The 1875 town of Walnut Hill recreates a bustling frontier community with craftsmen and merchants in 16 shops along the town's main street. At the 1900 Farm , draft horses supply the power for the field work while the family lives in a white frame farm house. The Henry A. Wallace Crop Center depicts the history of the 20th Century in a new multi-media theater. Sites are connected by walking trails and tractor-drawn carts. Each site is authentically farmed or worked by interpreters in historical clothing.
Many educational programs are available for school and adult groups.
Also, day camps and historical dinners are available by reservation. Special events are scheduled for 16 weekends throughout the year. The American Association for State and Local History awarded LHF with a certificate of commendation for the Tangen Home and Implement Warehouse site, where the business and home life of a middle class Midwestern family in the 1870s is interpreted. TravelAmerica Magazine's top 20 tours in the United States includes Living History Farms as a highlighted stop. The largest single group is school and youth programs, with more than 40,000 participating in 1999.