This Norskedalen, or Norwegian valley, sits on more than 400 acres of land near Coon Valley, and it draws in people from all over the world.

"As visitors come through here you'll hear them say so many time the certainly is a beautiful area and we just had again Norwegian people who were visiting this morning and they comment on how much it looks like Norway,” says Norskedalen Board President James Halvorson.

The Nature and Heritage Center is home to more than a dozen buildings from the 19th century.

Halvorson says keeping them standing is an important part of keeping history alive.

"If we don't preserve these buildings and that why they are going to be gone forever if you go around to the country side today of course you'll see less and less log buildings,” he says.

Norskedalen's grounds are also filled with volunteers who take you back in time, by cooking flatbread on a wood burning stove, or working as a blacksmith.

"I think my favorite part of the homestead is the house because I do so much of my touring in the house itself we have an organ there which is quite unusual for people who would have lived in that date and time out in the wilderness,” says tour guide Joyce Halvorson.

And while a trip to this Norwegian valley can be fun, Joyce says she hopes visitors learn a little along the way.

"I think school children and their families need to know about their heritage and this is one place where you can find out so many things that our ancestors knew and did,” she says.

The Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center is open seven days a week. This weekend it'll feature a Civil War reenactment.