Open year-round · no admission, ever
The Apple Barn
The Apple Barn
& Gift Shop
Everything on these shelves is here because somebody in the family wanted it here. Come see what that looks like.
Everything on these shelves is here because somebody in the family wanted it here. Come see what that looks like.
The Apple Barn is the 1880s heart of the farm — apples by the pound out front, the bakery case along the wall, and the gift shop tucked around every corner in between. It’s where you pay for what you picked, warm up in October, and find the thing you didn’t know you came for.
We don’t sell any of this online. It’s a barn, not a warehouse — and half the fun is finding it on the shelf.
The red-label wall: Candy Apple Butter, Apple Cider Jelly, Honeycrisp Apple Salsa, Strawberry Rhubarb, and a shelf more — made for us in small batches and jarred under the Aamodt’s name. The salsa is the one people drive back for.
Alongside it: cinnamon sticks, caramel apple dip, pancake and scone mixes for the morning after, and the fall teas.
Soy candles poured by small Minnesota makers, stacked in apple crates — including an Apple Maple Bourbon candle made just for Aamodt’s. Wax melts for the ones who don’t want a flame. Aprons, bamboo cutting boards, and the kind of dish towels that end up as gifts.
Puzzles for the cabin (there’s an orchard one), cookbooks, and Minnesota books for the shelf by the window.
Hoodies, crewnecks, tees, rope caps and trucker caps, kids’ sizes and onesies. New designs every fall — the popular sizes go fast on Honeycrisp weekends.
Raw local honey, pure maple syrup, maple-nut popcorn, and honey sticks by the register. The two things people have bought here longer than almost anything else.
Caramel apple popcorn, old-fashioned candy, lefse crisps, gummies for the ride home, and the sauerkraut we put on the brats. Kettle corn is out front on fall weekends.
Plush orchard critters, small toys that survive the car, and a shelf of dog treats — because the dog came too, and waited politely outside.
Peak season. Apples by the pound, the bakery case full, the shelves at their fullest — and the busiest Saturdays in Minnesota. Come on a weekday if you like the barn quiet.
The gift season. Winter apples, frozen pies for the table, candles and apparel for under the tree, gift cards for the people who are hard to shop for.
Saturdays in January, weekends from mid-February, and back to seven days in August. Keeper apples from the cooler as long as they last, and the jams never run out.
Open daily 10–6. Free parking, free admission, dogs on a leash outside.