Editing Mankato, Minnesota (section)

==Arts and culture==
===Major events===
*Minnesota State University was home to the [[Minnesota Vikings]] summer training camp for 52 years.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/23/mankato-readies-for-vikings-training-camp/ |title=Mankato readies for Vikings training camp |work=The Washington Times |access-date=November 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141121041940/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jul/23/mankato-readies-for-vikings-training-camp/ |archive-date=November 21, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Vikings announced their training camp would move to [[Eagan, Minnesota|Eagan]] starting in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-vikings-mankato-part-ways-after-one-final-training-camp-beginning-next-week/435183473/#1 |title=Minnesota Vikings, Mankato part ways after one final training camp beginning next week |last=Olson |first=Rochelle |date=July 19, 2017 |website=Star Tribune |access-date=August 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731070612/http://www.startribune.com/minnesota-vikings-mankato-part-ways-after-one-final-training-camp-beginning-next-week/435183473/#1 |archive-date=July 31, 2017 |url-status=live}}Vikings-Mankato-Part-Ways</ref>

===Places of interest===
[[File:HappyChef.jpg|thumb|The original Happy Chef Restaurant and corporate offices on U.S. [[Minnesota State Highway 169|Highway 169]]]]

*The [[Betsy-Tacy|Betsy & Tacy Houses]]
*[[Blue Earth County Courthouse]], listed on the National Register of Historic Places ([[National Register of Historic Places listings in Blue Earth County, Minnesota|NRHP]])
*[[Children's Museum of Southern Minnesota]]
*[[Federal Courthouse and Post Office (Mankato, Minnesota)|Federal Courthouse and Post Office]] (NRHP)
*[[First National Bank of Mankato]] (NRHP)
*[[First Presbyterian Church (Mankato, Minnesota)|First Presbyterian Church]] (NRHP)
*[[Good Counsel Hill]]
*[[Happy Chef]] original restaurant and company headquarters; Mankato also is home to the last surviving 36-foot Happy Chef statue
*The [[Renesselaer D. Hubbard House|Hubbard House]] Blue Earth County Historical Society – French Second Empire style built in 1871 (NRHP)
*[[ISG Field]], home of the [[Mankato Moondogs]] of the [[Northwoods League]], a [[Collegiate summer baseball|collegiate summer baseball league]]
*The [[Lorin Cray House|Cray Mansion]] (NRHP)
*[[River Hills Mall]]
*[[Sibley Park]] is a city park along the river in Mankato.
*The [[Mayo Clinic Health System Event Center]], an arena in downtown Mankato formerly operated under the names Mankato Civic Center, Midwest Wireless Civic Center, Alltel Center, Verizon Wireless Center, and Verizon Center<ref name="VZCenter">{{Cite news |url=http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/civic-center-to-be-alltel-center/article_efdf94f4-d787-50d6-a832-ee241330328f.html |title=Civic center to be Alltel Center |last=Linehan |first=Dan |date=June 25, 2007 |work=[[Mankato Free Press]] |access-date=March 21, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321182539/http://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/local_news/civic-center-to-be-alltel-center/article_efdf94f4-d787-50d6-a832-ee241330328f.html |archive-date=March 21, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*Vetter Stone Amphitheater<ref>{{Cite news |last=Murray |first=Robb |date=May 26, 2023 |title=Ready to rock? Concert season heating up at Vetter Stone Amphitheater |url=https://www.mankatofreepress.com/news/lifestyles/ready-to-rock-concert-season-heating-up-at-vetter-stone-amphitheater/article_8be17df0-fb3e-11ed-99a0-e7a179d2ba2f.html |access-date=May 12, 2024 |work=Mankato Free Press }}</ref>

===Library===
The Blue Earth County Library, part of the [[Traverse des Sioux Library System]], serves the city.