America's Best Ice Cream Shops

Vermont: Ben & Jerry’s

The factory of the Ben & Jerry’s empire is hardly undiscovered, but it makes for a great afternoon, especially with ice cream–bedazzled children. This is ground zero of all things ice cream, with real cows and cow imagery heralding the Cow Over the Moon theater and the Flavoroom. The Flavor Graveyard, with such offerings as Rainforest Crunch, is particularly interesting: it might be time to bring back Economic Crunch.

Flavor to Try: Command central is forever offering daily samplings of new flavors, such as 2009’s fair trade Chocolate Macadamia and Mission to Marzipan.