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Amish Backroads Tour CD – Lanesboro
Description:

Year-round – Monday through Saturday drive in your car at your own pace to Amish shops and sites guided by a pleasantly narrated audio CD. Available for rent at Stone Mill Hotel & Suites and Amish Experience. / 507-467-8663

Phone:
507-467-2992
Website:
www.amishbackroadstour.com
Amish Backroads Tours – Harmony
Description:

Affordable CD guided tour of Amish Country that can start in either Lanesboro or Harmony.

Phone:
507-886-2303
Website:
www.amishbackroadstour.com/
Amish Tours of Harmony – Harmony
Description:

Experience an exciting tour of Amish Country with one of our knowledgeable guides- offering van tours, car tours or group rates.

Phone:
507-886-2303
Website:
www.amish-tours.com
Bluffscape Amish Tours – Lanesboro
Description:

Seasonal – Educational, respectful and fully narrated 3-hour Old Order Amish tours visiting fams and shops.

Phone:
507-467-3070
Website:
www.bluffscape.com
Buffalo Gal/Money Creek Buffalo Ranch – Houston
Description:

Take a Buffalo Gal Ranch tours to see what it is like to be surrounded by these magnificent animals, shop in the gift shop for unique buffalo items, and see what the Native Americans have known for hundreds of years… buffalo meat tastes great!

Phone:
507-896-2345
Website:
www.buffalogal.com
Commonweal Theatre Company – Lanesboro
Description:

Award-winning, professional live theatre in our 30th season! With an enticing mix of musicals, comedies, dramas, and more, there’s something for everyone at the Commonweal.

Phone:
800-657-7025
Website:
www.commonwealtheatre.org
Ernie’s Garage – Whalan
Description:

Non operating 1917 filling station.Step back in time when gas was cheap and service was of the utmost importance.

Phone:
507-467-3434
Fillmore County History Center – Fountain
Phone:
507-268-4449
Website:
fillmorecountyhistory.wordpress.com
Harmony Visitor Center / Harmony Historical Society – Harmony
Description:

View our Karst display and displays from Harmony’s history. Self-guided historic tour of Harmony starts at the Visitor Center. 15 2nd Street NW.

Phone:
507-886-2469
Website:
www.exploreharmony.com
Harmony’s Historic Walking Tour – Harmony
Description:

Maps for the Harmony Area Historical Society’s historic signage walking tour of downtown Harmony may be picked up at the Harmony Visitor Center.

Phone:
507-886-2469
Website:
www.exploreharmony.com
Historic Forestville – Preston
Description:

Explore the choices and changes that faced the inhabitants of this area — from ancient peoples to today’s residents. Round out the visit with a game of croquet or horseshoes on the lawn.

Phone:
507-765-2785
Website:
www.mnhs.org/forestville
International Owl Center – Houston
Description:

The International Owl Center is the only all-owl education center in the United States. It is open Thursday-Monday and features daily live owls programs and owl related events and programing. It also hosts an annual Internation Festival of Owls the first weekend in March.

Phone:
507-896-6957
Website:
www.internationalowlcenter.org
Lanesboro Arts – Lanesboro
Description:

Multi-disciplinary arts organization offering year-round programming including place based artist residencies, “Surprise Sculpture” arts education, and the annual “Art in the Park” fine arts festival. Gallery onsite.

Phone:
507-467-2446
Website:
www.lanesboroarts.org
Lanesboro Community Theatre – Lanesboro
Description:

LCT presents a winter play, a summer musical and silent movies in the park in the fall.

Website:
www.lanesborcommunitytheater.blogspot.com
Lanesboro Historical Museum – Lanesboro
Description:

Experience the culture and values of Lanesboro’s people. Three floors of history with new World War I and photography displays and an interactive phone booth! The museum is part of Lanesboro’s voice to the world.

Phone:
507-467-2177
Website:
www.facebook.com/lanesborohistoricalmuseum
Lanesboro State Fish Hatchery – Lanesboro
Description:

Year-round – One of five Minnesota DNR cold-water trout hatcheries. Gates open Monday-Friday, 7am-3:30pm.

Phone:
507-467-3771
Website:
www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/lanesboro-hatchery
Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery – Preston
Description:

The Minnesota State Veterans Cemetery – Preston is the second State Veterans Cemetery, after Little Falls, and had it’s official dedication ceremony the Sunday before Memorial Day, 2016.

Phone:
507-765-7320
Website:
mn.gov/mdva/memorials/stateveteranscemeteries/minnesota-state-veterans-cemetery-preston.jsp
Monster Bash Haunted House – Harmony
Description:

Every October, the Monster Bash Haunted House serves up scary good fun- hours vary, check website before travelling.

Website:
fchsmonsterbash.com
Mystery Cave / Forestville State Park – Preston
Description:

Mystery Cave is a guided tour of Minnesota’s longest known cave, with stalactites, stalagmites, flowstone, and beautiful underground pools, and a maze of interconnecting passages.

Phone:
507-352-5111
Website:
www.exploreminnesota.com/things-to-do/5411/mystery-cave-forestville-mystery-cave-state-park-activities
National Trout Center – Preston
Description:

The National Trout Center seeks to conserve our natural and cultural heritage of trout and their coldwater environments by engaging the public through education, practice and awareness.

Phone:
507-765-2452
Website:
www.nationaltroutcenter.org
Niagara Cave – Harmony
Description:

Just south of Harmony, Niagara Cave is one of the most fascinating and distinctive geological attractions in the US.

Phone:
507-886-6606
Website:
www.niagaracave.com
Norsland Lefse – Rushford
Description:

A producer of traditional lefse and other Scandinavian treats, with lefse production fall through spring.

Phone:
507-864-2323
Website:
www.norslandlefse.com
Peterson State Fish Hatchery – Peterson
Description:

Produces Lake Trout and Splake Trout for MN’s Cold Water Trout Program. Seasonal self-guided tours and guided tours with reservations.

Phone:
507-875-2625
Website:
www.dnr.state.mn.us/areas/fisheries/petersonhatchery
Peterson Station Museum – Peterson
Description:

Nearly 100 years after Peterson Station opened to serve SE MN Railroad customers, it welcomed the public again in 1974–this time as a museum, geneology center, and visitors center.

Phone:
507-895-2551
Website:
petersonmn.org
Preston Historic Campus – Preston
Rushford Historic Depot Museum – Rushford
Description:

Displays of memorable artifacts and surrounded by landmark buildings, visit the Depot Museum to explore the past and learn how our community got its start.

Phone:
507-864-7560
St Mane Theatre – Lanesboro
Description:

Intimate performing arts venue presenting a full schedule of concerts, film screenings, professional drama and community theatre productions. Home to “Over the Back Fence” variety show, second Fridays (Mar-Nov)

Phone:
507-467-2446
Website:
www.lanesboroarts.org
Whalan Museum – Whalan
Description:

A visit to the museum will take you back in time when Whalan was a bustling railroad community and home to many Norwegian immigrents. Sat & Sunday and by appointment

Phone:
507-467-2344

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