Shopping in Nags Head, NC: Gifts

For a feeling of an old-time country market, step into The Cotton Gin, an Outer Banks shopping tradition for more than 40 years. The original Cotton Gin has stood in the same location since 1929, starting as a working cotton gin and growing into a gift store with four locations. Visitors are treated to a unique shopping experience in their main store in Jarvisburg as...read more

For years Forbes has supplied visitors with real saltwater taffy in a huge range of flavors, available by the pound or in boxes that make perfect gifts to take back home. You’ll find all the traditional favorite candies too, along with fudge and homemade chocolates. We like the chocolates in the shape of dolphins, seashells and starfish. They also carry beach items like sunglasses, towels,...read more

Nags Head's newest thrift store is Funky Junk OBX. You'll find it in the Croatan Centre on the Bypass in Nags Head, offering antiques and gently used home goods and accessories, painted furniture, sporting goods, children's items and so much more. There's a little bit of everything here and the inventory frequently changes, so stop in often.read more

This is a well-loved local gallery, and the owners are known for their generosity to the Outer Banks arts community. The main gallery features work by printmaker and painter Glenn Eure. Subjects vary from boat watercolors to abstract collagraph prints and large three-dimensional canvases. Side galleries include revolving shows by emerging and mature artists and group exhibitions such as the annual self-portrait competition. The gallery...read more

Island Tobacco has been a full-service tobacco store for more than 20 years on the Outer Banks, carrying a large selection of premium waterpipes and hand-blown glass pipes and an assortment of tobacco accessories and cleaning supplies. With more than 10 humidors, they provide a large variety of cigars, imported cigarettes and pipe tobacco, along with an interesting selection of gifts. They now have kratom...read more