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Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center, Tracy, MN

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Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center

A history museum in Tracy, Minnesota, with a village of relocated historic buildings and collections of farm, railroad, and automotive wheels.

3297 US-14, Tracy, MN 56175 · Tracy, MN

About Wheels Across the Prairie Heritage Center

The museum began as a memorial to Tracy-area pioneers and gathers machinery, vehicles, and artifacts from farming, railroads, and cars. Visitors can walk through a village of historic structures, including a post office, a schoolhouse, a blacksmith shop, a summer kitchen, and a church, plus a car barn with antique tractors and vintage automobiles. Exhibits also cover early farm equipment and the 1968 tornado. The museum opened to the public in 1985.

  • #history museum
  • #pioneer heritage
  • #farm machinery
  • #vintage automobiles
  • #historic village

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