries, also located in the art mecca of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

This gallery sells contemporary paintings, sculpture, and photography.

Serious collector or casual art lover, you'll be mesmerized by the luminous maritime paintings exhibited within the 1772 Stephen DuBois House. Works by contemporary masters are strongly represented. Don't leave without making a voyage downstairs to the Constellation Room, a gallery space paneled in solid oak and modeled after the USS Constellation.