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VIRTUAL TOUR

The virtual tour of the LeDuc Historic Estate is now online! To launch the tour click on the screenshot below or here:

[ LAUNCH VIRTUAL TOUR ]

Then select one of the "Guided Tour" options to let the Virtual Tour walk you through, or feel free to explore on your own. The tour is very graphics-intensive and was designed for viewing over a Broadband Internet connection.

Click to Launch Virtual Tour

This detailed look at the mansion and grounds includes:

  • Over 50 interactive 360 degree panoramic images of the interior and exterior spaces.

  • Over 200 photographs, many from the LeDuc family albums.

  • Numerous sketches by Alice Sumner LeDuc illustrating her life at the LeDuc Estate in the late 1800s.

  • Biographies of each of the LeDuc family members.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

The LeDuc Historic Estate Tour has been tested and functional on systems with the following minimum system requirements:

OPERATING SYSTEMS
PLUG-INS

Windows XP (Service Pack 2)

Windows 2000 (Service Pack 4)

Mac OS X Panther (10.3.9)

Quicktime Player & Plugin version 6 (or later)

The Quicktime player and plugin are a free and available from Apple Software. You can download a copy at www.Quicktime.com.

HARDWARE
BROWSERS

Broadband Internet Connection (ADSL or Cable)

128 MB Memory (256 or more recommended)

500 MHz CPU (1 GHz or more recommended)

32 MB Video Memory (64 MB or more recommended)

The more your system exceeds these minimum requirements, the better your tour experience will be.

Internet Explorer 5.5 or later for Windows

Mozilla Firefox 1.5 or later for Windows & Mac OS X

Apple Safari 1.3 or later for Mac OS X

Opera 9 or later for Windows or Mac OS X

The browsers listed here are in order of recommendation for use with this tour. Viewing the tour in earlier versions of these browsers is not recommended due to software bugs in some which caused freezes or crashes.

If you would like to see something included in a future version, or have comments or questions, or wish to report bugs/errors with the LeDuc Historic Estate Virtual Tour, please submit them via e-mail to chad.roberts@co.dakota.mn.us

EXHIBITS

Information on the LeDuc Historic Estate exhibits will be available here in 2007. Please check back then.

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