Lanesboro's rebirth as a biking capital began in the 1980s, when the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources converted an abandoned railroad bed along the Root River into a recreational trail ...

A southeast Minnesota city known for its major flooding risk is hoping to turn the Root River from a liability into an asset.

But at the top of Minnesota’s trail host success list is Lanesboro, a tiny town in southeastern Minnesota that boasts $2.3 million of spending a year linked to the Root River State Trail.

Minnesota's five environmental learning centers, including Lanesboro's Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center.

The Root River Trail was built in the late 1980s. Today, its meanderings along the river and through scenic bluff country make it one of the best bike paths in the Midwest, Harris said.

The Lanesboro Food Scene is A+ Let’s talk about the best places to eat in Lanesboro, MN. Tucked away in the heart of southeast Minnesota, about 125 miles southeast of the Twin Cities ...

The Lanesboro Area Art Trail is a collaborative event started in 2013 by and representing individual studio artists who create fine arts in and around the Lanesboro Minnesota area.

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The Commonweal Theatre started as a response to, or in reaction to, the opening of the bike trail, actually, here in Lanesboro. The bike trail opened and proved to be a great tourist destination.

Something happened. In 1989, an asphalt bike trail was completed on the path of the old railroad tracks. Development followed, and the pace of change rapidly picked up.