Along a quiet stretch of road in Copper Country, less than a quarter mile from the Michigan border and just south of Hurley, lies an oft-missed but unusual structure: a round barn and outbuildings made entirely of stone. Barns with fieldstone foundations are not unusual in this part of the country, and round barns can still occasionally be spotted in the region—but the combination makes the Annala round barn unique in Wisconsin.
In 1902, Matthew Annala, a Finnish carpenter and stonemason, along with his wife Hilma
