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Our Sightseeing category provides a feast for the eyes. Why? Because most all of our selections are famous places that you can view and take pictures of to show everyone back home. Landmarks, sculptures, historic homes, historic districts, cemeteries, water fountains, and statues are just a hint of the sights we've selected.
Category: Sightseeing - Rochester Attractions & Activities
Address: 1001 14th St NW, Rochester, MN 55901
Built in Romanesque style and modeled after Italy's Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, this 100-acre center sits atop a high hill, allowing it to keep a watchful eye on Rochester's goings-on. Founded in the 1870s by members of the Franciscan Order, Assisi Heights is home to the convent of the Sisters of St. Francis, a conference center, a healing...
Category: Sightseeing - Rochester Attractions & Activities
Address: 15 1st St SW, Barnes & Noble, Rochester, MN 55902
Finished in 1927, the Chateau Theatre was long considered one of southeastern Minnesota's most impressive vaudeville theaters. Its French-inspired design, ornate balconies and turrets, and starlit sky dome perfectly capture the style and glitz of the Roaring '20s. In operation through the mid-1980s, the Chateau fell into disrepair until Barnes &...
Category: Sightseeing - Rochester Attractions & Activities
Address: 45 Center St E, Historic Bluff Country CVB, Harmony, MN 55939
Less than an hour from Rochester is Minnesota's scenic Bluff Country, a dazzling landscape of steep rock slopes, winding streams, and unspoiled forests. Each year thousands of hikers and bicyclists come to explore the area via the Root River State Trail or the Harmony-Preston Valley Trail. Anglers, too, find plenty of ways to pass the time – the...
Category: Sightseeing - Rochester Attractions & Activities
Address: 521 N Main St, Mantorville, MN 55955
For a step back from today's traffic, large crowds, and never-ending bustle, pay a visit to this sleepy little town located just a few miles east of downtown Rochester on Highway 14. Mantorville's 10-plus-block downtown area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated as such due to its 19th and early-20th century Greek...
Category: Sightseeing - Rochester Attractions & Activities
Address: 200 1st St SW, Rochester, MN 55905
In the late 19th century, unhappy with the medical practices of their day, Drs. Charles and William Mayo created a novel organization in which myriad specialists worked as a team to investigate, diagnose, and treat patients' problems. This system would eventually change the field of medicine forever. Today, the Mayo Clinic boasts 30 buildings and...
Category: Sightseeing - Rochester Attractions & Activities
Address: 1195 W Circle Dr SW, Rochester, MN 55902
This elegant mansion, once home to three generations of Rochester's most high-profile family, sits southwest of downtown, surrounded by private gardens and 15 beautifully manicured acres. The 48-room home, open to the general public, features original antique furnishings, as well as personal effects once belonging to Dr. Charles H. Mayo,...
Category: Sightseeing - Rochester Attractions & Activities
Address: 1091 Plummer Ln SW, Rochester, MN 55902
Dr. Henry S. Plummer, a 35-year member of the Mayo Clinic, had this stately English Tudor home built in the early '20s. In its heyday, the home was surrounded by more than 60 acres and was the setting for some of Rochester's finest annual soirees. In 1969, 33 years after her husband's death, Mrs. Plummer turned the estate over to the Art Center,...
