Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Home and Museum, Mansfield

This is a must see for Laura Ingalls Wilder fans! The museum is FULL of artifacts from her life and very informative about her parents and siblings as well. The farmhouse is beautiful and so special for true fans to see. The rock house was also great to see, and you should take time for both, but the farmhouse is incredible. We also walked the path connecting the houses and enjoyed the beautiful views. Gift shop was awesome and reasonably priced.

So neat that this home was left just as it was when Laura lived in it (until the day she died). Awesome museum and tour guides are so friendly and willing to answer all your questions. Worth the drive and seeing both homes as well as the museum. There are picnic tables so you could make a day of it. We were only there for a couple hours but 1.5 hrs is probably the minimum you jeed to see it all. There is a trail between each home, but the parking for the historic home is a short (block or so) walk unless you have handicapped parking or it's a quiet day and they tell you to use the handicapped parking. I believe you can also visit Laura's burial site, but we did not have time for that. This is my favorite site for sure of all the Laura Ingalls Wilder homes. Very neat to see how the home was built with short cabinets etc for Laura since she was so short, and to learn about her daughter Rose and the home Rose built for her parents. Worth a visit!