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2-headed calf.

Two-Headed Calf, Padlock of Viking Leif Ericson

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Fountain, Minnesota

County museums can be dull, but not this one. Among the exhibits in The Fillmore County History Center are the mounted heads of a two-headed calf (donated by a local farmer in 1996); a home-built flying machine powered by a car engine, named the Pietenpol Air Camper (built by Bernard Pietenpol); the unique hide of a red raccoon; and a big padlock estimated to be a thousand years old, said to have once belonged to Leif Ericson the Viking, and owned by another local farmer who used it to lock his barn.

Two-Headed Calf, Padlock of Viking Leif Ericson

Fillmore County History Center

Address:
202 County Rd 8, Fountain, MN
Directions:
In the museum at the Fillmore County History Center. On the south edge of town, on the south side of County Rd 8 just east of its intersection with US 52.
Hours:
M-Sa 9 am - 4 pm (Call to verify) Local health policies may affect hours and access.
Phone:
507-268-4449
Admission:
Museum: free; Genealogy Lib. $5
RA Rates:
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