Sauk Centre Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels

About Sauk Centre

Sauk Centre is the birthplace of Sinclair Lewis, a novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. It inspired his fictional Gopher Prairie, the setting of Lewis's 1920 novel Main Street, Sauk Centre also contains the Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home, a National Historic Landmark. Two other properties and a historic district are listed on the National Register of Historic Places: The Palmer House built in 1901 and expanded in 1916, the Minnesota Home School for Girls built 1911–1935, and the Original Main Street Historic District built 1920–1947.

Top Attractions in Sauk Centre

Explore the best things to see and do in Sauk Centre:

• ★Little Red Schoolhouse
• ★Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home

Where to Eat in Sauk Centre

Must-try local food and restaurants:

• 🍴DingDong Cafe
• 🍴El Mezcal
• 🍴Four Seas Buffet
• 🍴Truckers Inn Truck Stop

Where to Stay in Sauk Centre

• 🏨Americas Best Value Inn Sauk Centre
• 🏨AmericInn by Wyndham Sauk Centre
• 🏨Gopher Prairie Inn
• 🏨Palmer House Hotel

Sauk Centre Travel Guide Sections

Our comprehensive guide covers 11 sections including: