Larry Millett on Twin Cities Live

By John Hanson

Twin Cities Live

November 02, 2011

Millett_Once cover Where you now see office buildings and high rises, castles and mansions once lined the streets of Minneapolis and St. Paul. John Hanson, Man of History, met Larry Millett, author of Once There Were Castles and Historian and took a tour for a little history lesson.

Watch the video here.

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