A simple yet interesting look at the lifestyle of the Mayo clinic founders. A nice piece of Midwest history.

If you find yourself with some time in Rochester, this is worth it, really interesting tour.

Awesome place with great history and super rude staff

If you are in Rochester MN around the holidays, be sure to take the Mayowood Mansion tour. $25 gets you a history lesson, trolley ride and tour with a guide through most of the house. Rooms are decorated by local organizations and businesses.(No photos allowed inside)

A stunning and gorgeous renovation of the Mayo-family residence. Tour guide was entertaining, well-informed, and very friendly.An exemplary job of historic-landmark preservation by both the Olmsted County Historic Society and the Mayo Clinic Foundation. A joy to visit and take the tour. Thanks!

A good place to visit if you are interested in the history of of Mayo. The mansion is filled and furnished with family heirlooms and artifacts. The tour docents do a great job of telling the story ad explaining everything. Worth the time and the tour price. I recommend this as a must do if in Rochester during their open season.

The stories were great and so were the tour guides. The house is not huge compared to many of the other mansion tours I went on. They kept the kids entertained with a sheet of things to find in the house, which was awesome. Im pretty sure there is stuff missing from the house though. The museum at Mayo has a bunch of Tiffany lamps, and I only spotted one in the house that might have been Tiffany.The grounds are awesome to walk around, although there is a lot of stuff missing from way back. Definitely worth the trip from the twin cities.

Beautiful home. Im so glad theyve restored it. The tour guide was delightful.

Beautiful home and gardens. Definitely take the guided (paid) if you want to learn the true history of the Mayo family. Our guide Janet was fantastic.

The tour is very interesting and Judith is a wonderful guide. I highly recommend it for those visiting Rochester, Mn. By the way, the chess pieces are arranged the wrong way. I do not believe that Dr.Charlie would play chess that way. Prescription: rearrange the pieces noticing that the last square on the right hand is a white one.

Was a good time seeing the building and how the Mayo family lived years ago!

My wife and I stumbled across this tour during our 1 year Anniversary trip. My wife is a nurse and this tour was just what we were looking for. Our guide was very friendly, informative and did a great job overall. The mansion is beautiful and has such a rich history. I highly recommend a visit if you are in the area. We will be back at Christmas time for another tour! Thank you Mayowood!

Very interesting from the time we had at the History Center till the time the shuttle brought us back from Mayowood, the guides at both places are knowledgeable and funny and kind ! Highly recommend !!

Very interesting history of the Mayo Clinic. I would highly recommend paying for a tour. Lots of interesting information about the start of the Mayo clinic

Beautiful mansion. The tour guide was very knowledgeable. The history behind the house is fascinating. Definitely a good place to visit.

Old Mayo mansion has been nicely redone. A nice place to visit/tour if you find yourself in Rochester. Docents provide a nice personal tour and you can learn a bit about the Mayo family. Not worth a special detour if you would not otherwise be in the area.Mayo Clinic uses the place as a corporate retreat for events. Definitely an excellent facility for such a purposes.

Great, so very worth the time. Fascinating history

Beautiful home and property of Charles Mayo, one of the founding brothers of the Mayo Clinic Hospital. Tour guide was very knowledgeable of the home, the family and the artifacts and gifts kept there. The Mayo familys interests extended well beyond medicine, and there is lots to see and love for artists and history buffs.

Gorgeous place that you should definitely tour.

Excellent tour and very interesting information and things to see.

Our tour guide Grace was amazing! She knew so much about the family and their home, it made the tour even more memorable! I cant wait to go back and hopefully see the ballroom finished!

We have been going to Rochester for many years and finally had time to go to Mayowood. We got there and a sign looked like you were trespassing but never mind and drive thru. There was a school tour so we came back for the noon tour. This was a well worth while tour. So much information about the family and history. The person guiding us was so fun with the facts. They have an elevator added and kept it visually looking like it always was there. It was late May and they were busy planting flowers. The grounds are beautiful. You have time after to explore. Enjoy a great piece of history.

Very pleasant tour. Knowledgeable guides.

Just a awesome part of Rochester history. Its in the process of getting the grounds back to what it was in its hay day. The house has been renovated. Neat place

Home of wonderful doctor, who made his home here, coming from his home in England. Founder of the famous Mayo Clinic.

Great tour with interesting information about the family

Good experience to learn about the mayo family when visiting Mayo Clinic. This place made my visit to doctors more tolerable.

Enjoyed this tour of the Mayo family home. The tour starts off with cookies, hot apple cider, and coffee while you watch and video on the Mayo family history . Then you ride the trolley over to the Maywood Mansion previously the home of the Mayo family.

Awesomely renovated historic home.

Beautiful, I did my nurses training at Methodist Kahler and was back for a reunion. This was a real treat. Dont miss it.

Beautiful especially the grounds.

It was a great experience to be able to tour the Mansion. We would have like to been able to stop and look at some of the rooms a little longer. Also would like to tour the ballroom, and the room above it.

Nice history of the mayo family..

Awesome place with great history and courteous staff

Always a great tour!

Great tour.. worth the 17

Beautiful place with rich history.

Beautiful place, fabulous tour guide with lots of family stories along with historical information

Great views of bluffs

A VERY NEAT PLACE WELL BUILT NO WAST WOULD HAVE LIKE TO SEE ITS DAY

Saw the best Christmas decorations here :)

Awesome tour.

Wonderful tour, so lovely and great staff.

A lot of history and amazing structure.

Yee yee

Great to see

Great place to visit. Full of history and warmth.

Full of history! Worth the visit.

Nicely done and well worth the time. Huge residence!

Beautiful loved it got great photos of the flowers and water oasis.

Beautifully restored and a lot of information about the history of the house and family along with how they acquired things abd lived.

Awesome tour!

A fun place to visit.

Amazing!

Carol decorated for Christmas with Garden Club friends

Gorgeously restored!

Beautiful, historic treasure in Rochester

Love this historical home

Beautiful location, classy and historic

Fun tour