What is it about this "corn cob?" We are so enamored with it, but why do we care? What is it about this tall, cartoonish water tower that grips our collective conscious? Or unconscious? This thing ...

ROCHESTER, Minnesota — Rochester’s iconic ear-of-corn water tower was celebrated on Sept. 25 after it was recently restored to look new again. “For many of us in Olmsted County, when we see the ear of ...

ROCHESTER — An official recommendation to name the iconic ear-of-corn water tower is headed to the Rochester City Council for consideration as an official city landmark. “I’ve been looking forward to ...

ROCHESTER — The newest official landmark here is a decades-old water tower shaped like an ear of corn. Rochester's City Council on Monday approved designating the Ear of Corn Water Tower as a historic ...

The water tower at the Seneca Foods plant in Rochester is painted as a corn cob. The quirky local landmark's fate is uncertain as the plant prepares to shut down in December 2018. When it comes to ...

ROCHESTER — This city's Ear of Corn Tower got a little more internet famous last week thanks to a viral song about a child's love for corn. Experience Rochester, the local tourism bureau, put out a ...

The function of the water tower was to produce water for washing peas, corn, it takes an extensive amount of water. The tower is 149 feet and six inches tall. The water tower itself is made out of one ...