Minnesotans can boast of a treasure trove of historic buildings,
landmarks, and sites in our state. This comprehensive guide, useful for
travel or armchair research, lists the more than 1,500 historic
properties in our state on the famed National Register of Historic
Places, the official list of historic properties in the United States
that have been deemed worthy of preservation.
Produced by Minnesota's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), this
comprehensive, illustrated guide includes the districts, sites,
buildings, structures, and objects significant to the state's history,
architecture, archaeology, engineering, and culture. A county-by-county
inventory presents descriptive information for each property including
name, location, date, architectural style and designer, original owner,
and entertaining historical sidelights.
From churches to water towers, lighthouses to shipwrecks, a gas station
to a fur-trade depot, this book delivers the wealth and variety of
Minnesota's history into your hands.