Download or read book The Round Barns of Minnesota written by John Roscoe and published by North Star Press of St. Cloud. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though few and far between in the agricultural landscape of Minnesota, round barns never fail to catch the eye whenever they arise from the fields and farms that blanket the state. They beg the question, "Who built this barn, and why?" For some, the question of "How was this barn built?" also springs to mind. With beautiful color photographs and exhaustive research into the history, ownership, buliding techniques, and purposes of these architectural marvels, John Roscoe takes us on a county by county road trip across the prairies, fields, and forests of Minnesota, documenting all 54 known round barns in the state and shedding light on a bit of our agricultural legacy.