A Cultural Landscape District is a geographic area (including both cultural and natural resources and the wildlife or domestic animals therein), associated with a historic event, activity, or person or exhibiting other cultural or aesthetic values.  Stillwater’s historic core and the natural landscape that forms it are defined together as the Stillwater Cultural Landscape District, eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Places.

The National Register defines a cultural landscape as “... an expression of human adaptation to and use of the natural resources of an area.” Stillwater’s story provides a particularly clear expression of that interplay of place and people, but many of those stories are buried in plain sight.

In conjunction with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, visitors can tour the buildings, ravines, gutters, and crumbling walls of this district. Please note that some properties on the tour are private and should only be viewed from the public sidewalk.

• MNDOT Cultural Resource District Guidebook
• Cultural Landscape Walking Tour Brochure

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