Whitewater Falls, Minnesota

The Nicholas Marnach House is the restored home of a Luxembourgian pioneer family in Whitewater Township, Minnesota, United States, built 1857–1860. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 for having state-level significance in the themes of architecture and exploration/settlement. It was nominated as Southeast Minnesota's oldest surviving example of the traditional European construction occasionally produced by the region's Germanic immigrants. The house is about three miles (5 km) north of Elba, Minnesota, within the Whitewater Wildlife Management Area, a state wildlife preserve adjacent to Whitewater State Park.

The William Hemmelberg House is a historic stone farmhouse in Elba Township, Minnesota, United States. The original section was built around 1858 and the house was doubled in size with a circa-1870 addition. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986 for its local significance in the theme of exploration/settlement. It was nominated for being a rare surviving vestige of the Whitewater Valley's early pioneers.

Whitewater Township is a township in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 198 at the 2010 census.

Beaver is an unincorporated community in Whitewater Township, Winona County, Minnesota, United States, located near the junction of State Highway 74 and Winona County Road 30. Nearby places include Altura, Elba, Plainview, St. Charles, Weaver, and Whitewater State Park. The Whitewater River and Beaver Creek both flow through the area.

Elba is a city in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 152 at the 2010 census. It is on Minnesota State Highway 74 just north of Whitewater State Park.

Elba Township is a township in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 311 at the 2010 census.

Oakridge (also Oak Ridge) is an unincorporated community in Mount Vernon Township, Winona County, Minnesota, United States.

The Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest is a 1,016,204 acres (4,112.43 km2) reserve of current and former forest in Minnesota's Driftless Area. Only 45,000 acres (180 km2) of the land is state owned, with the remainder owned by private individuals and community groups, governed by easements. Non-contiguous units are spread over seven counties ( Dakota, Fillmore, Goodhue, Olmsted, Houston, Wabasha, and Winona Counties), generally in areas just west of the Mississippi River, but extending much further west into the valleys of the Root and Zumbro Rivers. A wide variety of recreational activities are offered: camping, fishing, horseback riding trails (including horse picket lines and corrals); an extensive network of hiking and nature trails (including a wheelchair-accessible trail), and off-highway vehicle trails. It is named in honor of a former Commissioner of Conservation.

Mount Vernon Township is a township in Winona County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 273 at the 2010 census.Mount Vernon Township was organized in 1858, and named after Mount Vernon, the Virginia estate of George Washington.

Weaver is an unincorporated community in Minneiska Township, Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. The Whitewater River and the Mississippi River meet at Weaver.

The Weaver Mercantile Building is a historic building in the unincorporated community of Weaver, Minnesota, United States, built in 1875. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978 for having local significance in the themes of architecture and commerce. It was nominated for being one of the few surviving commercial buildings in the once-thriving Mississippi River community, and a well-preserved example of a form of commercial Italianate architecture popular along the river valley.

Watopa Township is a township in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 265 at the 2000 census.