Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area

The Abraham Bisson House is a historic stone house in Jordan, Minnesota, United States, built in 1884. It was the home of Abraham Bisson (1827–1902) and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was nominated for its local sandstone masonry and association with the now-vanished town of St. Lawrence.

St. Lawrence Township is a township in Scott County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 472 at the 2000 census.

Lawrence is an extinct village in section 16 of St. Lawrence Township, Scott County, in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The GNIS classifies it as a populated place.

San Francisco is an abandoned townsite in San Francisco Township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States.

Bevens Creek is a stream in Carver and Sibley counties, in the U.S. state of Minnesota.Bevens Creek was named for an early settler.

San Francisco Township is a rural township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 888 as of the 2000 census.

East Union is an unincorporated community in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The community lies on the boundary line between Dahlgren Township and San Francisco Township. The center of East Union is generally considered at the junction of Carver County Roads 40, 43, and 50. Nearby places include Chaska, Carver, and Cologne. Bevens Creek flows through the community.

Jordan High School is a secondary school in Jordan, Minnesota. It is part of the Independent School District (ISD) 717 school district.

Jordan is a city in Scott County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 6,656 at the 2020 census.

The Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, an Episcopal church building in Belle Plaine, Minnesota is a Carpenter Gothic style building with wooden buttresses. Sometimes referred to as a "prairie Gothic" church, it was built in 1868 for English-speaking parishioners, but most of the rural residents at the time were German and Irish immigrants who brought their own languages and religious practices with them. The result was a church building that struggled to attract worshipers for 80 years before it was abandoned. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The Hooper–Bowler–Hillstrom House was built in 1871 in Belle Plaine, Minnesota, United States, by Sandford A. Hooper, a local businessman and promoter of the town. In 1886 it conveyed to Samuel Bowler, a founder of the State Bank of Belle Plaine and lumber-yard owner. Bowler added a new kitchen, buttery, and a five-hole, two-story outhouse that is connected to the house via a skyway. He also added a copper-lined bathtub. When the Bowlers moved to Denver, Colorado in 1901, the clapboard frame house was sold to Alfred Hillstrom whose family lived in the house until it was purchased in 1975 by the town's Historical Society. It is now owned by the city of Belle Plaine and is open to the public. Current furnishings include three periods-1850s and 1860s, Victorian, and early 1900s. Additional features include a well-pump in the kitchen, a wood stove, and a large carriage stone on the front lawn, which acted as a step for ascending into or descending from carriages. Surviving outbuildings include a wood shed used to store coal and wood to fuel the stoves in the house and a brick smoke house. Furnishing include a "courting chair" in which young couples would sit back-to-back.The home has a low-pitched roof and central chimneys; it is adorned with a long, covered front porch and is specially decorated for Christmas. In addition to the winter holiday, the home is open to the public in the summer. Visitors may see the distinctive outhouse, but may not use it. Similar to other two-story outhouses, the waste from the upper level flows behind a false wall in the lower level.

Belle Plaine ( bel PLAYN) is a city in Scott County, Minnesota, United States, about 40 minutes southwest of Minneapolis. The population was 7,395 at the 2020 census.