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Babi's B & B - A ten-acre country retreat: woods, meadows, walking paths, and gazebo. Five room guesthouse: separate entrances, private baths. Full family-style breakfast served in the 1915 farmhouse. Turn of the century antiques. See Accommodations section for more information. 319-662-4381. www.AmanaColonies.com/babis.htm. Krauss Furniture Shop - Family owned and operated since 1956. Handcrafted furniture and clocks. Walnut, cherry, and oak. Original, custom and traditional designs. Open year round. Free shop tours weekdays. 319-622-3223. Schanz Furniture & Refinishing Shop - Custom built furniture in your choice of woods: walnut, cherry and oak. Furniture on floor for sale. Furniture repaired and refinished plus chair caning and seat-weaving. Closed Sundays and holidays. 319-622-3529. Communal Agriculture Museum - Built in 1858, the South Amana barn housing the Communal Agriculture Museum is one of the oldest in the seven colonies. Tools, implements and photographs from Amana's communal era depict operations on the nation's largest communal farm. Open 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Monday - Friday; 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday. May 27 - September 2. Admission. 319-622-3567. www.amanaheritage.org. Mini-Americana Barn Museum - Two hundred miniature replicas, in the scale of one inch to one foot, built by woodworker Henry Moore, telling early rural history from 1880 to 1930. Open 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. daily. April - October. Admission. 319-622-3058. www.barnmuseum.com. Fern Hill Gifts and Quilts - Handmade Iowa quilts, antique quilts, fabric and Fern Hill original fabric, architectural antiques, antique furniture, artist bears, gifts, cards, home decorating, garden, florals, sweets and beverages. Three brimming floors! Open all year. 319-622-3627. The Baeckerei - See Accommodations section for more information. 319-622-3597 or 800-391-8650. The Smokehaus Restaurant - Originally operated as a meat shop for almost 100 years. Now a fine dining restaurant offering steaks, seafood, sandwiches, and more. 319-622-3750. Click on the circles below for more information about these businesses.
In communal times, picturesque South Amana (established in 1856) was the site of two major rail line depots, making it the center of commerce for the villages. Legend has it that one of South Amana's two general stores was robbed by Jesse James and his gang in 1877. That store is still open today as Fern Hill Gifts and Quilts.
 
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Periodic Working DemonstrationsHistorical Site

 1. Mini-Americana Barn Museum

Historical Site

 2. Communal Agriculture Museum

[Restaurant]

3. The Smokehaus Restaurant
Lodging 4. The Baeckerei
5. Fern Hill Gifts and Quilts
Periodic Working Demonstrations 6. Schanz Furniture and Refinishing Shop
Periodic Working Demonstrations 7. Krauss Furniture Shop

Lodging

 8. Babi's Bed and Breakfast

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