Historic Bluff Country Off the Byway Three

Off the Byway

Caledonia

Identity: "History and Nature - Year Round"

Attractions: Historic Buildings (cabin, town hall, school, church on fairground site)

Caledonia Commercial Historic District

1875 Jail

1883 Courthouse

Turkey Capital of Minnesota

Beaver Creek State Park

History: One of the oldest cities in Minnesota and also the birthplace of David Kunst, the first man to circle the globe on foot.

Celebration: Founders Day (June)

Brownsville

Identity: "It Just Keeps Rollin' Along"

Attractions: Mighty Mississippi

Steamboats

Wildcat Landing

Historical Sites

History: Brownsville, located on the far eastern edge of Houston County, sitting at the foot of Wildcat Bluff beside the "Mighty" Mississippi River. Running north and south through the city is "The Great River Road" (Minnesota Highway 26).

Celebration: Brownsville Days (June)

Money Creek

Identity: "547 and growing"

Attractions: Money Creek Haven Campground

United Methodist Church (built 1910)

History: Supposedly Money Creek township (Houston County) was named for the creek here, which was in turn named after a man got his pocketbook and contents wet in the creek and spread out the bank notes on a bush to dry. A sudden gust of wind blew them into the water again, and some of it was never recovered.

American Queen cruising the Mississippi River near Brownsville

Historic Bluff Country

National Scenic Byway