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About travel, history, nature, and art in the Victorian era.
The Porter House Museum is a house and museum in Decorah, Iowa. It was the home of Adelbert Field Porter (1879–1968) and his wife, Grace Young Porter (1880–1964), as well as Grace's mother and father, until their deaths. On August 6, 1975, the house was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
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This museum has the most extensive collection of Norwegian-American artifacts in the world, with an emphasis on folk art. Free admission on the second Saturday of each month.
The Masters Hotel
Laura Ingalls Wilder's family lived in The Masters Hotel in 1876. The family's stay there is not described in any of the books she wrote about her childhood, but it is the only building she lived in that is still standing. Open May to October, with variable hours.