Staycation

Posted by Lisa Schild @lisamsc, Mar 14, 2018

Whether you are not able to take the extended break you are use to because of limited vacation days or you are new to the area and you are looking for a quick get-away, there are many hidden gems that are often overlooked. Please add you favorite stay-cation ideas to share with others needing a time-out from the daily grind.

Oxbow/ Quarry Hill
Bowlocity
Mayo Civic Center
Goonies Comedy Club
Rochester Trolley Company- has many local tours or you can book a private tour and choose your destination
Escape Room
Air Insanity trampoline park coming soon to Rochester
Mantorville Theater Company
Whitewater State Park
Hiking/ Children's Museum, La Crosse, WI
Lark Toys, Kellogg, MN
National Eagle Center, Wabasha, MN
State Bike Trail/ Theater- Lanesboro, MN
Chanhassen Dinner Theater
Reptile Zoo (RAD), Owatonna, MN
Niagra Cave/ Forestville Mystery Cave
Afton- Hudson Cruise Lines (Riverboat Cruises)
Treasure Island, Red Wing, MN
Canterbury horse track/ Valleyfair, Shakopee, MN
Shakespeare Festival, Winona, MN
Dream Acres (organic wood-fired pizza Friday Nights), Spring Valley, MN
Berne Pizza/ concerts on Wednesday nights, Berne, MN
Wild Mountain, Taylors Falls, MN (winter and summer activities)
Down by the Riverside free summer concerts on Sundays
Thursdays on First
Como/ MN Zoo
Minnehaha Falls, Minneapolis, MN
Can-Can Wonderland, St. Paul, MN
Wisconsin Dells

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Spring break is coming up and we are staying home due to my eldest son's baseball practice schedule. This is a great list of things to consider when we have some hours free as a family.

Here are a couple of things to add:

Mall of America
--Nickelodeon Universe (a mini amusement park)
--SMAAASH (a virtual reality arcade, sports simulation, go-kart track)

Austin, MN Attractions:
--SPAM Museum
--Hormel Nature Center

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Great ideas, @lisamsc and @transom! Other ideas within about an hour of Rochester: Frontenac State Park and Nerstrand Big Woods State Park.

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Red Wing, Lake City & Stillwater are great day trips.

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