MrsB's Lanesboro

                   The Hidden Town                    Mrs B's Historic Lanesboro Inn & Restaurant

~ Prayer for a Tenspeed Heart ~

Let the fire of my body
propel and warm me
and let each darkness
reveal its plenitude.

Let the hills
flatten under my wheels
and let the eloquent curves
yield up their good surprise.

Let my heart be obstinate
when I need to climb
and let my lowliest gears
restrain my spinning down.

Let there be flatland, too,
and into that glittering place
let me stretch with the heart of a
lover,
at full speed, blind and intent.

~ Barbara Hendryson ~

(Cries of the Spirit, edited
by Marilyn Sewell)

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When you are well satisfied at
surroundings. First Lanesboro
itself
(population 788). Main street is
lined with store fronts from the
1870's. Yet this is an authentic
town which conducts a healthy,
everyday life midst its antique
merchants, a winery, sausage
makers, cafés, a charming museum,
a great summer stock theatre, and
refreshing variations to the stolid
businesses which make up the
backbone of any rural town.
Witness the Lanesboro livestock
auction where magnificent animals
of the valley's beautiful farms are
bought and sold.

In the opposite direction, find
Sylvan Park tucked beneath the
bluffs with trout ponds, tennis
courts, spacious picnic areas, and
an historic 1869 dam and waterfall.
A self-guided walking tour will
introduce you to a number of 19th
century, Queen Ann-style houses
and their histories. At the end of
main street where it climbs into the
hills, is the town's challenging
9-hole golf course.

On the bank of the South Fork of
the Root River, in one of
Minnesota's most ancient and
picturesque valleys, stands Mrs.
B's Historic Lanesboro Inn. In
the yard between the inn and
the twisting river, the
conversations of birds, the
soughing of the wind, and the
sound of flowing water can allow
you the perception of a different
time, or what may be even more
valuable, a different perception
of time. The natural values that
attracted Lanesboro's first
settlers have been retained in
Mrs. B's windows you can today
look out on the scene that could
have been painted by Thomas
Cole or Grandma Moses. Walled
by wooded limestone bluffs,
Lanesboro is Minnesota's
"hidden town" as you will
discover - breathtakingly - on
the approach from Fountain or
Preston.

As with things man-made, nature is
also at its best in Lanesboro. A
play of nature left Lanesboro
blissfully free of mosquito's. The
trail-head of the DNR's renowned
Root River Trail is just down the
street. This paved path of over 60
miles parallels soaring limestone
bluffs and crosses over 50 bridges
as it follows the snaking river,
offering hikers, bikers, and skiers
easy access to a valley untouched
by glaciation. Wild life abounds.
Turkeys, hawks, grouse, and eagles
are common sights. Birders have
some of the best opportunities in
the state to fill out their lists. Trout
fishing, hunting, and canoeing are
excellent here.

Trout fishing, hunting, and
canoeing are excellent here. The
largest trout hatchery in the state
is a few miles down the road as is
the Eagle Bluff Environmental
Learning Center where you can
receive an education on the
management of oak forests and
the commercial production of the
delicious Shitake mushroom.
Spelunkers or the plain curious
can enter the subterranean world
on guided tours in three nearby
caves. Take a country drive
following one of the many
self-guided car tours.
You might share the road with
horse and buggy belonging to our
large Amish community.

http://www.mrsbsinn.com Information Line 1-507-467-2154 Inspected Annually By The Minnesota State Dept. of Health 101 Parkway Ave.,, Lanesboro, MN 55949

101 Parkway Ave. N. Lanesboro 55949 507.467.2145

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