I am going to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN next week and I’m told I could expect to be there up to 10 days. From my searching, it seems like there is very little to do in Rochester and I have a feeling I’ll have plenty of down time, so I would love some suggestions of what I can do other than sit in my AirBnB with my notebook.
There are some issues which will restrict what I can do and that won’t help-
The weather is not supposed to be great there next week, so outside things are probably not a possibility, and doing something like driving up to Minneapolis probably won’t be realistic.
I’m not really an athletics/sports person and I do drink alcohol, but it’s probably not a good idea for me to since I’ll be getting medical tests, so those areas probably won’t work either.
Finally, I’m going to the Mayo Clinic due to an undiagnosed disorder where I can’t eat solid foods, so unfortunately, restaurants are also not doable.
Anything else I’m interested in. It looks like there’s an art museum, but I’m guessing it isn’t very big. It looks like there is a trolley to ride around on, but I’m guessing that doesn’t exactly take a long time either. I also see that there’s a Spam museum (as in the meat, not the email thing) in a town not too far away that I might visit- it’s gotta be weird as hell.
But I can’t find much else.
I used to live in Decorah, IA, and visited Rochester for shopping at the Apache mall as a kid. You are not going to see a ton of cultural stuff there but I hear the art museum is decent if small. The rec center is also popular.
The spam museum is usually pretty popular as well.
If driving is something you can do, the twin cities are approx 90 mins north. If you are able, and you don’t mind the weather there are some good hiking trails in the area too.
Good luck!
Thanks. It looks like the Apache Mall still exists. Even walking around a mall is better than sitting around doing nothing.