HASTINGS

Hastings -

Beautiful sights and small-town delights. Only 20 miles from the Twin Cities, the community boasts a lively population of nearly 17,000 who welcome you to the meeting place of three rivers: the Mississippi, the St. Croix and the Vermillion.

Hastings - Alexis Bailly Vineyard

The elegant dry table wines from the Alexis Bailly Vineyard in the Hiawatha Valley of the Upper Mississippi have earned Alexis Bailly Vineyard national acclaim and Minnesota unlikely fame in the wine-drinking world.

Hastings - Carpenter Nature Center -

Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center (CNC) is a private, non-profit nature preserve and environmental education facility established in 1981 under an endowment from the Thomas E. and Edna D. Carpenter Foundation. We currently have 720 acres at our main campus which is located just one mile northwest of Prescott, WI or about three miles northeast of Hastings, MN. Located on the St. Croix River, CNC offers 3 1/2 miles of paved trails and over 10 miles of grass or wood-chipped trails as well as an Interpretive Center which offers hands-on exhibits and live animals on display.

Hastings - Thorwood Historic Inns -

Rosewood Inn & Thorwood Inn. Two Historic Bed and Breakfast Country Inns in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul Metropolitan Area.

Heritage Hjemkomst Interpretive Center -

Fargo / Moorehead, Minnesota. Named an All-America City by the National Civic League (June 2000).