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?

Seneca Foods has indicated a willingness to see the iconic corn cob water tower moved, rather than have it designated as a potential landmark where it stands. The Rochester City Council is slated ...

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. If you really ...

and Clanton, Ala. - Teapot-shaped towers in Lindstrom, Minn., and Kingsburg, Calif. - A corn cob water tower in Rochester, Minn. - Paul Bunyan's fishing bobber water tower in Pequot Lakes ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER — Corn is about to become historic as local officials propose recognizing the city's longstanding landmark water tower with a special designation. Rochester's historic preservation ...