Minnesota History magazine provides history lovers with intriguing stories about Minnesota’s past in full-color, richly illustrated print and digital formats.
- In-depth articles
- Lively short features
- Stunning historic photographs and artwork
The magazine is published four times a year as a benefit of MNHS membership and is also available by subscription.
Current Issue: Summer 2022
- “Last Chance Liquor ’til South Dakota”: County Option in Minnesota, 1915–1965
- A Stranger in a Strange Land: Charles Joseph Latrobe and a Visit to Fort Snelling, 1833
- MNHS Press Book Excerpt: When Minnehaha Flowed with Whiskey: A Spirited History of the Falls
Previous Issues
Spring 2022
- Righting a Wrong: Eighty Years Since the Order That Put Japanese Americans Behind Barbed Wire
- Answering Lincoln’s Call: Hamline University Students and Staff Confront the Civil War
- From the Archives: William B. Riley and the Fight Against Teaching of Evolution in Minnesota
Winter 2021–22
- Minnesota’s Acid Rain Story: A Legacy of Leadership
- Letters to Hilda: “Swede Girls,” Domestic Service, and Life as a Newcomer in Minneapolis, 1913–1914
- From the Archives: The Rise of Organized Labor in Minnesota
Fall 2021
- Sam Haugdahl and the New Sweden Creamery: World Champion Butter Maker
- The Vermilion Lake Indian School: From Assimilation to Termination
- The Minneapolis League of Catholic Women: Engaging in the Larger World
- MNHS Press Book Excerpt: Confluence: A History of Fort Snelling