Aurora is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States.

This area produced a large quantity of the nation's iron and taconite ore.

The Northern Lights Music Festival, based in Aurora, is one of Minnesota's largest summer festivals, presenting professional opera, chamber music, symphonic music and lectures to Iron Range audiences, including Ely, Aurora, Tower, Gilbert, Virginia, Buhl, Chisholm and Hibbing, utilizing historic venues across the Range.

Historic B'nai Abraham Synagogue is owned by NLMF, and chamber music events are presented there, in the city of Virginia.

Now in its 22nd season, the festival brings revenue to Iron Range communities through its activities, and provides educational programming to young people from across the United States.

Aurora is on the edge of the Superior National Forest, two miles (3 km) from Giants Ridge Golf and Ski Resort.

Popular recreational activities include hunting, fishing, boating, four-wheeling, skiing, and snowboarding.

There are many ATV and snowmobile trails on Aurora's outskirts, some of which extend all the way to Lake Superior.

17.4% were of Finnish, 13.2% German, 10.5% Norwegian, 9.1% Slovene, 7.3% Swedish, 6.6% Italian and 5.4% English ancestry according to Census 2000.