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ITINERARYSouthern Region
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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RED WING
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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