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Two-Story Cabin

Two-Story Cabin from directly overhead

Two-Story Cabin is a museum in Minnesota, at a modelled elevation of 375 m. The nearest named place is Bachelor Cabin, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Great River Road passes 43 miles off.

Built in 1859, the two-story cabin at one time was home for the Houdek family of six, emigrants from Bohemia. It features squared mortise and tendon logs, a restored open-hearth fireplace, hide-a-crib, spinning wheel and upstairs loft...

What to expect

Operated by
Steele Country Historic Society

How to reach it

Coordinates44.06873, -93.21759

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Trophy Case: 0.1 mi
  • Fairgrounds Park: 0.2 mi
  • Steele County Community Center: 0.3 mi
  • Owatonna Soccer Complex: 0.5 mi
  • Sid Kinyon Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 10
Attractions: 4
  • Rice County Fairgrounds: 17.0 mi
  • Dodge County Fairgrounds: 23.5 mi
  • Voyager Valley Teepee: 24.4 mi
  • Lansing Corners: 24.9 mi
Artworks: 3
  • Lighter Than Some: 3.3 mi
  • Regeneration: 3.5 mi
  • Between Earth and Sky: 25.0 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
Peaks: 1
  • Mount Krystosek: 20.6 mi
Gardens: 1

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:25
June solstice05:3120:1621:00
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4515:5016:38

Local time (America/Chicago).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F141831455768727062483320
Precip in0.90.92.03.24.65.34.84.83.82.51.71.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owatonna, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/233815704

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