108 Best Places to Shop in USA

Beverly Hills meets the South Florida sun at this swank collection of 100 high-end shops, boutiques, and department stores, which currently holds the title as the country’s greatest revenue-earner per square foot. The open-air enclave includes Florida’s largest Saks Fifth Avenue; an 8,100-square-foot, two-story flagship Salvatore Ferragamo store; and stores by Alexander McQueen, Valentino, and local juggernaut The Webster. Restaurants and cafés, in tropical garden settings, overflow with style-conscious diners. A $400 million expansion is currently under way to add 340,387 square feet of retail.

A converted mill building from the early 1900s houses more than two dozen of Bend’s most eclectic shops, restaurants, and studios. Prepare for your outdoor adventures at Black Diamond or Gear Fix, browse decor at Merryweather Home Goods, or embark on a round-the-block tasting tour of Immersion Brewery, AVID Cider, River Pig Saloon, and Bend Wine Bar & Winery Tasting Room.

Located within the Sea Pines Resort, Harbour Town is a picture-perfect little area with plenty of shops that appeal to visitors young and old. S. M. Bradford Co., Currents, and Fashion Court specialize in upscale clothing, while Knickers and Harbour Town Surf Shop carry outdoor wear. Kids and families will enjoy the Cinnamon Bear Country Store and Hilton Head Toys.

At the gift shops within the peninsula's main historic attraction, you can purchase sportswear, designer handbags, jewelry, and antiques. Spreckels Sweets & Treats offers old-time candies, freshly made fudge, and decadent truffles. Beachouse has home goods with a coastal aesthetic, while Est. 1888 offers gifts and keepsakes to bring back for loved ones. S.R.F. is the spot to hit up for outdoor and action sports accessories. En Route is a haven for travelers, offering a selection of top-quality luggage and leather goods.

This factory store has great deals on woolen blankets, household goods, and the famous Johnson outerwear.

More than 40 stores are tucked into this cheery shopping village with a Pennsylvania Dutch spin. It's touristy, but Kitchen Kettle satisfies shopaholics looking for souvenirs, home decor, or fashion. A dozen of the places here are dedicated to food: You can shop for jam and olive oil or stop for a local ice cream and some Lancaster-roasted coffee. It's a popular attraction for bus tours, so the scene can get hectic. To do it all over again tomorrow, get a room at the Inn & Suites right in the village itself.

This beautiful outdoor mall has close to 50 stores (and four restaurants) decidedly aimed at affluent consumers. The Latin-inspired Blanco and Ra Sushi are the standout eateries. Trendy tenants include Crate & Barrel, Pottery Barn, Apple, and Tiffany & Co., plus AJ's Fine Foods, a gourmet grocery that also serves coffee, pastries, and casual meals.

With refined dining options, boutique shopping, coffee and tea stations, and community workspaces, it’s impossible to pigeonhole this hip locale. Housed in a turn-of-the-last-century building once used as a stable for the nearby Tampa Bay Hotel, it's a large and meandering place: around one corner you might find a cerebral bookstore with great literary finds; around another, you might come upon a sunny courtyard or comfy seating area where you can relax with a cup a coffee.

Branches of Tiffany & Co., Saks Fifth Avenue, and Gucci are here, as are shops like Lilly Pulitzer and Bally. The mall also is home to Legoland Discovery Center.

The South Shore's upscale shopping center has boutiques, exclusive galleries, several great restaurants, a gourmet grocer, a large drugstore, and Kauai-made Lappert's Ice Cream. The flagship of the Malie Organics bath line, used by many top hotels and spas, is here, along with anchors like Lululemon, Tommy Bahama, and Deja Vu Surf. Check out the Kauai Culinary Market on Wednesday afternoons to see cooking demonstrations, listen to live music, and shop from local vendors. This attractive open-air plantation-style center gets busy on Friday nights. It's at the roundabout as you enter Poipu.

The Shops at Pembroke Gardens is an outdoor oasis with a variety of shops, restaurants, salons, and spas. From shops like White House Black Market and Sephora to local dining options like RA Sushi and Village Tavern, it's a popular hangout among locals and tourists. 

In the heart of downtown Eugene, this upscale marketplace features a mix of clothing and home goods boutiques, restaurants, tasting rooms, and cafés, plus a large gourmet food hall with a bakery. Across the street from the market, the arcade-style 5th Street Market Alley offers more shops still, many focused on selling locally made wares.

Look for the distinctive smokestacks at this open-air shopping, dining, and entertainment center (the area was once a cement factory). Today, Alamo Quarry Market includes a Regal movie theater complex and many standard mall stores, such as Gap, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and Williams Sonoma. This entire area boasts many retail offerings. Quarry Village is across from Quarry Market, and the nearby Shops at Lincoln Heights are at the intersection of Broadway and East Basse Road.

With hundreds of local artists and vendors across multiple floors, this is a one-stop shop for gifts, clothes, jewelry, snacks, and fun stuff to bring home for your kids (and your pets too!). Many items are Chicago-themed, making this a great place to pick up a souvenir with a story behind it (and attitude to spare). 

This 1887 brick building, one of the oldest industrial buildings in Asheville, is a former factory once owned by Moses H. Cone, whose family mansion is on the Blue Ridge Parkway. With an exterior covered by a colorful mural, it's home to a music venue, photographers, boutique seamstresses, and a trendy tattoo studio.

Spread across two complexes on either side of South Kihei Road, this no-frills shopping center is in the heart of Kihei. The mall has more than 50 stores, including a scuba shop for rentals and dive bookings. It also has a gas station, several great takeout and dine-in restaurants, a coffee shop, a post office, and ample free parking.

Where to start your shopping adventure? This cluster of spruced-up shops, restaurants, and vendors is responsible for the restoration of the colorful historic district where Bahamians settled in the 19th century. The village lies roughly between Whitehead and Fort Streets and Angela and Catherine Streets. Hemingway frequented the bars, restaurants, and boxing rings in this part of town.

With a Mexican villa theme, the Bazaar hosts riotously colorful gift shops such as Ariana, for ethnic and artsy women's fashions; Artes de Mexico, which sells handmade Latin American crafts and Guatemalan weavings; and The Gallery, which carries handmade jewelry, Native American crafts, collectible glass, and original silk-screen prints. The Laurel Burch Gallerita carries the complete collection of its namesake artist's signature jewelry, accessories, and totes.

This open-air shopping center has about 40 stylish boutiques and specialty stores, some of Fort Myers's best restaurants and bars, and 20 movie screens.

Macy's, Saks Fifth Avenue, and Ralph Lauren anchor more than 70 stores and upscale boutiques in this posh, parklike setting. It's accessible from the Camelback Esplanade and The Camby hotel by a pedestrian tunnel that runs beneath Camelback Road.

This family-friendly faux country market was first built in the postwar boom of the 1940s and remains a staple of the community. Among the dozens of stores are Goop (Gwyneth Paltrow's lifestyle brand's gorgeous first brick-and-mortar store), Turpan (for luxury home goods), James Perse (for laid-back cotton knits), Jenni Kayne (for a curated mix of modern clothing, housewares, and gifts), and Malia Mills (for American-made swimwear separates). Grab a chicken basket at Reddi Chick and chow down on the open-air patio.

This outdoor, Mediterranean-style shopping center originally served the ranchers and orange-grove owners in this once remote part of town, now the city's fastest-growing area. There's a Whole Foods grocery store, the popular Wildflower restaurant, a gelato shop, upscale pizzas at Sauce, Starbucks, and diverse boutiques and gift shops.

Ybor City's destination within a destination, this dining-and-entertainment palace has at least 20 shops, bars, and restaurants, with the latter serving everything from gourmet popsicles to upscale sushi.

At Milwaukee Street, the granite-and-glass behemoth Cherry Creek Shopping Center holds some of the nation's top retailers. Its more than 160 stores include Free People, Burberry, H&M, Tiffany & Co., Louis Vuitton, Neiman Marcus, and Macy's.

This popular family-run shopping center has its roots in the Chinese immigrants who came to Hawaii in the early 19th century. Hanalei's only full-service grocery store is here, along with other shops useful to locals and visitors, such as a music shop selling ukuleles and CDs, jewelry stores, art galleries, a surf shop, a variety store, and several restaurants.

CityCenterDC is an upscale gathering of high-end boutiques, restaurants, residential and office buildings, a park, and an open-air plaza, bordered by New York Avenue and 9th, 11th, and H Streets NW. It's all too easy to spend several thousand dollars in just a few minutes here, with leather goods from Longchamp, Louis Vuitton, and Salvatore Ferragamo; designer fashions and accessories from Burberry, Canali, CH Carolina Herrera, Kate Spade, Loro Piana, Paul Stuart, Zadig&Voltaire; outdoor clothing and sporting goods from Arc'teryx; Tumi luggage; and David Yurman jewelry. For a break from shopping or browsing, grab an indulgent treat from Dolcezza and relax in the plaza with its benches, tables, and fountains.

This meandering oceanfront marketplace includes gift shops, cafés, restaurants (including Outback Steakhouse, Humpy's Big Island Alehouse, Thai Rin, Lava Java, Foster's Kitchen, and Gecko Girlz), sports bars, sushi, boutiques, crystal stores, Jack's Diving Locker, a running shop, and several art galleries. At night, locals gather to watch outdoor sand volleyball games held in the courtyard or grab a beer and enjoy live music. Directly adjacent is Alii Sunset Plaza, which is served by the same large paid parking lot. (Parking may be validated by some retailers.)

A 500-acre planned community is home to one of the area's largest shopping complexes, with more than 140 stores, including upscale boutiques and big-box retailers, as well as plenty of big-name restaurants. There's a boardwalk for a breather between impulse purchases and a castle-theme kids' play area.

A staggering view of San Diego's Downtown skyline across the bay and a dozen boutiques make this a delightful place to shop while waiting for a ferry. La Camisa ( 619/319--5826) is a fun place to pick up kitschy souvenirs, T-shirts, fleece jackets, and postcards. Lisa's Boutique ( 619/550--7366) specializes in comfy women's shoes and affordable casual wear. Vom Fass ( 619/534--5034) is a shop and tasting room full of olive oils, vinegars, spices, and other foodie essentials. There's a farmers' market every Tuesday 2:30–6, and some restaurants offer a daily late-afternoon happy hour.

Whether you're at Port Canaveral for a cruise or are just passing through, this area on the south side of the harbor has shops, restaurants, and entertainment venues, including the seven-story Exploration Tower. Since most of the bars and eateries are located on the public waterfront area, you'll have a great view of the cruise ships.