It is located three miles (4.8 km) west of U.S. Highway 41, off Tower Road, near Pelkie, Michigan, in the United States.

[2] The farm was originally homesteaded at a time of mass immigration from Finland to the United States, as well as a migration from the mining locations in the Upper Peninsula to more rural locations.

[3] It is significant because it represents an agricultural way of life in the late 19th century, and the transfer of a northern European Finnish folk-architectural tradition to the American frontier.

[3] The Hanka farm covers 40 acres (16 ha) and included 11 buildings in the 1920s as well a related landscape features.

[2] The buildings are constructed of hewn logs, built by members of the Hanka family.