Unique and Unusual Stores Across America

Curious Nature mixes the atmosphere of a small natural-history museum with the inventory of a plant shop, antique store, occult retailer, bookshop, jewelry counter, and taxidermy cabinet.

Fae's Cabinet turns a large rotating artist collective into a curiosity shop, mixing handmade work with natural specimens, taxidermy, plants, jewelry, body-care goods and stranger one-of-a-kind creations.

Farm Life Creamery connects dairy farming, food manufacturing, direct retail and family agritourism at one rural South Dakota property.

Forget-Me-Not Factory combines fantasy gifts, bubble toys, stuffed animals, character collectibles, miniature villages, seasonal displays, and whimsical décor.

Gap Mercantile preserves the feel of a Depression-era country store while mixing old-fashioned candy and pantry goods with heirloom seeds, antiques, farm tools, handmade crafts, books, soaps, local history, and an overnight cottage built into the rear of the property.

Happy Cow Creamery combines direct dairy retail, on-site milk bottling and ice-cream making with a broad local-food store and seasonal scheduled farm tours.

Heber Valley Artisan Cheese pairs an active creamery and farm store with scheduled dairy tours, tastings and cheesemaking classes at a long-running family farm.

Horrocks Farm Market turns grocery shopping into a collision of produce market, specialty grocer, greenhouse, nursery, florist, prepared-food hall and social venue, complete with an operating tavern and beer garden.

Housewerks sells architectural and industrial antiques, furniture, lighting, hardware, doors, windows, garden pieces, and decorative objects inside Baltimore’s historic Bayard Station.

Hussey's turns the old one-stop rural mercantile idea up to an almost implausible scale, combining everyday groceries and hardware with sporting goods, clothing, farm supplies, furnishings and a serious bridal department.

Left Foot Farm directly connects retail to the working goat dairy behind it, with free casual farm access plus scheduled tours, classes and farm stays for visitors who want more.

Lehman’s combines non-electric tools, wood and heating equipment, kitchen goods, homesteading supplies, emergency products, toys, books, food, demonstrations, and historical displays.