One of the earliest missionary centers of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota and believed to be the first Episcopal cathedral built in the United States, the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour is also a monument to Henry Benjamin Whipple. Elected . . . — — Map (db m82807) HM
On Millersburg Blvd (County Route 1), on the right when traveling west.
The Christdala Congregation was formed on July 18, 1877 by the first Swedish immigrants to settle in Rice County. The Church was built during the summer of 1878 at a cost of $230 and is maintained in memory of the early Swedish settlers. Because of . . . — — Map (db m93624) HM
On Millersburg Blvd (County Route 1), on the right when traveling west.
On September 7, 1876 Nicolaus Gustafson, a recent immigrant from Sweden, was fatally shot by Cole Younger during the notorious Jesse James Gang's aborted raid on the Northfield bank. Gustafson had ridden into town that morning with Peter Youngquist . . . — — Map (db m93625) HM
On Millersburg Blvd (County Route 1), on the right when traveling east.
Late in the day on September 6, 1876, four heavily armed men rode into Millersburg from the west and spent the night in the Cushman Hotel east of the school. They were led by a ruthless outlaw named Thomas Coleman "Cole" Younger. The four armed men . . . — — Map (db m93623) HM
On Main Street (State Highway 246) west of Cherry Street, on the left when traveling west.
Nerstrand City Hall
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
1908 — — Map (db m49072) HM
Near Goodhue Avenue 0.4 miles north of Minnesota Highway 246, on the left when traveling north.
Thomas Anderson Veblen and
Kari Bunde Veblen Farmstead
From 1866 to 1893 this farmstead was the home of the Veblen family one of the most prominent Norwegian immigrant families of the nineteenth century.
The most distinguishing trait of . . . — — Map (db m49376) HM
Near Interstate 35 at milepost 68, 1.5 miles north of Millersburg Boulevard (County Road 1), on the right when traveling north.
In the 1870s and 1880s, important changes took place inside several small flour mills in southeastern Minnesota. Those changes laid the groundwork for a technological revolution that made Minnesota's milling industry the largest in the world.
. . . — — Map (db m26200) HM
Near South Water Street north of Fifth Street West (Minnesota Highway 19), on the left when traveling north.
This Sesquicentennial Legacy Plaza, with the sculpture "Harvest" as its centerpiece, commemorates with an enduring presence Northfield's sesquicentennial year 2005.
In 1855, John Wesley North founded the town of Northfield and built a dam and . . . — — Map (db m55167) HM
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