Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
Attractions near Brooten
Leave Brooten for Kensington Runestone, 30 mi away
Nothing on our list is inside Brooten; the 3 places to visit are within 40 miles. The commonest are 2 museums and a landmark. Fagen Fighters WWII Museum is worth a day, 56 mi from the centre.
Attractions nearby
7
within 60 miles
The big one
30 mi
Kensington Runestone
Landmark · 30 mi northwest
Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
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Where to go
To the northwest is where most of the 3 lie.
Orange: Brooten. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Every entry
All 7 on the list lie within 60 miles.
2Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
HMML is a museum and manuscript library located in Collegeville, Minnesota that holds one of the world’s largest archives of manuscript photographs in both microfilm and digital format.
Fagen Fighters WWII Museum
Military aviation museum in Granite Falls, Minnesota.
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6Swensson Farm Museum
Historic farmstead located in Chippewa County, Minnesota.
7Arv Hus Museum
Cultural heritage center located in Milan, Minnesota. Established in 1984, the museum's name translates from Norwegian to Heritage House.
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
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Photo credits
Kensington Runestone: Book author: George T. Flom, Public domain · Hill Museum & Manuscript Library: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, CC BY 3.0 · Runestone Museum: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens: Kirs10, Public domain · Swensson Farm Museum: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Arv Hus Museum: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0
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