Begin your tour in Canby where you may visit the Antique Emporium in downtown Canby on Highway 75, stop at Eaton's Victorian Rose Bed and Breakfast living museum, or drive a short distance to beautiful Clark's Lake west of town. Continue north on Highway 75 and go east on Highway 212 to the city of Montevideo. Nestled oil 20 acres at intersections of Highway 7 and 59 (2 blocks north on Highway 7), Historic Chippewa City is home to 23 buildings replicating a late 1800's village complete with town square, boardwalks and a centrally located gazebo.

Chippewa City

    Take Highway 59/7 north 6 miles (past Watson) and 2.2 miles west on County Road 13 to the Lac qui Parle Mission. See where the first church bell tolled in Minnesota and the site where the Bible was translated into the Dakota language. Inside, exhibits describe the missionaries and their work, the Dakota people and Joseph Renville, the man who linked their worlds. Come hear the echoes of your past. Free Return to Highway 59/7 and travel south towards Montevideo. Tucked away in a rural setting just outside Montevideo oil Highway 7 is Marie's Antiques. The store is not large but it is worth the drive to see it. The antique store is combined with her husband's art gallery and located in the middle of a huge garden where the Pederson's grow vegetables and fruit. They sell produce right on the porch with the art and antiques inside. Marie's Antiques sell everything from glassware and old books to pictures, dolls, and old tools.    

Swensson Farm Museum

Laq Parle Mission

    If you travel east on Highway 7 just 6 miles then 5 miles South on County Road 6 you will enjoy the Swensson Farm Museum. This turn of the century 22-room brick farmhouse is situated on a 17-acre farmstead complete with 1880's timber-framed barn, grist mill remain and family burial plot. Come see the home of one of Minnesota's most "innovative immigrants." Take a visit into history. On the National Registry. Admission. Travel 5 miles north on County Road 6 back to Highway 7 and then travel east to state highway 277. Turn and travel north 2.5 miles to Busy B's Antiques which is located in an old country general store in Gluek, They'll take you back in time with all of their glassware, toys, furniture, shakers, and much more. Travel south on 277 to Maynard and catch Highway 23 on the east end of town. Stop at Corky's Antiques, located along Highway 23, or travel south to Granite Fails, in the beautiful Minnesota River Valley. Conveniently located just inside the city limits is Red Lodge Trading Post which features the finest American Indian Art of the southwest. Products for sale include kachinas, silverwork, pottery, Navajo rugs, turquoise, Ojibwa beadwork and star quilts, Plains Indian artwork merchandise, Pipestone art work and peace pipes, unique sandpaintings and more. Velkommen til The Valley Troll, a Scandinavian gift shop located only one-half block north of the Highway 212 and 23 inter-section. Watch for the Scandinavian flags proudly displayed. This unique gift shop features quality gifts from Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland and also features wonderful books, greeting cards, Tom Clark gnomes, Firelight oil lamps and much more!

For a change of pace, continue on Highway 23 south to Minnesota's Machinery Museum in Hanley Falls. Plan to spend a minimum of 11/2 hours experiencing this enormous six-acre museum filled with agricultural history. The gals will especially enjoy the farm home rooms, country art, and gift shop. Huge tractors from as early as 1912 and a new building filled with vintage automobiles is a sight you don't want to miss. From Hanley Falls travel County Road 18 west to Highway 59. To get to Net's Antique Shack - "country with a knack" - keep heading west two miles past Oraas County Park. Net's features a large variety of antiques and collectibles -frequently getting new items. Many unique items, furniture, pictures, pottery, glassware and much more - all at a reasonable price.

    From Oraas County Park travel north 8 miles on Highway 59 to Prairie Mercantile, located on the south end of Clarkfield. Here are 15 merchants under one roof offering a wide selection of antiques, collectibles, giftware, hardanger, quilting pieces and supplies, craft items and more. Highway 67 west will take you back to Highway 75 and the city of Canby. We hope you have enjoyed your self-guided tour.

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