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58 of 58 rows in Historic Sites in Minnesota: Hours, Admission and What to See. Showing 1–25. Download the full CSV.
| name | type | operator | city | county | region | theme | era | what_to_see | hours | admission | free | open_season | official_url | source_url | checked |
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| Historic Fort Snelling | Fort | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | St. Paul | Hennepin | Twin Cities Metro | Bdote; Dakota homeland; military; slavery and freedom (Dred Scott); US-Dakota War; immigration | 1819-1946 (10,000 years at Bdote) | 1825 stone fort (National Historic Landmark), Plank Museum & Visitor Center in a rehabilitated 1904 cavalry barracks, river overlooks, 'Many Voices, Many Stories, One Place' exhibit | Thu-Sat 10-4 (Sept 7-Dec 31, 2026); fort by guided walking tour only, weather dependent | $12 adults; $10 seniors 65+/college students/active military; $8 ages 5-17; 4 & under free; Native Americans and veterans free (on-site); parking $6 | no | Year-round, seasonal schedules | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Mill City Museum | Museum | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Minneapolis | Hennepin | Twin Cities Metro | Flour milling; St. Anthony Falls; riverfront industry | 1874-1965 | Museum in the Washburn A Mill complex (NHL); Flour Tower elevator show, water and baking labs, riverfront views | Wed-Fri 10-4; Sat-Sun 10-5; Mon-Tue closed | $15 adults; $12 seniors 65+/veterans/active military/college students; $8 ages 5-17; 4 & under and MNHS members free | no | Year-round | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Split Rock Lighthouse | State historic site | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Two Harbors | Lake | Duluth & North Shore | Great Lakes shipping; lighthouse life; Mataafa storm; Edmund Fitzgerald | 1910-1969 | 1910 lighthouse and fog signal building, keeper's house, visitor center film and exhibits on a 25-acre site | Mon and Thu-Sun 10-4; Tue-Wed closed (Oct 20, 2026-Jan 4, 2027) | Grounds Pass $8 (no lighthouse or keeper's home access); Keeper's Tour $25; Christmas at the Lighthouse $20 (MNHS members free) | no | Year-round, seasonal programs | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| James J. Hill House | House museum | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | St. Paul | Ramsey | Twin Cities Metro | Gilded Age; railroads; Summit Avenue | not published | Railroad magnate James J. Hill's Summit Avenue mansion (NHL); 60-minute guided tours | Thu-Sun 10-5 (Sept 10-Nov 22, 2026; same hours for A Gilded Age Christmas Nov 28, 2026-Jan 3, 2027) | $15 adults; $12 seniors 65+/veterans/active military/college students; $8 ages 5-17; 4 & under and members free | no | Guided tours Thu-Sun, January-November; holiday season in December | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Alexander Ramsey House | House museum | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | St. Paul | Ramsey | Twin Cities Metro | Territorial/state politics | not published | Closed for planned restoration work; MNHS has not posted a reopening date. When open: the 1872 Victorian mansion of Alexander Ramsey, territorial governor (1849) and second state governor, with over 14,000 original family objects | Closed | $15 adults; $12 seniors 65+/veterans/active military/college students; $8 ages 5-17; 4 & under and MNHS members free | no | Closed for restoration (no reopening date posted) | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Minnesota History Center | Museum | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | St. Paul | Ramsey | Twin Cities Metro | Statewide history; Native Minnesota; WWII; weather | All eras | Exhibits incl. 'Our Home: Native Minnesota', 'Minnesota's Greatest Generation', 'Then Now Wow'; Gale Family Library | Wed and Fri-Sun 10-4; Thu 10-8; Mon-Tue closed | $15 adults; $12 seniors 65+/veterans/active military/college students; $8 ages 5-17; 4 & under and MNHS members free | partly | Year-round | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Minnesota State Capitol | Other | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) (tours/interpretation) | St. Paul | Ramsey | Twin Cities Metro | State government; Cass Gilbert architecture; Civil War art and battle flags | 1896-1905 | Third state capitol (1905), restored 2013-2017; guided and self-guided tours | Mon-Fri 8-4:30; Sat 10-3; Sun closed (Feb 17-Dec 31, 2026) | Free; suggested $5 donation for guided tours | yes | Year-round | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Oliver Kelley Farm | Historic village | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Elk River | Sherburne | Central Lakes & St. Cloud | Agriculture; National Grange founder | 1860s | 1860s farm life, Kelley homestead (NHL) | Sat 9-3 (Sept 6-Dec 23, 2026) | $12 adults; $10 seniors 65+/veterans/active military/college students; $8 ages 5-17; 4 & under and MNHS members free | no | Seasonal schedules | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Jeffers Petroglyphs | Archaeological site | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Comfrey | Cottonwood | Minnesota River Valley & Prairielands | American Indian rock carvings; prairie | ca. 9,000 BCE-1700s CE | Closed for the season: the 2026 public season ended Oct 17. About 5,000 sacred rock carvings on glacier-smoothed rock outcrops, visitor center exhibits on Native American culture and prairie, prairie trails | Closed for the season (public season ended Oct 17, 2026) | $12 adults; $10 seniors/veterans/active military/college students; $8 ages 5-17; 4 & under, MNHS members and Native Americans free | no | Seasonal (spring to fall); 2027 dates not yet posted | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Mille Lacs Indian Museum and Trading Post | Museum | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Onamia | Mille Lacs | Central Lakes & St. Cloud | Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe history and culture | Last 300 years | Museum on the journey of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe; restored trading post | Wed-Sat 10-5; Sun-Tue closed | $12 adults; $10 seniors/veterans/active military/college students; $8 ages 5-17; 4 & under, MNHS members and Native Americans free | no | Seasonal schedule | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Forest History Center | Historic village | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Grand Rapids | Itasca | Iron Range & Voyageurs | Logging; north woods ecology | ca. 1900 | Recreated 1900-era logging camp, 200-acre site, horse-drawn trolley and sleigh rides, kayak tours | Sat 10-4 (Oct 24-Dec 19, 2026) | $15 adults; $12 seniors 65+/veterans/active military/college students; $8 ages 5-17; 4 & under and MNHS members free | no | Seasonal | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Sibley Historic Site | House museum | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) with Dakota County Historical Society | Mendota | Dakota | Twin Cities Metro | Fur trade; American Fur Company; early statehood | 1836-1842 (American Fur Company HQ) | Sibley House, Faribault House and Dupuis House (stone buildings) | Closed for the season (except events) | $10 adults; $8 seniors/veterans/active military/college students; $6 ages 5-17; 4 & under and members free | no | Seasonal (closed Sept 8-Dec 31, 2026 except events) | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| W. W. Mayo House | House museum | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) (with Ney Nature Center members free) | Le Sueur | Le Sueur | Minnesota River Valley & Prairielands | Medicine (Mayo family); Green Giant (Cosgrove family) | not published | Costumed-guide tours of the house where Mayo and Cosgrove families lived | Holiday hours Nov 28-Dec 12, 2026: Sat 10-4, Sun 1-4 | $6 adults; $5 seniors/veterans/active military/college students; $4 ages 5-17; 4 & under free | no | Seasonal | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Comstock House | House museum | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) with Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County | Moorhead | Clay | Red River Valley | 19th-century family home | not published | 19th-century home of the Comstock family | See official site | $8 adults; $7 seniors/veterans/active military/college students; $6 ages 5-17; MNHS and HCSCC members free | no | See official site | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Folsom House | House museum | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Taylors Falls | Chisago | St. Croix Valley & East Central | Folsom family; 19th-century St. Croix Valley | not published | Guided tour of the Folsom family house restored to its 19th-century appearance | See official site | Free; donations appreciated | yes | Seasonal | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Charles Lindbergh House | House museum | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Little Falls | Morrison | Central Lakes & St. Cloud | Aviation; Lindbergh family; environmentalism | not published | Childhood home of aviator Charles A. Lindbergh (NHL) and museum; trails | Trails open daily dawn to dusk; house: see official site | Free | yes | See official site | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Historic Forestville | Historic village | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Preston | Fillmore | South Lakes & Bluff Country | Rural village life | not published | Historic village site in Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park | See official site | Free (State Park vehicle permit required) | yes | See official site | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Snake River Fur Post | State historic site | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Pine City | Pine | St. Croix Valley & East Central | Ojibwe and the fur trade | Fur trade era | Fur post at Ginebig-ziibi (Snake River); grounds | Grounds open daily dawn to dusk | Free | yes | Year-round grounds | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Fort Ridgely | Fort | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Fairfax | Nicollet | Minnesota River Valley & Prairielands | US-Dakota War of 1862; frontier army post | 1853-1867 | Site of the fort in Fort Ridgely State Park; commissary building | Grounds daily 8-8; commissary building currently closed | Free (State park vehicle permit required) | yes | Year-round grounds | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Birch Coulee Battlefield | Battlefield | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | Morton | Renville | Minnesota River Valley & Prairielands | US-Dakota War of 1862 | 1862 | Self-guided trail across the battlefield | Trails open daily dawn to dusk (not maintained in winter) | Free | yes | Year-round (trails unmaintained in winter) | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Lower Sioux Agency | State historic site | Co-owned and managed by the Lower Sioux Indian Community and MNHS | Morton | Redwood | Minnesota River Valley & Prairielands | Dakota culture and history; causes of the US-Dakota War | 1861 building; 1862 war | Restored 1861 U.S. government building, History Center owned and operated by the Lower Sioux Indian Community, Minnesota River trails | Trails open daily dawn to dusk; History Center hours via Lower Sioux Indian Community | Free (trails); History Center: see official site | partly | Year-round trails | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Harkin Store | State historic site | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) | New Ulm | Nicollet | Minnesota River Valley & Prairielands | Rural commerce | not published | Historic store site | See official site | Free | yes | See official site | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Lac qui Parle Mission | State historic site | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS); managed by the Chippewa County Historical Society | Montevideo | Chippewa | Minnesota River Valley & Prairielands | Missions | not published | Site where Joseph Renville worked with missionaries to create the first written Dakota alphabet; mission building (seasonal) and trails | Grounds daily 8-8; mission building closed for the season | Free | yes | Seasonal building | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Marine Mill | State historic site | Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS); managed by the City of Marine on St. Croix | Marine on St. Croix | Washington | Twin Cities Metro | Lumbering | not published | Ruins of the first commercial sawmill in Minnesota (operated 1839-1895) on a bluff over the St. Croix River; trails | Daily 8-8 | Free | yes | Year-round | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
| Minnehaha Depot | Other | MNHS; managed by the Minnesota Transportation Museum | Minneapolis | Hennepin | Twin Cities Metro | Railroads | not published | 'Gingerbread'-canopied depot on the first rail line out of Minneapolis, in Minnehaha Park | See official site | Free | yes | Seasonal | link | link | 2026-10-20 |
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