ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses questions about what kind of heritage is performed, what constitutes authenticity and the need for visual markers when heritage is put on display. Elk Horn represents an American themed place, and the makers of its Danish-American master-narrative constitute a mixed bag of financial backers and cultural brokers. The Danish Windmill in Elk Horn was dismantled in Denmark, shipped to the United States and reassembled brick by brick. The Viking is another well-known marker of Danishness an image shared with the other Nordic countries. Reference to the proud Danish Vikings who discovered America is often evoked in early literature about Danish settlement in America. In Elk Horn the old Danish windmill and the new Viking Hjem were both granted a second life' as heritage sites. They were both dismantled and rebuilt. A Danish windmill was reborn as the Danish Windmill in a foreign country, while two decrepit local barns gave life to a Viking Hjem nearby.
