Minnesota
Historic sites in Minnesota. From the Minnesota Historical Society, a sampling of historic places across the state. Clickable map leads to small photos and brief descriptions. [ccr]
http://nrhp.mnhs.org/minnesota_sampler_map.cfm
Nineteenth Century Mississippi River Scenes. Fifty-three well described and documented photos taken by Henry Bosse between 1883 and 1892. This site was created by Ronald Deiss of the U. S. Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District. [ccr]
http://www.mvr.usace.army.mil/Bosse/Bosse.htm
Mississippi River flood of 2001. Photos of the flood in Hastings, Lake City, Wabasha, and Winona. [ccr]
http://www.draves.com/2001flood/index.htm
Big River Virtual Tour. Vignettes on segments of the Upper Mississippi, including some photos of the river, from Big River Magazine. Prepared in anticipation of the 2004 Grand Excursion. [ccr]
http://www.big-river.com/grandexcursion.html
Historic Shipwrecks. Explore this history of wrecked ships and their current status through historical and underwater photos and a few maps. Includes a history of trade and shipping on Lake Superior. Created by the Minnesota Historical Society as part of their program of submerged cultural resource management. [ccr]
http://www.mnhs.org/places/nationalregister/shipwrecks/
Great Lakes lighthouses. Some excellent photos and short descriptions of lighthouses on all of the Great Lakes: Superior, Huron, Michigan, Erie, and Ontario. [ccr]
http://lighthousegetaway.com/lights/g_lakes.html
Farmhouses in the heartland. This multi-media site covers a range of topics related to settlement of and establishment of farmsteads on the prairie. Based on a Twin Cities Public Television documentary that was inspired by William Gablers book on classic farmhouses, Death of the Dream (suggested by Lisa Rainey). [ccr]
http://www.pbs.org/ktca/farmhouses/index.html
Minnesota River Basin Virtual Tours. Includes excellent tours of the Basin plus three watersheds therein, the Little Cotton River, Rush River, and Seven Mile Creek Watersheds. Includes great maps and photos, and discusses relevant environmental issues. Created by the Minnesota River Basin Data Center at Minnesota State University. [ccr]
http://mrbdc.mnsu.edu/
Downtown Faribault. Nice photos and brief descriptions of downtown buildings, with a nice panoramic map. By the Faribault Historic Preservation Commission. [ccr]
http://www.faribault.org/History1/Downtown_tourmap.htm#BatchelderFeature
