116 Best Places to Shop in USA

You should be able to find what you need for your kitchen at Rooster Brother, the "store for cooks and those who love them." On the first level of a towering Victorian building aside the Union River, specialty foods, deli meats and cheese, baked goods, wines (including a nice selection of sherry and port), and house-roasted coffee (bagged or brewed to go—try a sample) are on offer. Upstairs is well-stocked with top-quality cooking items and pretty much everything for your table.

Step into this emporium of eclectic home goods from around the world, and you might feel like you've found your fantasy-land nest. An astounding array of colorful rugs, antiques, textiles, furniture, and bedding, including sleek sofas and Balinese daybeds is spread over several floors. The ground level is a chic marketplace of antique stemware, ceramic tableware, fine jewelry, and wellness products. There are no less than three in-house restaurants from Jean-Georges Vongerichten, which are destinations in their own right. The selection of unique jewelry on the first floor is wonderful, if you're looking for a gift.

Maine islander Angela Adams specializes in simple but bold geometric motifs parlayed into dramatic rugs (custom, too), canvas totes, bedding, and other home accessories. The shop also carries sleek wood furniture from her husband's woodshop.

This once-dilapidated warehouse houses an upstairs workshop for makers of artisanal goods and an inspiring downstairs retail space where you'll find a carefully curated selection of lifestyle goods for every room in the home, many of them produced locally—some as local as upstairs. Among the treasures, look for warm and soft camp blankets and Navajo rugs with vibrant prints, women's jewelry in a variety of simple-but-beautiful styles, bath salts and soaps, and quite a few larger pieces of distinctive furniture.

Form meets function at this design boutique with a niche selection of clean-lined, modern goods and gifts for every room in the home. You'll find curvy thick-glass bowls, modern lamps with sheer paper shades, polished-stone trays, Bigelow natural-bristle toothbrushes, and Chemex coffee kettles, with some goods produced locally and exclusively for Canoe, and others imported from Asia and northern Europe.

This colorful marketplace set in a massive old warehouse building in the Central East Side brims with furniture, crafts, jewelry, men's and women's apparel, notebooks and journals, and apothecary goods from all over the world, but with an emphasis on Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Within the building, Cargo Emporium is a collection of local makers—Altar apparel, LGBTQ+- and feminist-focused Citizen Ruth art and jewelry, RX Letterpress, and many others.

Get ready to immerse yourself in this store whose shelves are brimming with nearly every type of quality kitchen tool imaginable. They've got world-class knives (and a superb service center for them), but also a huge stock of pottery (from handmade items to pieces by Le Creuset), kitchen-wizard tools of every stripe, and condiments from Maine and from far away.

A concept store by furniture giant Crate&Barrel, CB2 got its start right here in Chicago. Expect bold basics for trendy urban abodes, all sans big-ticket price tags.

With an emphasis on interior design, this boutique stocks lovely French bed linens, artful personal jewelry, home-decor accents, and specialty soaps and toiletries. There's also a selection of simply irresistible kids' clothing.

With an array of upscale, seaside luxe-living essentials like soy candles (hand-poured on-site in small batches in scents like sailcloth, fog, moss, and water), this high-ceilinged, brick-walled home-design and gift boutique smells as good as it looks. Look for furniture fashioned from reclaimed wood, nautical-theme throw pillows, jewelry, seashells, and air plants in recycled-glass terrariums. There's a second location on Bainbridge Island.

This delightful shop is housed in a bright-red Maine barn filled with household items both useful and pleasing to the eye. Browse the collection of ceramics, linens, kitchen essentials, and more by small-batch makers, and pick up a few artisan treats, too.

The dishes, china, and glassware for resale come from all walks of crockery life, including corporate dining rooms and failed restaurants, so you never know what you might find. Fishs Eddy also sells its own lines of dishes and kitchenware, which have both classic and whimsical looks. The shop is a great place to pick up New York–theme gifts such as mugs and trays.

This well-stocked home decor shop inside the historic Burlingame Garage, is run by a husband-and-wife duo. Browse unique furniture, kitchenware, jewelry, greeting cards, and the kids' section for the perfect gift.

Featuring tea towels, napkins, the softest T-shirts, and other textiles hand-printed in Rockport with delightful animals and other nature themes, this inviting shop also stocks home goods, glassware, cards, cooking and gardening books, and plants.

You could easily spend a couple of hours wandering through this legendary indoor--outdoor bazaar, which sprawls over 7 acres, incorporating pottery barns, a furniture store, endless aisles of knickknacks from Latin America and Asia, and a glassblowing studio. There's also an area where craftspeople, artisans, and others sell their wares—sort of a mini--flea market feel (but with retail prices).

This enchanting emporium brims with both vintage and new finds to embellish and enliven the home. There's also a selection of unusual gifts and darling children's items. Everything is thoughtfully chosen and high-quality.

Shibori-style hand-dyed and intricately sewn textiles—both contemporary and vintage—form the basis for most of the products in this gorgeous shop that practically bursts at the seams with kimonos, boros, dresses, neckties, socks, dopp kits, wallets, and other items for the home and wardrobe. It's easy to lose yourself in this colorful space, where you'll also discover plates, bowls, tea sets, and pottery works.

This spacious showroom across from Powell's carries an impressive and eclectic assortment of locally made culinary goods, housewares, fashion, jewelry, arts and crafts—even handcrafted skis and snowboards. The quality of everything here is consistently high—it's a perfect way to get a sense of Portland's vibrant "maker" culture, all under one roof.

It's hard to know where to look first when you enter this store filled with appealing and clever home-decor accents. Shop for colorful and artistic pottery, tableware, candles, holiday ornaments, decorative birdhouses, textiles, jewelry, and and some packaged foodstuffs. It's also an excellent place to find thoughtful gifts.

Located in East Nashville's Inglewood neighborhood, Old Made Good is your one-stop shop for all things vintage and fun. From old-school band T-shirts to the perfect mid-century modern side table, everything is carefully curated and stocked by the store's staff. In addition to vintage items, Old Made Good also stocks locally made candles, crafts, jewelry, and gifts.

A cross between a design gallery and a museum gift shop, the Passdoor stocks high-quality artworks; glassware and ceramics; jewelry; and creative home-decor items.

You don't have to be in the market for a plush sofa or a chandelier to appreciate a stroll through the massive, six-story, 90,000-square-foot space of RH (Restoration Hardware), with sections that include those for babies and teens, a soaring central atrium, and a glass elevator to whisk you to the leafy rooftop terrace. There, a restaurant serves elevated comfort food such as truffle-laced pastas, juicy rib-eye steaks, and lobster rolls. And who knows? You might just end up leaving with a cool vintage-looking lamp, too.

As advertised, there are both "rocks" and "art" for sale at this eclectic family-owned store. There are also taxidermied animals, fossils, home decor, plants, interesting jewelry, scientific toys, and bath products. Though seasonal, sister stores in Bangor and Ellsworth are year-round.

A well-stocked, mod-industrial mercantile that very much captures the hipster spirit of the surrounding 9th and 9th neighborhood, Salt & Honey carries large and small items for every room of the house, from arty bowls and vases to fine jewelry, and some locally made apparel, too. There are two other locations in the area.

You could spend hours browsing the fine rugs and furnishings at this well-established shop. They stock custom Zapotec textiles from Oaxaca, Navajo weavings, Congolese kuba cloths, and carpets from Tibet, Morocco, and Afghanistan as well as fine arts and crafts tables, sofas, and chairs from around the world.

Don’t let the name fool you: although there are ducks, chickens, and even peacocks wandering around the quaint grounds of this Kennebunk spot, it's far more charming than rustic. Wander through the gardens, or stop into the shop, housed in a 19th-century farmhouse, for one-of-a-kind terra-cotta pots and elevated gifts for the garden, home, and bath. 

Owned by TV production designer/artist Anton Goss, who is a part-time high-dessert resident, this bright and airy boutique specializes in mid-century and bohemian-modern furniture and home decor, with pieces sourced locally as well as from Mexico, Mali, and elsewhere in the world. It's also a full-service nursery, making it handy if your days in the desert have inspired you to invest in some new succulents. Should you need time to contemplate potential purchases, stroll through the meditative green space out back.

Part general store, part gift shop, Acres sells bulbs, gardening implements, and home decor items "for the well-tended life." 

The selection of strikingly glazed ceramics, including oyster-shape dishes, for sale here are handmade on-site by artist and owner Alison Evans. You can also shop for home goods, local art, and cashmere clothing.