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Twin Cities Links

Minneapolis

Minneapolis - Official city web site

Minneapolis Convention and Visitors Bureau

Minneapolis Public Library - Minneapolis History

History of Hennepin County

Where Minneapolis is.

Hennepin County History Museum

Grand Round Scenic Byway

Beautiful drive around Minneapolis Lakes and Parkways.

Minneapolis Parks & Recreation

Historic Minneapolis Warehouse District

Hot nightlife zone.

Uptown

Minneapolis' hip strip.

StarTribune

Minneapolis' main newspaper.

Saint Paul

Saint Paul Official city web site

Saint Paul Convention and Visitors Bureau

Ramsey County web site

Where Saint Paul is

Ramsey County Historical Society

History of St. Paul

Pig's Eye's Notepad

An encyclopedia of St. Paul History

St. Paul Pioneer Press

St. Paul's main newspaper

State of Minnesota Links

Explore Minnesota (Dept. of Tourism)
Minnesota North Star (Official State site)
University of Minnesota
Minnesota Historical Society
Timeline of Minnesota History
History of Minnesota
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Mississippi River Links

Tourism and Travel

Itasca State Park

Mississippi headwaters

Riverroads

More on the Great River Road

Minnesota's Great River Road

Mississippi River Partners

Covers valley in SE Minnesota/SW Wisconsin

Experience Mississippi River

Covers all ten river states

Mississippi River Trail

Scenic Byway info

Dubuque, IA

Majestic America Line

river cruises to Saint Paul, MN

National Park Service

Mississippi River page

History

The Upper Mississippi Rivers Buried Past

Archeological history and stories

North Mississippi River Historical Society

From Minneapolis northward

Steamboats

All about 'em

Mark Twain

Mark Twain in His Times

Mark Twain Quotations

R. Kent Rassmusen

Author of several Mark Twain Books

Environment

Living Lands and Water

Audubon

Mississippi River Valley birds

Friends of the Mississippi River

Minnesota DNR

bird checklists

Embrace Open Space

EPAAmerican Heritage Rivers

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

US Fish & Wildlife

Upper Mississippi River Conservation Committee

Miscellaneous

Guy Haglund

canoed the length of the Mississippi in 101 days in 1992.

A Slovenian who swam the length of the Mississippi in 2002

Mississippi River canoe info

OldManRiver.com

A river-themed coffee shop and cafe in St. Paul

Minneapolis bridges

PBS River of Song Project

A study of contemporary Mississippi River music

Paul Robeson Portfolio

Sang "Old Man River" in Showboat

Lake Superior Links

The following links cover primarily the Minnesota North Shore from Duluth to the Canadian Border, with a few others related more to Ontario, Michigan and Wisconsin and Lake Superior in general, in particular light houses and shipwrecks.

Light houses

Lights of Lake Superior - Light houses
Great Lakes Lighthouses - Includes photos of all of them
Minnesota's Historic Split Rock Light House
Upper Peninsula Light Houses - That's in Michigan
Apostle Islands Lighthouses - That's Wisconsin

Shipping and ship wrecks

Lake Superior Marine Museum Association
Minnesota's Historic Shipwrecks
Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping - Includes photos
Lake Superior Yachting Association
The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald - (1)
The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald - (2)
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Lyrics of Gordon Lightfoot's song

Duluth

City of Duluth - Official web site
Visit Duluth
Duluth News Tribune - Newspaper
Duluth Seaway Port Authority
Webcam of Lake Superior at Duluth
Webcam of Duluth Canal
Lake Superior Zoo - Duluth
Lake Superior Scenic Railroad and Museum
Great Lakes Aquarium - Duluth
University of Minnesota Duluth
Duluth Skyline Drive and Hawk Ridge

Other North Shore towns and attractions

Minnesot's Superior Scenic Byways - Covers MN North Shore
NorthShoreVisitor
Minnesota's Lake Superior North Shore
Grand Portage National Monument
Isle Royal National Park
Boundary Country Trekking - biking, hiking, skiing
Superior Hiking Trail
The North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum - Tofte
Grand Marais Art Colony
Grand Marais Official Site - includes Harbor Cam with Artists Point
Gunflint Trail - Out of Grand Marais, road into the BWCA
North Shore Info

Greater Lake Superior information

Lake Superior Circle Tour - Map
Lake Superior - Ontario, Canada
Photos of Lake Superior
More photos of Lake Superior
Fish of Lake Superior
History of Lake Superior
Lake Superior Agates
Lake Superior geology - (1)
Lake Superior Geology - (2)
Lake Superior Visits - Info on Ontario, Canada portion of Lake
Lake Baikal - the OTHER World's largest freshwater lake.