Must See & Do Fan Favorites. Whether indoors or out, high-brow or high energy, you’re going to find things you love in Winona. Here is what people say are some of their favorites. Courtesy of Great River Shakespeare Festival
1 MINNESOTA MARINE ART MUSEUM Prepare to be blown away. Picasso, Van Gogh, Monet, Renoir, Matisse – name a master painter and chances are good they have original artwork hanging in the Minnesota Marine Art Museum. From a moody O’Keefe to a brilliant Degas to a jaw-dropping original “Washington Crossing the Delaware” painting that came to Winona from the White House – visitors are completely shocked to find this incredible museum in Winona. Bonus: Bring a picnic and settle in on the museum’s riverwalk to watch barges and eagles pass by while prairie gardens sway nearby in the breeze.
THE GREAT RIVER SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
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Plan to be in town between mid-June and late-July to take in a play by one of the finest Shakespearean theater companies in the country. With a national cast and an approach that aims to make Shakespeare fun for even non-theater lovers, The Great River Shakespeare Festival entertains more than 10,000 people annually who come from far and wide. Come to a show and you’ll see why.
3 BLOEDOW BAKERY
Savour Magazine called it one of the 50 best doughnut shops in the country and WCCO fans have named it Minnesota’s best bakery more than a couple of times, and there is a reason why: Secret recipes handed down for nearly 100 years create sweet treats that taste like equal parts of love, flour and magic. The maple long john is legendary – in fact, the whole bakery is. It’s no wonder that a line forms out the door nearly every day of the week.
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