Area Attractions

The Grantsburg area presents many opportunities for recreation, sports and relaxation. We hope you will take advantage of as many of these opportunities as you can while you enjoy your stay at Smoland Praire Homestead Inn.

• Antiques shops – many within 20 miles radius
• Golf – New Siren Golf Club and many other courses within a 25-mile radius
• Fishing – many area lakes/Spring-fed ones too
• Grantsburg Museum - Frederic Soo Line Depot Museum
• Grantsburg Home of Big Gust – Big Gust Days in June
• Water Cross (Snowmobiles across open water) Grantsburg in July
• Crex Meadows Wildlife Area
• Canoeing (enjoy exciting canoe rides on the St. Croix River)
• Gandy Dancer Trail for biking and snowmobile
• Snowshoe Trails
• Cross Country Ski Trails
• Burnett County Airport
• Voyager Village Country Club
• Forts Folle Avoine Historical Park
• Taylor Falls rock climbing
• Wild Mountain – Summerset

Tours

You’re invited to tour this unique 18th Century Hand-Hewn Log Farm House. Swedes who immigrated from Smoland Praire, a province in Sweden, built this Hand-Hewn Log House in 1869.

The logs go all the way to the second floor and all division walls are log also.
Many historical items are on display for you to see. You may rent this house to stay overnight or longer.

Tours cost $3.00 per person, children 6 years and under are free.

Smoland Activities

Other things to see on the farm:

• Sauna/Steam room that was an old summer kitchen moved here from another farm
• Out-house that was donated and moved to the farm

You may also enjoy the little shop on the farm:

• Summer Kitchen – restored original summer kitchen on farm

Walk around the farm and see the animals:

• Chickens – we sell farm fresh eggs
• Buelingo Beef Cattle – we sell beef (whole, halves, or quarters)
• Arabian horses