An important place to visit If you have any interest in…read morehistory at all this is a wonderful place to visit. Our tour guide was young YET extremely knowledgeable and helpful. The 50's house was so awesome. The gas station great. And I lived that we could enter the rooms of the homes and school. No ropes! Engaging place and beautifully landscaped. So glad this place exists.

For a small museum, they have a lot to offer about early pioneer life here, as well as great guided…read moretours. They have a main building that's full of a slew of Grand Forks county area history, including a lot of the flood stuff. They have a timeline of the Pulitzer-winning news coverage of the flood by the Grand Forks Herald. Then they have a log cabin that the original owners retrofitted into a house in the early 1900s. They have a carriage garage with a working Model A as well as a slew of other wagons and some unique modes of transportation (children's sleigh to be towed behind a car, grain hoppers, etc.). They have a frontier-era log-cabin style post office/communications building. A period gas station. The best part is...they have a mail-order build-it-yourself steel home that was sold in the post WWII-era to deal with a housing shortage, filled with period stuff, including a flip-top microwave. You'd order the parts, they'd come in boxes on trucks, and you'd weld it all together. People were living in it until the 1997 flood, as a testament to its durability and safety. $5 to get in to the while thing, kid friendly, group friendly and the tour guide is nice and very knowledgeable. They're only open from 1 to 5 p.m., but no tours after 4 p.m. So, plan to get there in time. The grounds are also used for concerts and weddings and such.

"Wooden ships on the water, very free and easy Easy, you…read moreknow the way it's supposed to be" (Crosby, Stills & Nash) In May 1982, the Hjemkomst a massive full-size replica of a 78-foot long and 63-foot high Viking ship left Duluth Minnesota, sailed from Lake Superior across the Great Lakes into the Erie Canal, down the Hudson River to New York City and around the Statue of Liberty, then crossed the Atlantic Ocean and sailed to reach Oslo, Norway on August 9, 1982. When they arrived, Norwegian sailors gifted a keg of Norwegian beer to their visitors! After the ship returned to the US, it became the centerpiece of this beautiful museum run by the Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County. There are plenty of other exhibits to see, but the sheer scale of the Hjemkomst will captivate your attention during your stay.

Very cool museum with impressive replica Viking ship and Scandinavian church! Will return whenever…read morewe're in the F/M area!

Perfect free spot to spend an hour. Their exhibits change every couple of months, making a great…read morerepeat spot to see what changes. The staff is super helpful and the upstairs is often where I found my favorite works of art. The cafe downstairs has amazing food as well!

I dropped into the Museum for a quick tour and a lot of the exhibits were under construction. I…read moreenjoyed the photography and the exhibit on the 2nd floor. The staff was around and very helpful. Just be prepared with some quarters to pay the parking meter. I wish I had arrived before the cafe closed, it smelled wonderful.

I've got family ties to this area and enjoyed learning more about Becker County through the…read moreextensive collection - over 14,000 photographs and over 20,000 artifacts! The staff are friendly and knowledgeable. Highlights include the two-headed calf, a WWII exhibit, and the World's Smallest Gas Station. This quaint little museum is well worth a stop and I'd recommend it to locals and visitors alike! NOTE: I never mind paying a small entrance fee when I know the money goes towards keeping places that preserve local history up and running.

Four and a half stars! (they need a better copy machine).One of my favorites in all Minnesota..They…read morehave a great book collection and research room. Lot's of kool things upstairs and down.Their meteor is huge.$$$. And they are just off hiway 10,,and for lunch check out the ''Speak Easy'' east of town(also on #10)..Also four and a half stars!

What an absolutely wonderful experience!! It's a museum with lots of history about pioneer days in…read morethe North Dakota region. We arrived at 12pm and completed the tour at 4pm, so be prepared to walk a lot. It's so worth it and there are benches all around to sit. There is an eating area as well with picnic tables. It's a walk through a nice village filled with memorabilia donated from the 1880s and 1900s. There are many antique homes, banks, drug stores, antique cars, planes, church, telephones, saloon, barbershop, ice creamery etc, to see from long ago. We had a super day and learned a lot. There are many photo opts as well. Great for the family, adults and kids as well. There's a gift shop on the premises, with souvenirs and snacks. I totally recommend!!

Excellent stop. This outdoor museum includes historic buildings that were moved to this site…read moreincluding the first house (cabin) in Fargo, a German immigrants home, newspaper office with printing presses, barber shop, dry goods store, apothicary, fire station, sherifff office, saloon, and so much more. They also have an 80-ton train engine, caboose, pullman carriage and train snownplow in their train shed. It's a bit dark in there but absolutely worth a visit. You can walk through the caboose and the pullman. The airplane display also includes an ambulance and a snow vehicle. The helicopter is retired from service in Vietnam. You can walk through the C-47. Gliders, bi-plane, jet. It's a really good collection. Then you have the antique car cillection, agricultural machine collection, Telephone museum, and on and on. So much history in one place. There are picnic tables on site under full sun. Do be sure to bring water and wear sunscreen and a hat in summer as you will be walking between buildings. Public restrooms are in the main building and the church basement. The gift shop sells soda and water aside from toys and gifts, etc. Private parking lot. They have a variety of discounted entries so check out their website for information and add this to your list of places to visit.

Great exhibits! What a great space and thought provoking exhibits. Park for free and free will…read moredonation for entrance.

It is not a large museum but don't let that stop you. It is still full of new, different and unique…read morepieces that you're not going to see elsewhere. I was here for an hour on a peaceful Sunday morning, just about the only patron. So it was quiet and reflective. I particularly enjoyed the "Jacqueline Kennedy" by Andy Warhol (1965) screenprint. But there is plenty more in all sorts of different media. Quite interesting and since the admission is free, you have no excuse! [Review 20762 overall - 121 in North Dakota - 1744 of 2023.]