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Great River Regional Library

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Alex B.

This library is a truly wonderful contribution to the greater St Cloud area. It is large, clean, and offers so many wonderful resources to all types of people. The children's and juvenile sections are excellent. Upstairs, library-goers can borrow a computer for varying purposes or just use the library's free wi-fi. There are also numerous study rooms that can be checked out for anyone with a library card. The only reason that I don't give five stars in this review is the inconvenient organization system for print resources on the second floor. I've never seen a central library like this one that completely disregarded the Dewey Decimal System. Whereas I like browsing books, plays, and anthologies thematically, the organization here is alphabetical by author. This system only works if you already know exactly what you want when you walk through the doors. So if you're bringing children of any age, looking to use the internet, study quietly, or already know what you want: this is the library for you. If you're looking to browse, drive to Minneapolis.

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Dope library. The employees are pretty interactive. It is a great resource to have for our community.

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Stearns History Museum

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My interest in Historic construction methods and materials often brings me to some interesting, and…read morealot of times off the path locations. The St Cloud area was, and still is one of the Country's largest suppliers of granite. When you love things such as old cobblestone streets, and old stone buildings as much as I do, sometimes you begin to wonder about what different types of stone were quarried and used the most in your area. While St Cloud is by no means a small city, the museum, as well as where the former and present day quarries are is off the path a bit. I was blown away by the exibits at this museum, I'd been expecting just a small museum with small displays. Instead the exibits were huge, and they have a 2 story tall interactive exibit on the quarry's. There was alot of other Central Minnesota history covered with big exibits as well. If you're out in this area and are intersted in Minnesota History, or are a fan of old tyme construction materials I'm sure you'll find this to be a great museum. I think this would be a fun museum for kids as well.

If you're from out of town, you should make the time to check out the Stearns History Museum. It…read morehas exhibits that are surprising for a mid-size town museum. Unfortunately, for those of us who live in the area, the exhibits seldom change. As a result, if you were to go here repeatedly, you'd end up seeing the same thing. Having said that, there are things to recommend. The park surrounding the museum has nice walking paths that are great for a summer afternoon walk. Inside, you'll find a fairly elaborate exhibit of granite quarrying (common to Granite City). You'll also find a nature exhibit that features the flora and fauna common to Central Minnesota. Our children enjoy this section of the museum. There are other exhibits as well, but I'd like to keep some of it a surprise for you to find when you visit. In addition, one of the gold mines at the museum for locals is the library which has extensive materials and resources for doing family research, especially if your family has ties to Central Minnesota. You could spend hours here researching and learning about family members from the area.

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