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Antiquing in Aurora

Hunt for the oddest treasure in Aurora's antique shops, a historic colony town south of Portland.

Spend a slow morning or afternoon wandering the antique shops in Aurora's old colony buildings. Each hunt for the strangest or most charming thing you can find, take a photo of yourself holding it, then show it off. Buy something small only if you love it. Stop by the Old Aurora Colony Museum for the backstory, then sit down for lunch at one of the bakeries or cafés in town.

Date or adventure
Half day
Easy
$20-60
Indoors
Daytime

Good with just you, friends, and family

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Historic Aurora (Main Street antique shops), Aurora

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About this place

Aurora sits about 22 miles south of Portland on Highway 99E, halfway to Salem. It began in 1856 as the Aurora Colony, a communal settlement known for its food, crafts and traveling band, and in 1974 it became Oregon's first historic district of its kind.

Today the colony buildings are full of antique and vintage shops, including an architectural salvage shop in the town's 1890 seed mill. In spring, pair it with the tulip fields at Wooden Shoe Tulip Fest, about ten minutes away.

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