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Historic Bluff Country Official page for Historic Bluff Country National Scenic Byway. Share Your Journey of of SE

Minnesota's Historic is over 20 cities and communities in some of the most beautiful natural scenery on earth. Whatever you're into, from Bed & Breakfasts to Tractor pulls, check out Bluff Country all year round, where's there's always a new adventure waiting for you every day between the bluffs.

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18/02/2025

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18/02/2025

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Unless you work for free, right Sarah Glasrud? 🤪😘🌮 Today's lunch specials are:

3 Hard Shell or 2 Soft Shell Tacos with Tortilla Chips and Salsa $7.50

2 Double Stuffed Tacos with Tortilla Chips and Salsa $10.50

Unlimited Soup & Salad Bar $12


SOUPS
Chicken Noodle
Creamy Sausage and Potato

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18/02/2025

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Despite the freezing temperatures outside, this display received a spring reset today 🐰

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17/02/2025

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17/02/2025

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It may be freezing outside, but we've got soul-warming food for you! Today's lunch specials are:

Chicken Bacon Ranch Quesadilla with Fries $12

Honey Chipotle Chicken Wrap with Fries $14

AYCE Soup and Salad Bar $12


SOUPS
Chicken Noodle
Creamy Sausage Potato

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17/02/2025

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17/02/2025

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Our menu will include Broccoli Chicken Casserole from February 18th through 21st.

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15/02/2025

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La Crescent Public Library will be closed Monday, Feb. 17th for Presidents' Day. Regular hours will resume Tuesday, Feb. 18th at 10am. Have a safe & healthy long weekend!

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14/02/2025

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There's still Valentine Chocolate available for purchase! If you missed the sale yesterday, or want more for your Valentine (or yourself, we don't judge 😊), stop by today! $15 a plate, while supplies last.

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14/02/2025

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🖤🩷WE’RE OPEN🩷🖤 Come check out our new space! We still have some improvements to make and new and exciting items to be brought to the store throughout 2025, but here’s what is going on this week✨

🥂TODAY 4pm-7pm: Join us for complimentary champagne in celebrating our soft re-opening

🥂SATURDAY 9am-2pm: for those that are 21+, you may get yourself a coupon from Elsie’s for a free mimosa 😉

🥂STARTING TODAY: we will be handing out loyalty cards. After 10 purchases with us, get your 11th purchase (excluding clearance and consignment items) at 20% off! Don’t forget to ask an associate for one 🙌🏼

Also, make sure to enter your name in a drawing to win one of our giveaway items if you shop with us this week!

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Southeastern Minnesota Historic Bluff Country, Inc. was created to support travel, tourism, and economic development to the area twenty miles north and south of an 88 mile long stretch of Minnesota State Highway 16. Originally a state byway, it was designated a Federal Scenic Byway in the early 2000s and HBC continues to administer that federal program which brings guests to the area both from the US and abroad. Historic Bluff Country National Scenic Byway takes travelers on a journey through southeastern Minnesota’s picturesque Root River Valley as well as a trip back in time to the classic Americana of festivals, local businesses, and small town living. Weaving through the heart of Minnesota's Driftless Area did not allow for U.S. Highway 16 (one of many names preceding MN-16) to easily be reconfigured into the Audubon-inspired four-lane highways of our Interstate system. So in the late 1950s, I-90 by passed the untouched beauty of the Root River Valley Bluffs which would have been wiped away had the Wisconsin, Nebraskan, or Illinoisan Glaciations not left it uncovered for million of years.

Historic Bluff Country became a state scenic byway in 1995, but the history of not only the highway itself, but this unique and ancient landscape demanded national recognition. The 88-mile route extends from the Minnesota and Wisconsin border in La Crescent to the edge of the Minnesota Prairies in Dexter. It both starts and ends by intersecting with the now semi-truck congested I-90. Bluff Country is not only a gorgeous alternative to the interstate, but a crucial piece of living history and just the sort of experience they don’t make anymore. With too many scenic overlooks, comfy accommodations, delicious eateries, picturesque drives and local shops to count, take a drive between the bluffs or ride the ridge in Southeastern Minnesota for a travel adventure that’s one of a kind.