Attraction Stories

There are so many fantastic Greater Mankato Area attractions. Here are a few stories about the region’s great things to do.

Submitted Photo - Boy in Blue statue

Living History: The Boy in Blue Memorial

Almost 30 years after the Civil War, a group from Mankato banded together to memorialize those who had fallen. In recent years, another group gathered for the self-same task.
Photo by Don Lipps - Phone of the Wind in Linnaeus Arboretum on the campus of Gustavus Adolphus College

Saint Peter’s Phone of the Wind: A Help in Grief and Loss

By Don Lipps Itaru Sasaki, a garden designer in Japan, was grieving the loss of his cousin. He came up with the idea of a...