Discovery Sites
How to get there: From Montevideo go six miles east on Highway 7, turn right and go five miles south on County Road 6, turn left and go 1/8 mile on County Road 15.
What you will find: A house museum, a timber-framed barn and a cemetery.
Services at this site: Limited
The Olof Swensson Farm Museum includes a 22-room brick house, timber-framed barn, family burial cemetery and remains of a grist mill. Constructed in 1901, the house contains original furnishings from this unique Norwegian/Swedish family. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The site was also one of the filming locations for the film “Sweet Land”. There are many great stories of Olof Swensson and his family.
Things to Do: Discovery Site, Museum
