Points of Interest

Meeker County is FILLED with wonderful history and interesting things to see and do!  We invite you to visit any or all of them, and we thank you for your interest in our history!

National Register of Historic Places in Meeker County
Click HERE for a summary of notable Litchfield residents and historic homes.

HISTORIC BRIDGES:
- Salisbury Bridge (Bridge #90980)
- Bridge #90990

HISTORIC CHURCHES:
- First Presbyterian Church
- Manannah Church
- Ness Church
- Trinity Episcopal Church

HISTORIC ONE-ROOM SCHOOL HOUSES:
- Carlson School District No. 76
- Collinwood School District No. 48
- Little Red School House No. 59

HISTORIC SITES:
- Brightwood Beach Cottage
- Carnegie Library (Library Square)
- Darwin Twine Ball
- Dassel Mushroom Building
- Dassel Universal Laboratories Building/Ergot Museum
- Henry Ames House
- Litchfield Central Park
- Litchfield Opera House
- Rosemary Home
- Starlite Drive-In Movie Theater

HISTORIC U.S. - DAKOTA WAR SITES:
- Acton Incident
- Battle of Acton
- Battle of Peterson Field
- Manannah Massacre
- Forest City Stockade
- U.S. - Dakota War Heroes
- Victims, Survivors, & Monuments Locations
    - Daniel A. Cross
    - Andreas Olson
    - Caleb Sanborn
    - Forest City Attack
    - Little Crow
    - Ness Monument

MUSEUMS:
- Darwin Twine Ball Museum
- Dassel History Center & Ergot Museum
- Grove City Area Historical Society Museum
- Meeker County Museum at the G.A.R. Hall