According to the Travel Industry Association of America, shopping is Americans' favorite vacation activity. The world's largest shopping complex, West Edmonton Mall, draws more than 20 million visitors annually to Edmonton, Alberta. Many travel to that Canadian city from the United States. This week, we visit three of this country's premier shopping destinations, all retail centers that can provide the focus of a vacation. Faneuil Hall Marketplace , in Boston.
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Park Meadows in Littleton, Colo., a suburb of Denver. This may be the ultimate luxury shopping experience. Minn. The United States' largest mall is a shrine to capitalism.