A trip to Murphy's landing is a trip back in history. The 87 acres located in Shakopee offer a village of homes and businesses from the 1870s thru the 1890s. You can tour the Atwater House, a gothic revival home built in the Andrew Jackson Downing style in the 1860's, a one room Schoolhouse, built of Shakopee Red Brick in 1887, and the Chaska Depot, built in 1886, which had two waiting rooms, one for men and one for women.

Each building has its own costumed interpreter who can answer questions. It is truly a beautiful location in the winter, right on the Minnesota River and holidays in each ethnic style are represented in the houses. In October, Murphy's Landing turns into Spooky World.

Gopher State Railway Museum (GSRM) is not open at this time. We are a nonprofit organization with a focus on preserving railroad history by building a railroad museum park. All plans for the park have been finalized. The museum will be built in stages as money and volunteers become available. The plans include a station, car maintenance building, beanery, and multiple railroad related structures. GSRM owns a 20 acre plot of land 2 miles north of New Prague, Minnesota on State Highway 21. Much of our equipment is scattered around the state of Minnesota. We are working with the Union Pacific to install a switch for access onto our property when they have a work crew in our area. We will be able to bring most of our equipment home when the switch has been installed. GSRM has moved a 20 x 40 M&StL maintenance of way tool building to our property. This M&StL building will be our first display building for use in phase one of our construction. A large maintenance building is also planned so our members can work on equipment. We are actively seeking new members by doing local festivals and parades. If you reside in Minnesota and would like to make your mark in life drop us an email or send in an application for membership we sure could use your help. Our organization is also looking for displays of railroad related items, things like signals, small buildings, round tables, rolling stock, and other display items are very important to us. Gopher State Railway Museum is going to be a great asset to the southwest metro area of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota.