The stone barn built by German immigrant Frank Schott in 1923 is a prime example of innovative Midwestern architecture. The barn, located just southwest of Chokio, stands out above the fields near the ...

When you plan to build a barn, it may be intended to serve one or more purposes -- to shelter your livestock; to act as a workspace; or to store feed, tools, and equipment. Before construction of the ...

“When ‘old-timers’ talk about the weather, they often compare it to 1936, which I think of as the ‘benchmark’ for weather.” So wrote Roger Engstrom, Detroit Lakes, Minn., to Neighbors many years ago ...

LONGMONT — No Amish are involved, but what’s going on west of Longmont at Coyote Ridge Farm still qualifies as a good old-fashioned barn raising — with the emphasis on old-fashioned. The ...

Windows were framed into the cordwood with rough-cut poplar. Post-and-beam construction combined with cordwood barn building produces a farmstead outbuilding that protects livestock in the winter and ...