262 Best Places to Shop in USA

Hip, radical, weird, adorable—if there were an easy way to classify this store's style, it wouldn't be called strange. Follow artist JuLu's wildly painted stairs to find Starland-specific merch and hilariously irreverent stickers like Elvis Jesus, plus a menu of ice cream cones you can snack on while you shop.

The Store Ltd. has an eclectic mix of top-quality (and pricey) jewelry, women's sportswear, glassware, and other high-design gifts.

After traversing the many floors of the museum, shop here for a mug, a T-shirt, or a model of the museum building to commemorate your trip. Some of the merchandise is traditional and/or handmade, including sweetgrass baskets, jewelry, scarves, and even food items. You can also find the award-winning Sweet Home Café Cookbook featuring recipes of the Sweet Home Café at the shop.

The people running this packed-to-the-gills shop are as jolly as the housewares, cards, knickknacks, and souvenirs on display. Sacramento socks, T-shirts, and other local products are sold here, too.

Su Casa, located in Fells Point, sells home decor, accessories, and furniture that runs the style gamut from classic to sleek. Many pieces are made by Maryland artists.

Talk about truth in advertising: this colorful gift shop tied to Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem is filled with what seems to be millions of cute minions (both one-eyed and two-eyed) on T-shirts and mugs and in the form of stuffed dolls. Gru fans can also find a black-and-gray scarf like the one worn by the supervillain. If you feel it's too hot in Florida for the actual scarf, buy a T-shirt with one silk-screened onto it.

A wood-burning stove graces the front of charming Sweetbriar, a little store that sells a variety of gifts and home decor.

Order a customized T-shirt with iron-on letters or throwback '70s decals. Your creation will be served to you on the spot, wrapped in paper like a sandwich, and packed with a bag of chips for good measure.

Named for the famous Louisiana-produced hot sauce, this store also offers spices, cookbooks, New Orleans–themed clothing and aprons, kitchen accoutrements, ties, posters, pewter items, and more.

Home goods are artfully displayed at The Tender Land Home, a sophisticated country shop filled with housewares and small—aka easily transportable—delights. If you're in the market for a hooked rug of a trout fisherman, a pillow of an ambling bear, or a set of plates featuring local birds, this is your place.

In addition to fun housewares, books, wellness items, and stationery that leans toward retro charm, this local company sells smart decor, linens, and accessories with San Francisco and California themes.

This shop specializes in leather travel gear, handbags, wallets, hats, and accessories, all priced under $30, of course.

Embracing the neighborhood's maritime history is this little shop where kitsch meets nautical-theme merchandise. Self-described as the Red Hook vintage store/souvenir store/general store/five-and-dime, the items in here are constantly changing, may they be funny socks, aloha shirts, vintage dresses, trucker hats, jewelry, Stormtrooper mugs, greeting cards, or other random things that you may not necessarily need—but, as they say, "you just gotta have." 

After the screams and thrills of the Tower of Terror, what could be better than a mug from the hotel bar, the actual bell from the front desk, or a leather key fob from "your" room. In addition to leather handbags and bellboy hats, you can find some rather macabre takes on Disney characters that are exclusive to this shop.

This is the park's only official store (though you'll find a small selection of park souvenirs and books at the visitor centers). Trail Ridge stocks sweatshirts and jackets, postcards, and assorted craft items.

Theatrical posters both large and small, new and vintage are available here, and the selection is tremendous, with everything from Marlene Dietrich's Blue Angel to recent Broadway shows like Hamilton in stock. You'll need to be buzzed in, then head up to floor six to behold this compact, visual archive. (Call ahead for the store's current hours.)

Outfit yourself in classic leather Western jackets and hats at this museum-like shop that also carries weavings, pelts, bows and arrows, pipes, housewares, animal pelt rugs, and jewelry.

Like Disney's Emporium in the Magic Kingdom, this sizable store is the last retail outlet you see before exiting the park. Although it doesn't have all the merchandise sold in individual park gift shops, as the park's central shopping destination it does have most of it—and some of the best, including T-shirts, stuffed animals, hats, backpacks, gifts, mugs, and limited-edition Universal trading pins. A big plus is that even if you don't visit IOA, you'll find some of the popular merchandise that's sold primarily at the neighboring park.

The beating burnt-orange heart of Longhorn Nation is on display at this emporium of UT paraphernalia, located in the middle of the Drag on campus. You can find Longhorn-logoed everything at this three-level department store founded in 1896 after a similar co-op at Harvard, from Crocs and floral dresses to $350 pairs of burnt-orange Lucchese cowboy boots. Even if you have no direct (or indirect) connection to UT, stop in if you're in the neighborhood to snag your own UT memento.

Venue is the chic version of the Made In Washington stores. You won't find the usual souvenirs here, only goods made by local artists (some of whom have their studios in the sleek bilevel space). Watch the designers at work, chat with the staff (most are artists taking shifts), or just browse through artisanal chocolates, custom handbags, handmade soaps, baby wear, and colorful prints and mosaics.

If you're hunting for a gift that makes you look thoughtful, this is the place to go—here you'll find jewelry, scarves, and handbags with a handcrafted look. This is also the home of Marcie Blaine Artisanal Chocolates, which offers delicious custom chocolates, caramels, and barks with unique flavor combinations.

This shop has a "chocolatorium," where you can learn all about cocoa. It sells fudge and other candies and stocks a large collection of teddy bears, one of whom is giant and made of chocolate.

The Japanese artist Takao owns this gallery-like shop that sells beautifully handcrafted home-decor items—tableware, glass vases, tea sets, and decorative gifts.

In addition to selling souvenirs, this shop invites Native American artists to demonstrate their craft Sunday through Tuesday.

Positioned in the heart of Cape May's historic district, this outdoor pedestrian mall's stores and restaurants occupy old town buildings. More than 80 vendors hawk clothing, souvenirs, gifts, toys, beachwear, ice cream, candy, coffee, and just about anything you would come to expect in a vacation town. On most summer evenings, free concerts are held at the adjoining Rotary Bandstand, and autumn brings sidewalk sales and art shows.

Practical jokes and novelties are a never-ending source of amusement—at least for the person who owns them. This is where you can stock up on cheap gags that'll keep you entertained (and others annoyed) for weeks. Highlights included Pygmy Puffs, U-No-Poo pills, Skiving Snackboxes, Puking Pastilles, Sneakoscopes, Bombtastic Bombs, Peruvian Instant Darkness Powder, Decoy Detonators, Extendable Ears, chattering teeth, and whoopee cushions. It's everything a kid (and some juvenile adults) could ever want.

Everything in this store carries a New Orleans theme, making it a great place to buy souvenirs people will actually want to keep, including fleur-de-lis–covered flasks, decorative pillows, nightlights with shades made from photographs of city scenes, glassware, ceramics, jewelry, and other works by local artists.

Come here for quirky T-shirts, CU and Colorado souvenirs, and a variety of trinkets.