Rochester (Minnesota) - Wink Travel Guide

Rochester, Minnesota, about 80 miles (130 km) southeast of Minneapolis/St. Paul, is home to the Mayo Clinic. Rochester is cold in the winter and warm, and many times hot, in the summer.

It has a population of 107,890 in the city limits, with more in the surrounding areas, but hosts millions of out-of-town visitors coming for treatment at the Mayo Clinic.

Owing to the large number of visitors, Rochester has a well developed infrastructure and is much busier than other cities of its size

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