Plus appréciés Shopping à Anchorage

Located downtown in a small brown house with a full outside wall mural of musk oxen, this store holds the handiwork of more than 250 Native Alaskan knitters. In 1969, this cooperative began knitting the remarkable, downy soft underhair of musk oxen called qiviut. The result is an unshrinkable, soft but durable, ten times warmer than wool, material that makes beautiful scarves, mittens, shawls and hats woven in village specific patterns. A unique wearable gift, it is an exclusively produced product. Online ordering is available at the Web site.

Browse along the narrow walkways and find your next treasure. It carries many paintings, beautifully preserved lace runners, women's gloves and other textiles and a wide array of porcelain housewares. Throughout the shop you will find furniture, clocks, decorative dressing room dividers, hanging tapestry's and more. Pick from a wide selection of decorative glass slippers, dolls, feathered hats, Indian basketry, rare firearms and other fine items.

Here lies more than 4,000 square feet of unique Alaskan souvenirs and gifts. This shop touts "the lowest prices, widest selection and friendliest service in town," and invites you to put this motto to the test. If you are hunting for T-shirts, salmon and halibut products to take home with you, or videos of the many aspects and locations of Alaska, this is your place. When was the last time you heard a player piano? This shop has a ragtime playing player piano that you can tap your toes along to as you shop.

On the corner of Fourth Avenue, sits a large gift store with interior log walls and filled with unique items. Check out the birch wood bowls, spectacular and original birdhouses, chimes, handmade Alaskan soaps, baskets, blown glass candles, moose print blankets, pajamas, glass jewelry and pins. One will also find Alaskan wildflower decorated and scented candles, a selection of Alaskan books, caps, T-shirts, beautiful pottery and locally made ceramics. If you cannot find the perfect gift here, you are simply not looking. Shipping is available.

Directly across from the Log Cabin Visitor's Center, Alaska's largest photograph shop offers 60 years of collected Alaska color slides, movies, photographs and postcards for purchase. A resident reindeer provides you with a photo opportunity you are not likely to forget! Part of the historic registry, this 1921 building has its original pressed-tin ceiling. This shop is one of the largest resale outlets for Alaskan jade and it is available by the pound or by the ton.

Marked by a life-sized statue of a grizzly standing above the front entrance, this store holds a variety of gift options. Choose from a massive T-shirt selection and a variety of Alaskan theme stationery, magnets and calendars among other items. Located in the center of the store, the long glass jewelry cabinets hold Alaskan Jade, the vivid green and blue Alaskan Opals and gold nugget pieces. This shop also carries videos, CDs and cassette tapes; you can bring Alaska home with you in a variety of media. Mail orders are available online.