Always a go to especially for a fun, last Minute birthday…read moregift. So glad it's part of Highlands!

The store is fun and well stocked, but they do not stand behind their products. They know you don't…read morelive here will not cooperate if their product fails or is defective. I bought a garlic press that upon first use closed and would not open. Totally stuck. They would not take it back. And I bought a $300 coffee brewer from them. When it failed they would not take it back. I called the manufacturer and they sent me a refurbished unit. I took them the unopened refurbished unit back and they still would not take it back. Would not even offer store credit for it. Poor customer support. Sad to see, it is a nice store. Their customers are mostly tourists and they simply don't care about them.

You can walk around this store for hours and still not see everything. Good prices and absolutely…read morehuge amount of crystals to choose from. The cashier Max told me all about the crystals I bought she is very knowledgable.

First visit to the Highlands area. This place is awesome. They have beautiful jewelry, American…read moreIndian things, gems, stones and everything in between. Located in the middle of town. Was greeted by Jen. I was overwhelmed with all the beautiful things, but my eye went straight to the singing bowls. She was knowledgeable and patient as showed me how to use them and the different vibrations they made. I walked out with one. This will always remind me of my trip to the Highlands area.

Great products and service, from excellent books and accouterments to high quality drink mixes and…read morelibations. Make sure to go upstairs and check out the back room!

This is a great addition and much addition to Highlands. They everything you can think of. The…read moremakeup is wonderful and so is the makeup artist. Toys are great for the kids.

A real gem of a store! The front half has items for sale but the real prize is the owner's…read morecollection of rocks, gems, minerals, etc located in the back half of the store - it rivals even the Smithsonian in variety and size! And it's free to view! As a rock enthusiast I easily spent an hour just wandering the collection and store, definitely recommend stopping in.

What an amazing place! I had a couple of links taken out of a gifted watch and they are very…read morepleasant to deal with and removed links while we toured the shop. Amazing merchandise and a gem museum is in the store which in an of itself was amazing. Highly recommend!!

Lovely store. So happy to find local business. Good selection. Nice owner. Helpful with suggesting…read morestitches for project.

How could anyone disparage this wonderful shop and owner!! I have visited this store for decades…read moreand it is the best needlepoint store ever. We all have bad days, but let's be fair to our merchants .

Owner is hostile about local politics. Openly made disparaging remarks about all the Democrats in…read moreSylva. I'm not even a Democrat and I found the conversation off-putting. Also, items are overpriced in my opinion.

I do not write negative reviews because i understand everyone can have an off day but i thought…read moreabout my experience here and decided that if i was the owner of this store, i would want to know a customer was treated rudely. And if this was the owner , shame on her! I also looked at other reviews to see if anyone had the same experience, which they did. So here we are .... This was my first visit to Cashiers, NC and was excited to explore the town. This little shopping center was my first stop. I went into Nora &Co and the lady working behind the counter never looked up. I said a friendly "Good Morning " and was returned with an unfriendly reply. Almost as if I bothered her. I looked around the store was very cute. I told her how excited I was to be there for the first time. I asked about the layout of the town and where most of the shops were. She seriously looked annoyed (or that I wasn't good enough to be in there) and said "there is a rack outside with a magazine that has maps". Wow! She missed the perfect opportunity to say welcome , we are glad you chose to come in and to also give information about the town. It that point I decided not to purchase anything and leave. It was very uncomfortable. The other shops were all very nice and friendly

"I'm selling candles, sister." -- Once Upon a Time, Season 1, Episode 14…read more What a cute little shop along Main Street in Highlands, NC. My friends and I walked in to look around during our New Years trip to the area and enjoyed perusing the store. It's small, but packs quite a bit of merchandise and quite the variety as well. I'm not sure if the store has a true theme as there was everything from candles to gift cards to jewelry to some religious themed kid's books - but everything was very nice and mostly well-priced. I will say that the battling scents of all the candles and potpourri-type items they had in the store gave me a bit of a headache (combined with the heat on full-blast), but the staff was super friendly and asked if they could help me with anything. They seemed quite excited to have just received their first review on Yelp and were talking about it while I was looking at items at the front counter (gave me and my friends a smile). I was quite excited to find glass nail files (not an easy find) which were hand-painted - also very reasonably priced. I bought myself a couple and was on my way. Making a mental note for the next time I am in the area as these are great for gifts as well. They also had some earrings that I had my eye on - very nicely crafted. Definitely one of the top stores to spend your money in along Main Street - worth a stop!

The best gift shop in Highlands! "We want everyone who walks in the door to be happy," says owner…read morePenny Chambless, "whether they buy something or not." The music sets the mood, and it ranges from toe-tapping bluegrass to old-timey hymns, all instrumentals using mountain dulcimers and the like. Shoppers begin to smile and reminisce, and memories of older, simpler times often cause a story to be shared. Penny patiently listens to everybody's stories; she says that's what makes her day. She has good merchandise, nothing too expensive, because she knows times are hard. Personal service is her forte, a box, gift wrap, a little extra tissue please. Funny cards cause laughter to erupt and joy seems to spread through the store. There are lots of bears, cute metal signs, bird houses, candles, garden flags, angels galore, journals and note pads, jewelry, and ,"you know, things my regular customers keep coming back for." And come back they do. Over and over they say, "This is my favorite store. We always come to Mountain Heritage when we come to Highlands, and we always find something we like!"

This is the place to go! Great people who know their stuff about gems. We bought the $60 buckets…read moreand wound up with lots of sapphires and rubies. Even an emerald. They even offer cutting and polishing which is cool.

This is the place to go gem mine! I've been to several gem mining places in western North Carolina,…read morebut this place is by far the best experience I've had. The people who own and operate are by far the most knowledgeable and passionate I've seen, and our buckets were loaded with gems (we got the 60 buckets). They mentioned they are a newer operation, and it's a smaller operation, but it made it that much more enjoyable to get the personalized service and their immediate excitement over the gems we are pulling out of the sieves - almost like a "boutique" experience. They took pictures for us as well! After all the gems were washed, we went to the store to get them bagged up and looked at in the UV light. They do offer cutting services, which we will likely go back and have them do on some of the more glamorized stones (rubies/emerald). We got rubies, topaz, amethyst, quartz, emerald, garnet, moss agate, moonstone, aventurine, aquamarine, and more! The store itself is stocked with all kinds of jewelry, sculptures, and other treasures. They have REAL dinosaur eggs on display! I cannot speak highly enough of the experience and the people - it was a hidden gem for sure (see what I did there)!