Art: Theaters and Organizations

• Albert Lea Community Theatre (ACT) "a little bit of something for everyone" (Albert Lea)
• Faribault Area Community Theatre (FACT) "Uniting Theatre With the Community" (Fairbault)
• The Merlin Players "Join us for an evening of entertainment, and a lifetime of memories" (Owatonna)

Festivals and Celebrations

• Hutchinson Jaycee Water Carnival with one of the largest parades in Minnesota (Hutcnhinson)
• Lester Prairie Longhorn Days: "fun and entertainment for the whole family. Rides, music, great food, games, a parade, and of course, all the free corn-on-the-cob you can eat are all part of the festivities." (Cokato)
• Defeat of Jesse James Days "Northfield celebrates its heros (!) and its victory the first weekend after Labor Day." (Northfield)
• Winstock Country Music Festival and camping "one of the Upper Midwest’s premier outdoor country music and camping festivals organized entirely by volunteers" (Winsted)

Food and Drink: Breweries

• August Schell Brewing Company "Are you ready for a beer brewed in century-old German kettles?" "more flavor, and fewer buzzwords" (New Ulm)
• Bandana Berwing Company "Our beers are produced using as many Minnesota ingredients as possible. We add no preservatives or stabilizing chemicals." (St. Paul)

Food and Drink: Groceries, Delis, & Specialty Foods

• Schwan's Home Delivery of Fine Foods home delivery in the 48 contiguous United States (yellow trucks with a white swan for half a century)

Food and Drink: Wineries

• Cannon River Winery "Hand-crafted wines from scenic southeast Minnesota" (Cannon Falls)
• Fieldstone Vineyards "wines from the prairies of Minnesota" (Morgan)
• Morgan Creek Vineyards Minnesota's first underground winery, includes wine from an American hybrid developed by Elmer Swenson (New Ulm)

Movie Theaters

• Cinemagic Theaters (chain based in Minneapolis)
• Fair Lakes Cinema 5 (Fairmont)
• Northland Mall Cinema 5 (Worthington)
• Northwoods Cinema 10 (Owatonna)

Bed and Breakfast

• Bed & Breakfast Resort of Lake Shetek "Lose Yourself On Lake Shetek…. Kids and pets welcome" (Slayton)
• Bridgewaters Bed & Breakfast a house with a history, candlelight dining, and two jacuzzi suites (Wabasha)
• Four Columns Inn on the old Winnebago - Jackson stage road, by Lake McGowan (Serburn)
• The Magic Door Bed & Breakfast "quaint and relaxing with beautiful, unique furnishings, designer towels ...." (Northfield)
• Sod House Bed & Breakfast "Let the simple, quiet lifestyle of the prairie refresh and renew you." (Sanborn)

Museums and Historical

• End O Line Railroad Park and Museum (Currie)
• Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum (Walnut Grove)

Parks, Trails, Gardens and Zoos

• Cowling Arboretum "the Arb" at Carlton College (Northfield)

Media: Magazines

• Applauze Magazine "Everything Entertainment from A to Z" (Mankato)
• The Land Minnesota's Rural Life Magazine on the Web (Mankato)

Media: Newspapers

• Advocate Tribune (Granite Falls and Clarkfield)

Colleges & Other Educational Institutions

• Bethany Lutheran College committed "to producing consecrated and intelligent citizens" (Mankato) (private college)
• Gustavus Adolphus College (St. Peter) (private college)
• Martin Luther College (New Ulm) (private college)
• Minnesota State University, Mankato (Mankato)
• Minnesota West Community and Technical College (Canby, Granite Falls, Jackson, Pipestone, Worthington)
• Pillsbury Baptist Bible College (private college) (Owatonna)
• Riverland Community College (Albert Lea, Austin)
• South Central Technical College (Faribault, North Mankato)
• Southwest Minnesota State University (Marshall)
• St. Olaf College (private college) (Northfield)

Towns and Cities

• Albert Lea
• Cokato
• Fairmont ("Fairmont, Minnesota, the City of Lakes")
• Lester Prairie
• Madelia "Visit for a Day - Stay for a Lifetime"
• Montgomery
• Walnut Grove