“Wouldn’t you rather have someone come into town and spend some time looking at the park than just get some food and drive..."

Here In the heart of New York Mills lies Central Park which is home to several interesting monuments. The Centennial Monument is...

The Finnish heritage is woven tightly into our community yet today thanks to these determined, resourceful men and...

Olaf Pary constructed New York Mills’ oldest building in 1885 as a general merchandise store. In 1940, Yalmer Karvonen bought it...

New York Mills is a national example of how the arts can be embraced in a rural community and reinvigorate a local economy...

Can a small, rural Minnesota community produce a nationally known product of
superior quality while maintaining a diverse and...

Otter Tail County experienced its worst natural disaster when two tornadoes devastated Fergus Falls on June 22...

The stock market crash of October 29, 1929 ushered in a decade of insecurity and instability, at times approaching chaos, and...

For around 50 cents you could clamp skates to your shoe and tighten them with a key and skate the night away! The upstairs also...

California dreaming? Not for Roger and Jann Lee who in 1992 left the sunshine state to pursue their dream of owning a bed and...

Finn Creek Open Air Museum is located 6 miles southeast of New York Mills. Appropriately named, the museum lies on a quiet...

The huge task of clearing land began. Dynamite was available for this task, but not the money to buy it. Every tree had to be cut...

In the years that followed the incorporation of New York Mills, education became one of the town’s top priorities. Many of...

In April 1916, a special election was held in which voters overwhelmingly approved a new school. After the votes were...

When Otter Tail County commissioners held their first meeting in September 1868, there was no New York Mills. It was a dense...

While wheat may have been the primary cash crop in the late 19th and into the 20th century, it wasn’t the only one. Warm summer days...

Nestled here among the majestic white pines is one of New York Mills’ greatest treasures, thanks to a New York state lawyer by the...

The New York Mills Millers started playing town ball in the early 1920s. With Dr. A.T. Morstad as the manager, the Millers were consistent...

Born January 15, 1895 in Gibbon, Sibley County, Minnesota, Edward Henry Buerkle graduated from Gibbon High School and...

In 1987, New York Mills garnered national attention when authorities conducted a raid on a marijuana growing...

Perhaps the most distinct building in New York Mills is the 1904 First State Bank, now referred to as the Centennial Building...

The lumber industry may have given New York Mills its start but agriculture was its lifeblood. Most of Otter Tail County’s income came...

Throughout much of its history, Otter Tail County towns have been tied to the well-being of the farm economy, depending upon...