Excellent attraction full of Danish history and quality craftsmanship. It features the story of how the U.S.'s largest rural Danish settlement bought a Windmill and had it shipped here, and the community built it. Very cool cultural spot to stop and see!
August 2024
Very beautiful! Fun to learn about the history and use of wind mil would go again
July 2024
Charming place run by incredibly nice people. Just 5ish miles off the interstate. Really worth a stop, and probably a tour! I didn’t get to one this time around, however others were touring and it looked like fun. Overall a beautiful and picturesque place to stop and visit!
The Danish Windmill is a museum for all people interested in Denmark, Danish customs, Scandinavian traditions, and of course, Windmills. Elk Horn’s Danish Windmill is America’s only authentic working Danish Windmill. The Mill, originally built in Nørre Snede, Denmark in 1848 was brought to the United States November, l975 and rebuilt in Elk Horn, Iowa by community volunteers in l976, our Bicentennial year. The Danish Windmill finished restoration work. The Mill was restored to working condition and serves as a historical and educational museum.
