Lanesboro, Minnesota

The attractive village of Lanesboro has an abundance of masonry structures in its commercial district along the banks of the picturesque Root River. Lanesboro provides the best of canoeing, tubing, biking and strolling. If you really want to score points with your honey, rent a side-by-side tandem bike and hold her hand while bicycling the Root River bike path. The Root River and connecting Harmony-Preston Valley Trails provide 60-miles of paved pathways that meander along the Root River amid 300-foot bluffs. Every Father's Day in June, an art festival dubbed "Art in the Park" fills the town's Sylvan Park. Near summer's end, the popular "Buffalo Bill Days" celebrates one of Lanesboro's famous frequent visitors, Buffalo Bill. Lanesboro received the Great American Main Street Award in 1998. In has book, author John Villani recognized the community as one of the 100 Best Small Art Towns in America. It has also been rated one of the 50 Best Outdoor Sports Towns by Sports Afield magazine. This small town acquired its name from the Lanesboro Townsite Co. that was organized with New York capital to build a resort in Southeastern Minnesota.