Agriculture

Remains of Mudcura

This image shows the remains of the Sanitarium after it was burned to the ground on November 8, 1997.

Patients

This photo shows a group shot of patients at Mudcura Sanitarium. Early 1910s, not long after Mudcura opened.

Treaments

A view showing patients wrapped in cool blankets after receiving a mud-wrap.

Treatments

An image showing how some of the mud-wrap treatments worked.

Mudcura

A view of the main sanatorium building, which included twenty-seven bedrooms for up to fifty guests, a cigar and newsstand, a smoking room, and a barbershop.

Dr. Henry Fischer and Family

A family portrait of Dr. Henry P. Fischer and family.

Mudcura

An aerial view of the Mudcura Sanitarium near Shakopee.

Seminary Fen Scientific and Natural Area

Seminary Fen is located between the cities of Chaska and Chanhassen, just across the river from Shakopee. In the twenty-first century, the site is a rare wetland, but the site was used long before the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) took control in 2008.