More than 1,500 Minnesota listings, encompassing over 6,000 properties from all counties in the state, can be found on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), the nation's official list of properties deemed worthy of preservation. In Minnesota the National Register program is administered by the Society's State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO). To explore properties important to Minnesota's history and prehistory, choose one of the featured themes for a tour of selected properties.

This database contains over 7,000 properties. Of these, approximately 1,500 are listed individually on the National Register and some 5,700 are located within National Register historic districts.