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| 1 Forest History Center | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | |||||||||||||||
| Description: recreated turn of the century logging camp, with interpreters playing roles of camp characters | Address 2609 County Road 76 Grand Rapids, Minnesota 55744 | |||||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Duluth (85 mi) Closest Major Road: US 2 Closest Airport: Grand Rapids GPZ (Northwest only); Duluth DLH | Contact Phone 218 327-4482 | |||||||||||||||
| 2 Historic Fort Snelling | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | |||||||||||||||
| Description: Costumed guides conduct tours, demonstrate crafts, and present military activities and skits showing everyday life on the post for both men and women | Address Highway 5 Fort Snelling, Minnesota 55111 | |||||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: St Paul Closest Interstate: US 5 to I-35 or I-494 Closest Airport: Minneapolis St Paul MSP | Contact Phone 612 726-1171 | |||||||||||||||
| 3 Historic Forestville | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | |||||||||||||||
| Description: Visit town in the 1899 era. Costumed guides portray residents of the small rural trade center | Address Route 2 Box 126 Preston, Minnesota 55965 | |||||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Rochester (45 mi) Closest Interstate: US 63 to I-90 Closest Airport: Rochester RST | Contact Phone 507 765-2785 | |||||||||||||||
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| 4 Freeborn County Historical Museum & Historical Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | |||||||||||||||
| Description: log cabin, blacksmith, general store, school, telephone office, woodworking shop, post office, church, shoe repair, others | Address 1031 N Bridge Ave Freeborn County Fairgrounds Albert Lea, Minnesota 56007 | |||||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Rochester (65 mi) Closest Interstate: I-35 exit 11 or I-90 exit 157 Closest Airport: Rochester RST | Contact Phone 507 373-8003 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 Gibbs Museum of Pioneer & Dakotah Life | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | |||||||||||||||
| Description: An early (1849) farm which survived the growth of the city around it, this site now provides a look at life in early Minnesota with heirloom crops. | Address 2097 Larpenteur Ave St Paul, Minnesota 55113 | |||||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: St Paul Closest Interstate: I-35 exit 23 B Closest Airport: Minneapolis St Paul MSP | Contact Phone 651 646-8629 Toll free 651 222-0701 | |||||||||||||||
| 6 Grand Portage National Monument | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | |||||||||||||||
| Description: Located at the "Grand Portage" which linked Lake Superior with western lakes and rivers, the monument contains a reconstructed palisade with great hall and kitchen complex and a canoe warehouse | Address 315 S Broadway Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604 | |||||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Duluth (150 mi) Closest Major Road: US 61, just shy of Canadian Border Closest Airport: Thunder Bay, ON Canada YQT, Duluth DLH | Contact Phone 218 387-2788 | |||||||||||||||
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| 7 North West Company Fur Post | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | |||||||||||||||
| Description: fur trading post and Ojibwa wigwam with costumed interpreters, 1804 | Address County Road 7 Box 51 Pine City, Minnesota 55063 | |||||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Minneapolis (70 mi) Closest Interstate: I-35 exit 169 Closest Airport: Minneapolis St Paul MSP | Contact Phone 320 629-6356 | |||||||||||||||
| 8 Oliver H Kelley Farm | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | |||||||||||||||
| Description: | Address 15788 Kelley Farm Rd Elk River, Minnesota 55330 | |||||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Anoka (10 mi) Closest Interstate: US 10, I-94 exit 205 Closest Airport: Minneapolis St Paul MSP | Contact Phone 763 441-6896 | |||||||||||||||
| 9 Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | |||||||||||||||
| Description: Village of 19 turn of the century buildings on the outskirts of Thief River Falls | Address Pennington County Historical Society PO Box 127 Thief River Falls, Minnesota 56701 | |||||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Grand Forks, ND (50 mi) Closest Major Road: US 59, side roads to I-29 Closest Airport: Thief River Falls TVF (Northwest only); Fargo Hector Field FAR | Contact Phone 218 68-5767 | |||||||||||||||
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| 10 Pioneer Farm and Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | |||||||||||||||
| Description: agriculture museum with log cabin, barn, store, church, school, blacksmith, print shop, post office, lunch counter, more | Address Hwy 11 W Roseau, Minnesota 56751 | |||||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Grand Forks (120 mi) Closest Major Road: SR 11 Closest Airport: Thief River Falls TVF (Northwest only) Fargo FAR | Contact Phone 218 463-2187 | |||||||||||||||
| 11 Village of Yesteryear | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | |||||||||||||||
| Description: Village of 14 buildings connected by a boardwalk | Address 1448 Austin Road Owatonna, Minnesota 55060 | |||||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Rochester (45 mi) Closest Interstate: US 14 to I-45 Exit 42 Closest Airport: Rochester RST | Contact Phone 507 451-1420 | |||||||||||||||
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