Pipestone National Monument
Located near Pipestone, Minnesota.
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Look within 40 miles for the 3 places to visit; none is inside Aurora. The mix takes in a national monument, a museum and a garden. Yearly visitors to Pipestone National Monument number about 77K. Further afield lies Redlin Art Center, at 46 mi.

Located near Pipestone, Minnesota.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
To the southeast is where most of the 3 lie.
Orange: Aurora. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
All of it lies within 60 miles: 11 places.
Located near Pipestone, Minnesota.
Museum, theater, concert hall, and art gallery in downtown Sioux Falls, South Dakota, USA.
Restored Victorian mansion located in Luverne, Rock County, Minnesota owned and operated as a museum by the Rock County Historical Society.
Botanical gardens and arboretum in Brookings, South Dakota.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
Pipestone National Monument: Unknown, Public domain · Redlin Art Center: Bp0 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Great Plains Zoo: Jake DeGroot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science: Jon Platek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bramble Park Zoo: Bp0, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Pettigrew Home & Museum: Jerry from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hinkly House Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jasper Museum: Heritage Preservation Department - MNHS, CC BY-SA 2.0 · McCrory Gardens and South Dakota Arboretum: Jake DeGroot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dawson Bank Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0