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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Andrew John Volstead House
From 1894 to 1930, this was the home of Andrew J. Volstead (1860-1947), the man who "personified prohibition." Volstead served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1903-23), where he drafted the National Prohibition Enforcement Act...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Natl Farmer's Bank of Owatonna
The National Farmers' Bank of Owatonna, Minnesota is a bank building designed by Louis Sullivan with decorative elements by George Elmslie. It was built in 1908, and was the first of Sullivan's "jewel boxes". The building is clad in red...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: O. E. Rolvaag House
From 1912 until his death, this was the residence of Ole Edvart Rolvaag (1876-1931), Norwegian immigrant and the first American novelist to give a true accounting of the psychological cost of pioneering on the farmer's frontier. His...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Fort Snelling
Fort Snelling, originally known as Fort St. Anthony, is a former military fortification located at the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers in Hennepin County, Minnesota. It is part of the Mississippi National River and...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: F. Scott Fitzgerald House
The F. Scott Fitzgerald House was the home of Francis Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940); as spokesman for the Jazz Age, he wrote several stories and his first published novel, This Side of Paradise in this Victorian rowhouse on Summit Avenue...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Washburn "A" Mill
The Washburn "A" Mill complex was the second-largest flour mill in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The original mill was built in 1874 by Cadwallader C. Washburn, but destroyed in an explosion in 1878, killing 18. The mill was later rebuilt, and...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Sinclair Lewis Boyhood Home
From 1885 to 1902, this was the home of Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) the first American author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for literature (1930). His novel Main Street (1920) was partly based on his impressions of Sauk Centre, Minnesota.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Rabideau Ccc Camp
The Rabideau CCC Camp was a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in the Chippewa National Forest in northern Minnesota. The camp was established in 1935 as a project of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal program. The camp, one of 2650...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Christ Church Lutheran
Modern-style church designed by father and son architects Eliel Saarinen and Eero Saarinen.
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Grand Portage Natl Monument
The Grand Portage National Monument, located within the boreal forest on the north shore of Lake Superior in northeastern Minnesota, preserves a vital center of fur trade activity and Anishinaabeg Ojibwe heritage.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Mountain Iron Mine
Discovered in 1890, the Mountain Iron Mine's first shipment of iron ore occurred in 1892. The mine's production led to the realization that the Mesabi Range possessed the world's largest deposits of iron ore, making Minnesota the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Frank B. Kellogg House
From 1889 until his death, this was the permanent residence of Frank B. Kellogg (1856-1937), lawyer, U.S. Senator, and diplomat. As Secretary of State (1925-29), he negotiated the Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928), for which he received the...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: James J. Hill House
The James J. Hill House, in Saint Paul, Minnesota, was built by railroad magnate James J. Hill. The house, completed in 1891, is near the eastern end of Summit Avenue near the Cathedral of Saint Paul. With 36,000 square feet (3,344...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Thorstein Veblen Farmstead
The Thorstein Veblen Farmstead consists of the home and farm buildings where Thorstein B. Veblen (1857-1929) grew up. As an economist, social scientist, and critic of American culture, he was the product of an austere agrarian...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Pipestone National Monument
Pipestone National Monument preserves traditional catlinite quarries just north of Pipestone, Minnesota. The catlinite, or "pipestone", was and is used to make peace pipes, vitally important to traditional Plains Indian culture. The...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Mn: Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park
The Charles A. Lindbergh House and Park was once the farm of Congressman Charles August Lindbergh and his son Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator. Their restored 1906 house and two other farm buildings are within the park boundaries....
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Kathio Historic District
The Kathio Historic District preserves habitation sites and mound groups, believed to date between 3000 BC and 1750 AD, that document Sioux Indian culture and Ojibwe-Sioux relationships. The park contains 19 identified archaeological...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Soudan Iron Mine
The Soudan Underground Mine is known as Minnesota's oldest, deepest, and richest iron mine, and now hosts the Soudan Underground Laboratory. In the late 19th century, prospectors searching for gold in northern Minnesota discovered...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Split Rock Light Station
An image of the Split Rock Light Station.
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: St. Croix Boom Site
The St. Croix Boom Site is located on the St. Croix River upstream of Stillwater, Minnesota. The site was founded by Stillwater lumber barons, including Isaac Staples, in 1856 after the demise of the original St. Croix Boom Company,...
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Wikipedia: Natl Historic Landmarks in Mn: Hull Rust Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine
The Hull-Rust-Mahoning Mine in Hibbing, Minnesota, is the largest open pit iron mine in the world. The mine, located in the Mesabi Range, supplied as much as one-fourth of all the iron ore mined in the United States during its peak...
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Oliver H. Kelley Homestead
The Oliver H. Kelley Homestead is a historic farmstead once owned by Oliver Hudson Kelley, one of the founders of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry. Oliver Kelley moved to Minnesota in 1849, the year that Minnesota Territory was formed....
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Wikipedia: National Historic Landmarks in Minnesota: Pillsbury "A" Mill
The Pillsbury "A" Mill, situated along Saint Anthony Falls on the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, held the title of largest flour mill in the world for 40 years. Completed in 1881, it was owned by Pillsbury and operated two...