Around Rochester Minnesota

Photo: Sisters of Saint Francis Assisi Heights The Assisi Heights Convent, the place rumored that Hugh Hefner of (Playboy Magazine) once submitted a bid to buy it in the early 1970s. A Short tale form a local Rochester cab driver... "I was with a passenger and he had with him a tour book of Rochester, Minnesota. he mentioned to me that he wanted to tour the city and enjoy some of Rochester's more historic places. Now when you come to Rochester Minnesota, if you ask the locals "what's there to do in Rochester?". Most people will start laughing and their minds will begin to draw a blank. The same thing happened to me, the customer asked me that very question. He said, "never mind don't worry I have a tour book of places I want to see". So we went to the famous Mayowood Mansion, Silver Lake, and a few other local area sights. Then last we finally arrived at Assisi Heights. I was awestruck, I couldn't believe all this time I had something so interes...

Savers Thrift Store - 1201 S Broadway Rochester, Minnesota 507 536-3954 Savers opened its Rochester, Minnesota location in 2005. This location has all of the basic thrift store items that one would expect a Savers to have. The Salvation Army - 201 9th S.E. Rochester, Minnesota 507 281-1561 Most cities have a Salvation Army, sometimes it is not in the best of locations, it’s not in the best location, a plus for the Rochester store it’s located in a really nice area and the store is up kept. The store has the normal items one would find at any thrift store knick knacks, dishware, clothing, books, furniture etc. We also have a good size I.B.M plant here it often times donate desks, computer keyboards and other misc. office items here. This store is close to the downtown area and there's also a K-Mart in the strip mall for more shopping options. The Goodwill Thrift Store - 239 28th st SE Rochester, Minnesota 507- 282 -6653 The Goodwill Store in my opini...