Confined to plutonium-powered DeLoreans and unwieldy telephone booths, time travel is a dangerous and mischief-baiting activity. Instead, let history repeat itself as often as you can stand it with today’s Groupon: for $8, you get a four-pack of general-admission tickets to Log Cabin Village (a $17 value).

Log Cabin Village’s authentic historical houses and cabins give visitors an interactive look at life in 19th-century Texas. Through tours, artifact collections, and story hours led by Log Cabin Village’s four resident cats, visitors are transported back to a simpler time. Grab your family, friends, or trio of wind-up toy ducks and meander through the six cabins, the smokehouse, school, blacksmith shop, water-powered gristmill, and herb garden to see, smell, and hear about the frontier days of yore. Both the one-room schoolhouse and Seela cabin can be entered and explored in their entirety, and the other historical properties can be viewed behind a barrier. Various demonstrations, from embroidering to blacksmithing to stylish bonnet accessorizing, happen daily, and staff historical interpreters are always available to talk and answer questions.

Reviews

Frommer's recommends Log Cabin Village and D Magazine profiled the historic site. Nine Yahoo! Travelers give Log Cabin Village four stars and four TripAdvisors give it 4.5 owl eyes.

• Guests to the village can also venture through a blacksmith shop, herb garden, and a handful of other wooden homes that give an intimate portrayal of life in 19th century; all but one—the blacksmith shop—are authentic. – D Magazine
• There are more cabins now, and I was really impressed that when you go to most of them, there is someone inside (dressed up) who tells you all about the cabin & family's history. – fiestycowgirl, TripAdvisor