It is located on Renville County Highway 15, south of Sacred Heart, Minnesota, United States.

The Wayside Rest displays the granite ruins of Joseph R. Brown's home from 1862.

Brown, his multiracial wife and twelve children lived in this home, which was a center of hospitality along the Minnesota River Valley.

[2][3] Brown was a politician, inventor, publisher, and Indian Agent.

[4] Media related to Joseph Brown House Ruins at Wikimedia Commons