Unique and Unusual Stores Across America

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.

Fastlane Raceway combines radio-control culture, technical track design, and organized racing in Blue Springs, MO.

Ferdinand's connects a real soda-fountain-style retail shop directly to Washington State University's working cheese and ice-cream production operation.

Fiesta's Newell outlet turns dinnerware shopping into an industrial retail experience by pairing factory seconds with the active manufacturing campus behind them.

Floyd Country Store blends traditional general-store retail, a café and ice-cream counter with a year-round calendar of old-time, bluegrass and gospel music.

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

Fort Cody Trading Post turns a Nebraska souvenir stop into a full roadside attraction with museum rooms, outdoor displays and a miniature Wild West show.

Frank Miranda's Oddities & Antiques stretches an antique shop into a museum-like collection of taxidermy, medical curiosities, dolls, specimens, vintage clothing, art, ephemera and strange objects gathered by artist and collector Frank Miranda.

Frontier works because the commercial side is substantial: a real antiques-and-collectibles shop and café share the destination with an immersive automotive museum rather than functioning as a token museum gift counter.

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.

Gather combines glass art, a working studio, classes and custom work with an adjoining small-batch ice-cream café built around views into the hot shop.