Learn about the social history of the community, the industries that grew along the river, and the immense changes along Main Street throughout the years. 

Walk the Minneapolis riverfront and learn about its dramatic past.

Explore the nooks and crannies of the Washburn A Mill, the National Historic Landmark that is the home of Mill City Museum. 

Explore the West End, one of St. Paul’s oldest neighborhoods, built along one of the city’s oldest roads. 

Discover the hidden histories of St. Paul’s downtown core. 

Uncover the stories of the neighborhood that powered St. Paul’s rise from humble outpost to thriving metropolis. 

Highlighting the Gilded Age mansions lining the elite avenue and the people who owned and built them.

Join us at Historic Fort Snelling as we explore how and where soldiers and their families, officers, and enslaved people lived in the early years of Fort Snelling.

Bring your bike to Historic Fort Snelling and join our staff as we take a bike tour inside the walls of the historic fort

Peek behind the curtains into the spaces of the Commandant’s House, where the fort's constructor slept and entertained; clerks and regimental staff gathered for work; and enslaved people and servants toiled around the hearth.

Built in the 1870s as the dream home of Minnesota’s second governor, Alexander Ramsey, and his wife Anna, the handsome native limestone home was one of the first in St. Paul to receive running water, piped in from Lake Phalen. It was equipped with the latest technology of the time and lavishly furnished with nearly two boxcars worth of purchases from the A.T. Stewart department store in New York.

Transport yourself to Little Falls in the early 20th century with a virtual tour of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh’s childhood home. Built in 1906, the house features original family objects and furnishings.