Solvang (Danish Village)

California

TypeRoadside Americana

Danish-American colony founded in 1911 around Old Mission Santa Inés, rebuilt in Danish provincial style with windmills starting in the late 1940s after national press coverage drew tourists.

Danish-American colony founded in 1911 around Old Mission Santa Inés, rebuilt in Danish provincial style with windmills starting in the late 1940s after national press coverage drew tourists.

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