Prime Websites
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Google
Yahoo
MSP Book Club
U of M E-mail
Roger Brooks Photography
Weather Radar
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]Arts
Blogs
Books
City Guides
Classical World
Computers & Software
Consumer Information
Directories
E-Commerce
Education
Entertainment and Sports
Fact Checking
Finance
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Health & Welfare
History and Preservation
International
Language
Libraries
Local Interest
Maps
Marketplace
Medical
Miscellaneous
Movies, Radio, and TV
Music and Sounds
Miscellaneous
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News
Periodicals
Philanthropy
Photography
Podcasts
Politics
Real Estate
Reference
Sailing
Science and Environment
Search
Social Networking
Travel
Weather[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
Arts
Twin Cities
Childrens Theatre
Citizens for the Arts (MN)
Guthrie Theater
History Theatre
Illusion Theatre
Jungle Theatre
Minnesota Center for Book Arts
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Minneapolis Photo Center
Minnesota Opera
Minnesota Orchestra
MNArtists.org
Park Square Theatre
Schubert Club
St. Paul Chamber Orchestra
Walker Art Center
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Blogs
Arts & Letters Daily (Chronicle of Higher Ed)
The Browser
Buzzfeed
Daily Kos
A Don’s Life (TLS)
Huffington Post
Paul Krugman
MSP Book Club
New York Review of Books
Talking Points Memo
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Books
Advanced Book Exchange (out-of-print books)
Alibris (new, used, hard-to-find books)
Amazon
Amazon (UK)
Barnes and Noble
Bibliofind For used books
Birchbark Books
Blackwell’s (Oxford)
Book Finder (new, used and out-of-print books)
Book Search
Fox Den (used books, River Falls)
Laurie Books (rare books)
Magers and Quinn New and used (Mpls)
Midway Books (used books)
Next Chapter
Powells (Portland)
Rulon-Miller For rare books (St. Paul)
Strand (used books and review copies) (New York)
On-Line Books
Bartleby: Great Books Online
Online Books (U. of Penn)
Project Gutenberg
Miscellaneous Book-Related
Good Reads
List of Best Books (Modern Library)
Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes
The Writer’s Almanac (Garrison Keillor)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Classical World
Ancient World Mapping Center
Classics Unveiled
The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization (PBS)
Perseus Digital Library
Pompeii
Pompeii Forum Project
Plumbing of historic Pompeii/Herculaneum
Rome
Waters of Rome
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Computers
Crucial.com/ (computer memory)
Epson Connect
PC Magazine
Speed Test (connection speed)
Start-Up Content
Univ. of Minn. Office of Info. Technology HELP
Wi Fi hot spots
World Computer Exchange
Software
Association of Shareware Professionals
Bits du Jour (Software specials)
Cnet Download.com/
Software Vault
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Consumer Information
BizRate
Consumer Reports
C-Net (Electronics reviews and price comparisons)
Dealtime
Engadget (consumer electronics)
Epinions
Get Human (customer service on the phone)
Home Fair (info on moving)
Kelley Blue Book (cars)
Minnesota Unemployed (resources for job hunting)
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Directories
Anywho
QuestDex Yellow Pages
People Search
Reverse Directory
SuperPages[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
E-Commerce
Ben’s Bargains
Buy.com/ — Internet Superstore
Craig’s List
E-Bay
New Egg Electronics
NexTag-Compare Prices
Overstock.com/
PC Mall
Shopping.com/
Tech Bargains
Woot: One Day, One Bargain
BuyDig[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Education
Chronicle of Higher Education
Fulbright Program
Harvard @ Home
Pink Monkey (student study site)
Learning Life (U of Minn. Continuing Ed)
The Great Courses[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Entertainment and Sports
Major League Baseball Play-by-Play
CBS Sports
CBS Sportsline Scoreboard
Comcast/Xfinity
HBO
NetFlix
Ursula Martinez[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Financial Planning
Institutions
Affinity Plus Credit Union
American Express
Annual Credit Report
Chubb Insurance
Eide Bailly
EverBank (on-line banking: risky)
Fidelity
IRS
Mairs and Power
Mahoney, Ulbrich, Christiansen, Russ (CPA)
Minn. College Savings Plan
Minn. State Employee Services
Minn. Revenue Dept.
MSRS/MNDCP
Morgan Stanley
Pay Pal
Social Security
State Department Federal Credit Union
St. Paul Foundation
TIAA-CREF
US Bank VISA
Vanguard
Wells Fargo Retirement
Planning and Analysis
BigCharts.com/
Morningstar
GuideStar: Nonprofit Analysis
New York Stock Exchange
Market Watch
Tax and Accounting Sites Directory
Quicken Retirement Planner
Retire Early Homepage
Yahoo Finance[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Food and Wine
CHOW (Food, fun, drink)
Chow Hound
Eat Here: Roadside Diners
Epicurious
Food Network (20,000 recipes)
Open Table Restaurant reservations
The Splendid Table (radio show)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Gardening
U. of Minnesota Extension
Garden Minnesota
Northern Gardening
What Tree Is That? Arbor Day Foundation[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Genealogy
Ancestry.com/
Castle Garden Passenger Lists
Cyndi’s List
UK National Archives
Family Search
DNA testing
Family Tree Maker
GenealogyNews.Com
Genealogy.Com
The Genographic Project
How Many of Me?
Int’l Society of Genetic Genealogy
ProGenealogists
USGenWeb
Family
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Government
Hennepin County
Ramsey County
City of St. Paul
City of Minneapolis
National Conference of State Legislatures
GovTrackUS (Congress)
State of Minnesota (Northstar)
U. S. Government[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Health and Welfare
Health Partners
Planned Parenthood MN
Second Harvest Heartland (hunger relief)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
History and Preservation
American Memory (LOC)
America in the 1930s (links)
Bentley Historical Library Ann Arbor
Best of History Web Sites
Early American Images
European Historical Atlas
Exploring Ancient World Cultures
Find-a-Grave
History in the News: Middle East
History News Network
Images of England: A Photographic Record of Places
Making of Modern Michigan
Minnesota Historical Society
Smithsonian Institution
UNESCO World Heritage Sites
World Monuments Fund
Presidents
Lincoln: Nathanson Collection (McGill)
Lincoln/Net
Lincoln 200 Years (C-Span)
Lincoln Library and Museum
Lincoln Papers (Library of Congress)
FDR Library and Digital Archives
Presidential Inaugurations
White House Tapes
Historic Preservation
Historic St. Paul
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Preservation Action
Preservation Alliance of Minnesota
Preserve Minneapolis
State Historic Preservation Office (Minnesota)
US/ICOMOS
World Monuments Fund[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
International/Foreign Policy
ACDI/VOCA Economic and Social Change
CIA Factbook
Council on Foreign Relations
Foreign Service Association
Idealist.org (volunteering abroad)
Minnesota International Center
NATO
World Values Survey
U.S. Foreign Policy Documents
US State Department
UK Yearbook
Advocacy
American Refugee Committee
Doctors Without Borders
Oxfam America
Center for Victims of Torture
Human Rights Watch[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Language
Google Language Tools (translations)
Paralink (dictionary and translations)
Study Spanish
YourDictionary (translations)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Libraries
Electronic Library (MN)
Hennepin County Library
Legislative Reference Library
Librarians Index to the Internet
Library of Congress
PALS: Minn. College Libraries
Ramsey Public Library
St. Paul Public Library
Univ. of Minnesota Library[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Local Interest
55116 zip code profile
City Search (Twin Cities)
Free Market Give-Aways
Highland District Council
Landmark Center (St. Paul)
Legislative Auditor (Minnesota)
Minneapolis Convention and Visitiors Bureau
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Minnesota Legislature
Minnesota Northstar (Minnesota state government)
MnDOT Traffic Information
Ramsey County
Recycling Info
St. Paul Farmers’ Market
St. Paul Convention and Visitors Bureau
St. Paul JCC
St. Paul Public Schools
Science Museum of Minnesota
Streets.MN
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Maps
Green Map System (Eco-friendly information)
Google Maps
Google Earth
Greenwood’s Map of London 1827
Historic Maps of the UK
Historical Maps Online
Library of Congress Map Collections, 1554-1996
Map-related Web Sites (Lots of maps!)
Map Quest
Mapping the National Parks
Michelin Mapping
Minnesota Maps
National Atlas of the U.S. (U.S. Geological Survey)
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Marketplace
Craig’s List (MN)
E-Bay
Kickstarter
Square Up
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Medical
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Minneapolis
Health Partners
Mayo Clinic patient services
Mayo Clinic Symptom Checker
Medicare Accounts
Medicare Questions
Merck Manual
United Hospital St. Paul[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Miscellaneous
Ambrose Bierce’s Devil’s Dictionary
Audible.Com (audio files)
Earth Cam (all kinds of webcams)
Fed Ex Tracking
GuideStar (Nonprofit organization database)
Internet Archive
Kinkos/FedEx
Linn’s Stamp News
Monster.com/ (jobs and career)
Plumbing
Time and Date
Uline (Shipping supplies)
U. S. Postal Service
World Values Survey[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Movies, Radio, and TV
Audible
Daily Show
Silent Movies
Internet Archive (moving pictures)
Internet Movie Database
Greatest Movies
Masters of Cinema
Mercury Theatre on the Air
MSP Film Society Al Milgrom’s Site
MovieFlix (movies online)
Mystery Play Internet Radio
NetFlix
Public Radio Fan (Listings, schedules, etc.)
Rotten Tomatoes (film reviews)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Music
Archiv Music (Source for classical music)
Aria Database
NPR’s Top 100 Musical Works
SPCO Library
Ultimate ’80s Songs
BBHQ Music Room Lyrics
Sounds
American Radioworks (documentary journalism)
Findsounds.com/
Historical Voices
CSS Music: sound effects library
Tinfoil.com/ (early sound recordings)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][vc_column_text]
News
General
E-newswires
Media Matters (tracking news items)
Newseum Today’s Front Pages
Newser (read less, know more)
NewsMap
Newspaper Association of America
ComFM (Radio and TV online from France)
Radio Station Locator
Topix (pick your topic, get the news)
Twin Cities
City Pages
The Journal (Mpls)
Twin Cities public TV
KTNF Radio (progressive)
Mpls/StPaul Magazine
Minnesota Monthly(MPR magazine)
Minnesota Public Radio
Minnesota Public Radio News Blogs
MinnPost
Pioneer Press
Secrets of the City (The Rake)
Star Tribune
The Uptake
Twin Cities Daily Planet
WCCO-TV
National
ABC News
Boston Globe
C-Span
CBS News
Chicago Tribune
Dallas Morning News
CNN
Fox News
Kansas City Star
Los Angeles Times
National Public Radio
New York Times
Politico
Star Tribune Twin Cities
Times Select
Miami Herald
MSNBC
USA Today
Washington Post
International
ABC (Australia)
Aljazeera
BBC (Great Britain)
BBC Radio 4
BBC World Service
CBC (Canada)
CNN International
Guardian (London)
Independent (London)
Le Monde (Paris)
Reuters
Scotsman (Edinburgh)
Sky News (Europe)
Times (London)
Toronto Globe and Mail
TV and Radio Worldwide
Voice of America
Die Welt (Germany)
News Blogs
Daily Kos
Drudge Report
Growth & Justice
Huffington Post
Subscriber Services
New York Times
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Periodicals
Atlantic
Economist
Edge (On line articles and discussion)
Harper’s
National Geographic
National Journal
New Republic Online
New York Review of Books
New Yorker
Salon
Slate
Traveler (Conde Nast)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Philanthropy
Charity Navigator
St. Paul Foundation
Wilder Foundation[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Photography
Digital Photography
Digital Photography Review
Imaging Resource
Lens Ratings
Nature Photographers
Nikonians
Nikonians
Nikon Scan
Rob Galbraith, Digital Photography Insights
SLR Gear (lens reviews)
Steve’s DigiCam
TawbaWare (software for digital cameras)
Photo Collections
500 PIX
Flikr
Getty Images
Life Photo Archive
PBase (photo sharing)
Masters of Photography
Menache’s Photo Library
National Geographic
ShutterStock
Veer (SnapVillage) (stock photos)
Webshots
Zone Zero
Photography Workshops/Training/Tours
Anchell Workshops
Ansel Adams Gallery (Yosemite)
Anderson Ranch
ColdSnap Photography
International Center for Photography
Jim Cline Photo Tours
Light Photographic Workshops (formerly Lepp Institute)
Light Fantastic Photo Tours
Lynda.com/
Maine Media Workshops
Minneapolis Photo Center
Outram Travel Photography
Russell Brown Show (Photoshop tips)
Woodstock Photography Workshop
Short Courses (Online courses in digital photography)
Santa Fe Workshops
Photo Supplies
Abe’s of Maine
Adorama
Atlex (Ink and paper)
B & H Photo-Video
Framing 4 Youself
IT Supplies (Ink)
National Camera Exchange
Photoflex (lighting)
Pictorio, ink jet media
Really Right Stuff
Thomas Distributing (Batteries)
West Photo
Photo Services
Blurb (photo books)
EzPrints
Mpix (Making prints and books)
RediPix
Shutterfly (photo books)
White House custom photos
Photo Blogs and Websites
Roger Brooks Photography
Roger Brooks Photography Blog
Charles Cramer Photography
Dennis O’Hara: Northern Images
Heather C. Matson
Jennifer Larson
Karl Grobl’s Blog
Tim Grey’s Blog
Photo.net (Forums, reviews, photo-sharing)
Scott Kelby: Photoshop Insider
This Week in Photography (podcast)
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Podcasts
On the Media
NYT Book Review
This American Life
This Week in Photo[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Politics
Five Thirty-Eight (Nate Silver)
Gallup Poll
Idealist.org (nonprofit action)
Living Room Candidate (TV ads)
National Election Studies (U. of Mich.)
SelectSmart (Presidential candidate positions)
Politics in Minnesota
Political Wire
PollingReport.com/
Pollster.com/
Stateline
Uptake (Minnesota politics
Votes Database (Congress)
Think Tanks and General Advocacy
American Enterprise Institute
Brookings Institution
Cato Institute
Growth & Justice (Minnesota)
Heritage Foundation
Minnesota 2020
New America Foundation
Causes Worth Supporting
American Civil Liberties Union (MN)
American Refugee Committee
Doctors Without Borders
Fair Vote MN (ranked choice voting)
Human Rights Watch
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
Move On
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Natural Resources Defense Council
Organizing for Action
Oxfam America
Planned Parenthood (MN)
Rainforest Alliance
UNICEF
Union of Concerned Scientists
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Real Estate
Barbara Brin (Burnet Realtor)
Direct by Owner
Edina Realty
Lolly Salmen (Coldwell Banker/Burnet)
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Reference, General
American Heritage Dictionary
Brainy Quote
Britannica
CIA Fact Book
Lingo-2-Word, acronyms, etc.
Merriam Webster Dictionary Online
Nation Master (comparative statistics)
One Look (dictionary search)
Quotations Page
Sayings and Phrases
Wikipedia
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Sailing
America’s Cup Official Website
Black Bear Yacht Racing Association (BBYRA)
On Line Yacht Club
Sailboats, Inc.
Superior Charters, Inc.
West Marine (online gear)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Science and Environment
Astronomy.com/
Great Lakes Information
Nature Magazine
Science Museum of Minnesota
Space Environment Center
Space Weather
Volcano World
Zooniverse (real science online)
Advocacy Groups
350.org (climate change)
Clean Water Action
Friends of Parks & Trails (Ramsey Co.)
Friends of the BWCA
Friends of the Mississippi
Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy
Natural Resources Defense Council
Nature Conservancy
Rainforest Alliance
Sierra Club
Sierra Club, Northstar Chapter
World Wildlife Fund
Wilderness Inquiry
Wilderness Society[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Search
Alba36
DexKnows (white pages)
Dogpile: multiple search engines
Feedster
Find Same (plagiarism detector)
Google
Hot Bot
MetaCrawler
QBSearch: multiple search engines
RefDesk: general information and search
Search Engine Watch
Search Turtle
WebRing[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Social Networking
Facebook
LinkedIn
Meet Ups
My Space
Twitter[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Travel
Travel Advisories
British Foreign Office (travel advisories)
Canadian Foreign Office (travel warnings)
U. S. State Department Travel Warnings
Travel Information & Guides
Travel-Places.Com
1Travel: bargains and advice
Fodor’s Travel On-Line
Hillman Wonders of the World
Lonely Planet
The Art of Traveling Light
Smarter Travel
Travelscape.com/
Trip Advisor (travel reviews)
Wild Adventures Online
Travel Data
Flight Radar (Live)
Oanda: currency converter
Trip.com/: Travel info. and flight tracker
Tickets and Seats
Airfare Watchdog
Amtrak
Bidding for Travel
Cheaptickets Online
Expedia
Fare Compare
Google Flights
Hotwire (discount tickets)
Kayak (find tickets)
LowCostAirlines (low cost airlines overseas)
MLT Vacations
Momondo Cheap flights
Price Line (bid for tickets)
SeatGuru (pick the best seats)
Travelocity: air and hotel
Which Budget? (low cost airlines within Europe)
Last Minute Deals
11thhourvacations.com/ (internat’l, active)
Last Minute Travel
Smarter Travel
Travel Related
Most Traveled People
Travel Services
Insure My Trip (insurance)
Travel Guard (insurance)
Accommodations
AirBnB.com/
BNB.com/
Caribbean Vacations
Concierge.com/
GetAnyHotel.com/
Historic Hotels of America
HotelGuide.com/
Hotels.com/
Hotel Tonight
Jetsetter
Landmark Trust (UK historic accommodations)
Marriott
QuikBook Hotels
Slow Travelers (rentals)
Small Luxury Hotels
Vacation Spot: rental properties
Venere
VillaEurope
VRBO (vacation rentals by owner
Airlines
American
Delta
Icelandair
Sun Country
Airports
FAA Air Traffic Control (airport status)
Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)
Chicago O’Hare (ORD))
Detroit Metro (DTW)
Minneapolis/St. Paul (MSP)
Quickaid: airport information
Washington National Airport (DCA)
World Airport Codes
Trips, Classes, and Workshops
Arizona Raft Adventures
Earthwatch Institute
Road Scholar (Elderhostel)
Grand Canyon Field Institute
Grand Circle Travel
Intrepid Travel
National Geographic Expeditions
Nature Expeditions International
Overseas Adventure Travel
Sierra Club Trips
Wilderness Inquiry
Cruise Lines
Abercrombie & Kent
Lindblad Expeditions
Oceania Cruises
Regent Luxury Cruise Line
Seabourn Cruise Line
Reviews: Sea Dream
Silversea
Windstar Cruises
Places
Historic Scotland
The Paris Pages
UK Travel Guide
Albania
Albania News
Albania Today (news)
Austria
About Vienna
Vienna Map
Croatia
US Embassy (Zagreb)
Lonely Planet Guide to Croatia
Visit Croatia
Zagreb Convention Bureau
Zagreb City Map
Denmark
US Embassy (Copenhagen)
Germany
The Berlin Expert (tours)
Israel
Keshet Educational Tours
Italy
Guest in Italy
Italy for Visitors
Trinidad
Multiple Trinidad Sites
U.S. Embassy, Trinidad
Turkey
Hotel Guide
Turizm.net[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]
Weather
Wind Conditions in Minnesota
National Weather Service (Twin Cities)
Radar (Minnesota)
North Central US Loop Radar
Sailcast (Intellicast: Weather for Active Lives)
The Weather Channel
Weather Underground (MN)[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column]