Historic Fort Snelling

Reviews

• CT

  Christine Tish

  2 days ago
  5.0
  Did the tour a few weeks ago and it was an amazing experience. Highly recommend.
• SL

  Sydney Loving

  Oct 21, 2025
  5.0
  I always end up here on accident trying to find MSP Terminal 2. 👍
• PV

  Paul Vornhof

  Oct 11, 2025
  5.0
  Sehr interessante Geschichtsstunden mit einer ambitionierten Führerin!
• KJ

  Kevin Jordan

  Oct 4, 2025
  5.0
  Interesting place, historic fort. There are countless miles of gorgeous hiking & biking trails.
• JS

  Justyna Srock

  Sep 13, 2025
  5.0
  An excellent field trip to supplement our Minnesota History educational experience. The fort has several buildings that you can tour and informational plaques to describe various elements. There are also people attired in historical garb to add to the experience, in addition to a handful of stations where they explain the lifestyles of people who originally dwelled there. If I had not previously been reading literature pertaining to Minnesota History, I feel like the people who explained life at the fort did an excellent job painting the picture. That being said, it is enriching to know more before you go! Here are a couple books I would reccomend and my ratings of them: 1. Jane Gibbs, "Little Bird That Was Caught". Note: Excellent family read-aloud; about a young girl who was taken (kidnapped!) to MN in the 1830s and some of the experiences she had living amongst the Dakota. Her paths crossed Samuel and Gideon Gibbs, here. She also stopped at Fort Snelling! 2. Old Rail Fence Corners. Note: A compilation of short stories from people who pioneered to Minnesota in the 1800s; it includes some stories of relatives of Jane Gibbbs/Debow and the Pond brothers. Warning: some stories do include recollections of the 1962 Uprising, so parents discretion advised for read-aloud. 3. Over the Earth I Come: The Great Sioux Uprising of 1862. *Note*: contains graphic language of violence. Heavy read, young adult-level read. Sobering. 4. The Dakota or Sioux in Minneosota As They Were in 1862 by Samuel Pond. Note: I am still currently reading, so I don't actually know if I reccomend it. It reads as a type of "thinking out loud" style. A final note: there are also books available in the gift shop for those eager to learn more, as well as a museum that is laid out as a type of timeline of events relating to Fort Snelling. Unfortunately, my toddler was to squirrely to be able to let me read all the plaques, but it looked well done!