Summer Fun!

With the solstice come and gone, summer is officially here and Lanesboro is ready to help make your summer full of fun, memories, and local experiences. Here are some helpful hints to book your summer trip to Lanesboro.

Helpful Hints:

1. Be sure to book your trip as soon as possible as most weekends Lanesboro sells out, with more openings available during the weekdays (Sunday-Thursday nights).  
2. Prioritze what activities you want to try when you are here
   1. Biking, hiking, kayaking, canoing, tubing, and fishing are the main outdoor recreation opportunities.  Root River Outfitters rents canoes and tubes while Little River General Store rents bikes of different sizes and kinds (e-bikes, regular bikes).  You can book a guided fishing trip with Root River Rod Co.  in Lanesboro or the Driftless Fly Fishing Company in Preston.
   2. You may want to reserve an Amish Tour (Bluffscape Amish Tours in Lanesboro or Amish Tours of Harmony in Harmony) to take you to local Amish farms where you can learn about their way of life, shop, and view the beautiful rolling landscape or rural southeastern Minnesota.
   3. Shop local and support Lanesboro's and surrounding town's amazing retail shops and antique stores.  Downtown Lanesboro is full of unique shops where you can find kid's items, clothing, jewelry, wall art, sculpture, antiques, kitchen items, jams/jellies/dip mixes/etc., local honey and syrup, purses and bags, fishing gear, shoes, and so much more!  The surrounding towns of Preston, Harmony, and Whalan also offer unique retail finds.
   4. Our region is home to two amazing caves with guided tours, where the temperature is always cool year-round!  Niagara Cave is just outside Harmony, MN, and Mystery Cave is located outside Preston, MN, and is part of Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park (where a day or year-round state park pass is required and can be purchased on site).  DYK?  Mystery Cave is the longest cave in Minnesota (over 13 miles)!
   5. ART!  Lanesboro is a designated arts campus, and arts is at the core of the town's vitality and sustainability!  The Commonweal Theatre Company is Lanesboro's live, professional theatre with shows running March-December.  Lanesboro Arts is an arts organization that houses an art gallery