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POTTERY MUSEUM OF RED WING

More than 6,000 vintage pieces of artisan-crafted stoneware, art pot-tery, dinnerware and folk art bring the story of historic Red Wing to life in dozens of exhibits covering 13,000 square feet.

RED WING SHOE STORE & MUSEUM

Visit the flagship Red Wing Shoe Store to see the world’s largest boot, the Red Wing Shoe Museum and a full-floor outlet center.

ANDERSON CENTER AT TOWER VIEW

A nationally registered landmark, the Anderson Center’s facility houses a permanent art collection, sculpture gar-den, studio artists, classes and retreats.

NATIONAL FARMERS’ BANK

Discover historic down-town and the National Farmers’ Bank. Built from 1906-1908, the National

Farmers’ Bank is widely recognized as one of the premier pieces of “Prai-rie School Architecture” in America. The most famous of all Louis Sullivan’s banks, it is considered “a jewel box of the prairie,” featuring gold leaf arches, stained glass windows, and nouveau baroque art designs.

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CHARLES E. GAGNON MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE

GARDEN The Gagnon Museum and Sculpture Garden preserves Charles Gagnon’s art, spanning from 1962 to 2012. Gagnon was dedicated to creating bronze sculptures that would give hope to the world and inspire peace among all peoples. 1

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VILLAGE OF YESTERYEAR AND STEELE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Experience what life was like in Owa-tonna at the turn of the 20th century. The 19-structure site features two log cabins, a railroad station and a ca-boose from Steele County, a general store/post office, fire station, farm machinery building, blacksmith shop, country school and more.

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MAYOWOOD MANSIONDiscover the Mayo family’s fascinat-ing history on a Historic Mayowood Mansion tour. Guided tours of the mansion, which was built in 1911 and housed three generations of May-os, are available from mid-April to mid-October. From early November until mid-December, the mansion is decked out for the holidays and offers holiday-themed tours.

PLUMMER HOUSE OF THE ARTS

Tour the 49-room, five-story Plummer House of the Arts, designed in 1917 by early Mayo Clinic physician Henry Plummer and featuring many innovations that were far advanced for the era. The Tudor-style mansion sits on 11 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds, consist-ing of formal gardens and a bird trail.

HERITAGE HOUSE VICTORIAN MUSEUM

A mere two-block walk north of down-town Rochester brings visitors to Heri-tage House Victorian Museum, which offers the opportunity to see how life was lived in the 1800s. This Itali-anate-style home was built in 1875 for Timothy and Eliza Whiting.

NATIONAL TROUT CENTER Visit the National Trout Center for hands-on activities to engage the pub-lic in awareness of the environment, cold water fishery resources of the re-gion and the arts and crafts related to trout fishing.

AMISH COMMUNITY TOURS

Amish families first began to settle in Minnesota in the late 1800s. Today the Preston, Harmony and Canton area of Fillmore County is home to Minneso-ta’s largest Amish settlement, with sev-en church districts and approximately 1,000 people. Take a guided tour with one of the area Amish tour businesses to experience Amish life first-hand.

INTERNATIONALOWL CENTER

Meet live ambassador owls at the International Owl Center. Feel how soft an owl feather is, peruse owl art from around the world, and find out more about the people working hard to make the world a better place for owls.

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Bowlus

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

Voyageurs National Park

Superior National Forest

Superior National Forest

Chippewa National Forest

Upper Red Lake

Lower Red Lake

Lake of the Woods

Rainy Lake

LakeWinnibigoshish

Leech Lake

Mille LacsLake

Ely

Orr

Cook

Isle

Mora

Tower

Crane Lake

Milan

Remer

Cokato

Onamia

MortonFairfax

Morgan

WinonaWaseca

Wadena

Menahga

Benson

Morris

Aurora

Duluth

Roseau

PerhamVergas

Dent

Currie

Le Roy

Spring ValleyAustin

Blooming Prairie

Warren

Argyle

Spicer

Osakis

Miltona

Crosby DeerwoodNisswa

Windom

Bagley Shevlin

ClearbrookFosston

Erskine

Fertile

WalkerAkeley

Nevis

AitkinCarlton

WabashaKellogg

Biwabik

Hibbing EvelethGilbert

WarroadWilliams

Lake Bronson

Karlstad

Badger

Greenbush

Middle River

Angle InletOak Island

Luverne

Hallock

Noyes

Willmar

Jackson

Adrian

Bigfork

Big Falls

Littlefork

Waskish

Kabetogama

CalumetBovey

Harmony

Preston

Cloquet

New Ulm

Mankato

Bemidji

Appleton

Madison

Owatonna

Richmond

ShakopeeWaconia

VirginiaChisholm

Marcell

StarbuckGlenwood

Hinckley

Fairmont

MahnomenAda

Waubun

Hawley

Nay-Tah-WaushLake George

Lake Itasca

Laporte

MarshallLe Sueur

Henderson Belle Plaine

Le Center

Baudette

NorthomeKelliher

Red Wing

Rushford

Spring Grove

Houston

Altura

Brownsville

Hastings

Garrison

BrainerdBaxter

Staples

Moorhead

McGregor

Barnum

Lake City

Zumbrota

Plainview

Elk River

Anoka

Princeton

Faribault

Crookston

Pipestone

Edgerton

Slayton

Olivia

Sandstone

Finlayson

Pine City

Rochester

Hendricks

Canby

Caledonia

Lanesboro

Chatfield

Crosslake

EmilyFifty Lakes

Lindstrom

Cass Lake

Longville

Blackduck

Tenstrike Hines

Hill City

Northfield

Monticello Albertville

Maple Grove

Beaver BaySilver Bay

Little Marais

Schroeder

Tofte

Lutsen

Albert Lea

StillwaterWhite Bear Lake

Hoyt Lakes

Babbitt

St. Paul

Litchfield

Hutchinson

Waterville

New London

Deer RiverBena

Pennington

Federal Dam

Blue Earth

Alexandria

Montevideo

Hackensack

Backus

Pine River

Moose Lake

Sleepy Eye

Ortonville

St. Cloud

Paynesville

Sauk Centre

Pierz

Battle Lake

Garfield

Worthington

St. PeterLake Benton

Two HarborsPark Rapids

Ponsford

La Crescent

Minneapolis

BloomingtonApple Valley

Mantorville

Kasson

Springfield

Comfrey

St. James

Madelia

Walnut GroveBalaton

Hanley Falls

Breckenridge

Long Prairie

Fergus FallsUnderwood

Little Falls

Cushing

GrandRapids

Cannon Falls

Pequot LakesBreezy Point

Grand Marais

Grand Portage

NorthBranch

Cambridge

Redwood Falls

Granite Falls

Taylors Falls

Detroit Lakes

Frazee

Red Lake Falls

New York Mills

Ottertail

Pelican Rapids

East Grand Forks

St. Louis Park

Thief RiverFalls

InternationalFalls

Ranier

Fisher’sLanding

Moorhead

Dresbach

Albert Lea

St. Croix

Beaver CreekWorthington

Thompson Hill

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