Gathered around the old wooden two-story depot and representing Kalona's past is a cluster of historic buildings, including the Wahl Museum, one-room school, country store, Mennonite Museum and Archives, log house, Amish grandpa house, restored Victorian home and church, and Reif Rock and Mineral Museum. The Quilt and Textile Museum showcases antique quilts and textiles from the 1800s to early 1900s.