A stylish, slightly camp shop selling everything from houndstooth-print napkins to watches with Salvador Dali's moustache instead of hands. The shop always smells fantastic, as...

Bobby Garnett's fabulous vintage emporium in the SoWa warehouse gallery complex is well known to Japanese denim aficionados, movie wardrobe professionals and local rockers. The...

At first glance, it looks like any other convenience store, the window lined with faded bleach bottles and paper towels. Something's odd though - the kid behind the counter is...

Established in 1825, this highly regarded antiquarian bookshop in the heart of downtown Boston has amassed around 250,000 books, maps, prints and other collectible items; the...

This refined treasure trove, established in 1939, sells an impressive range of antiques and curiosities. Its shelves boast an alluring mixture of pieces, from art deco...

A kitsch lover's paradise, this quirky variety store sells a mix of wonderfully cheesy novelties, such as Last Supper lunchboxes and a robed 'Elvis, King of Kings' in a...

Call it a novelty shop for foodies. Negotiating Cardullo's riotous aisles, you'll encounter chai truffles and white chocolate ants; cans of spotted dick and jars of cassoulet;...

When Skippy White's - the fabled store for serious connoisseurs of old-school R&B, jazz, gospel and hip-hop - closed down in 2006, the equally legendary Cheapo Records moved...

The mother of all Newbury Street spas, the palatial multistorey Emerge, which opened in 2006, really does offer everything: from cosmetic fillers (by appointment) to caviar...

Down a side street from the Harvard Book Store, the tiny Grolier has been catering to the voracious appetites of Cambridge's poetry lovers for more than 80 years. Every...

Before a branch of Barneys opened in nearby Copley Place, this was Boston's answer to the hip New York designer temple. Occupying a detached mansion that once housed the Museum...

All dolled up like a heartland kitchen circa 1948, this little cutie stacks its pastel buttercream-frosted cupcakes on display trees, and lines its case with fluffy muffins,...

Crafts are cool again - as Magpie proves. Owned by four young creative types, it showcases handmade homewares, gifts, art and wearables by independent designers (some of whom...

It may be one of the hippest designer emporiums in Boston, but there's nothing flashy about Stel's. In fact, its big, warehousey, subterranean premises are easily missed by the...