Attractions: Shopping

Everyone has done it. Passed many roadside attractions doing 65 miles per hour not even noticing the enchanting place to stop and explore.

City: McMinnville
Region: Yamhill Valley

Mexican flavor, north of the border

By Vicente Guzman-Orozco
For Oregon.com

City: Woodburn

From Hippy to Hip at the Portland Saturday Market

By Bonnie Caton
For Oregon.com

Tags: Shopping
City: Portland

Elkins Gem store, which has been there since 1958, offers everything from finished bookends made of petrified wood, to earrings, to free advice and maps of the area.

Tags: Shopping
Region: Central Oregon

Walking into Bruce’s Candy Kitchen in Cannon Beach is like being transported back to the old days of candy stores in the 1950s and ‘60s.

City: Cannon Beach
Region: Northern Coast

The main reason you visit a glass-blowing studio on the Oregon Coast is to purchase some of the truly unique and beautiful artwork on display.

At the Fernhill Art Studio, they also give you a show.

City: Astoria
Region: Northern Coast

Oregon's capital city, Salem, as well as the surrounding region of Marion and Polk County are extremely diverse.

City: Salem

Goody's is a family run tradition of handmade chocolates, candies and ice cream. First created by Marne and Marion Palmateer in Sunriver, in 1984, Goody's Candy Store very quickly became a legendary and loved Central Oregon tradition selling assorted candies purchased for resale. 

City: Bend
Region: Central Oregon

It’s easy, driving along in your car, to completely miss the Western experience that is Pendleton.

City: Pendleton
Region: Eastern Oregon

The chocolate store, located on Highway 99, or North Front Street in Central Point, opened its current location a few years ago to take advantage of what business owners in the area call an “artisan grouping.” Lillie Belle is located next to Rogue Creamery (who built the building for him) and it has big windows where you can watch Shepherd make his confections.

City: Eagle Point
Region: Southern Oregon

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