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Latest addition to “Shared Photos”

Posted on December 12, 2017 by Ren Holland

We are pleased that Rick Wolfe has shared another 70+ postcards, his twelfth contribution. These photos are especially significant to Rick, since some of them show early life at Serpent Lake, located between Crosby and Deerwood, where Rick currently lives … Continue reading →

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Arts & Crafts & Books & Gifts in Little Falls

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Ren Holland

The Little Falls Arts and Crafts Fair has completed its 45th year! The two day September event is managed by the Little Falls Chamber of Commerce and is one of the largest in the Midwest, attracting an estimated 100,000 shoppers, … Continue reading →

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Here’s Mud in your Eye: Photos of Minnesota’s Early Health Spas

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Ren Holland

Our many thanks again go to Rick Wolfe, who is once again sharing images from his extensive postcard collection–this time 1910-1940 postcards of early Minnesota health spas. Spas go back at least as far as the Greeks and Romans. Their … Continue reading →

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Radio interview

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Ren Holland

I was recently interviewed on Your Best with Kathy Weckwerth. On Kathy’s radio show we discussed her family’s purchase of a historic resort cabin, my books, and how Minnesota’s resorts are changing from the early era of smaller resorts with rustic … Continue reading →

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Fuller’s Tackle Shops

Posted on July 1, 2017 by Ren Holland

On June 26, 2017, I spoke to members of the Hubbard County Historical Society at the Northwoods Bank in Park Rapids. The topic of the program was one that I could relate to quite well: Fuller’s Tackle Shop. The reasons? … Continue reading →

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Less Traveled: A Journey from Pine to Palm

Posted on February 16, 2017 by Ren Holland

My film review that follows first appeared in the Jefferson Highway Declaration’s Winter edition, 2017. Less Traveled: A Journey from Pine to Palm A film by Darrell Johnston and Josiah Laubenstein Reviewed by Ren Holland, Little Falls, MN   Last May, … Continue reading →

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Kurt Brown’s Leech Lake Postcards

Posted on December 4, 2016 by Ren Holland

Kurt Brown’s family has been going to Leech Lake, Minnesota since the 1930s when Kurt’s grandparents started staying at Sunset View Resort, near Brevik. His grandfather eventually built a cabin near Sunset View. Later that cabin became part of Carlson’s … Continue reading →

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Early Clearwater Lake at Annandale, Minnesota

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Ren Holland

Steve Briggs, from Eagan, Minnesota, is a postcard collector with a special interest in Clearwater Lake in Minnesota. He has generously contributed fifty cards to the “Shared Photos” section of this website. Most are associated with early resorts, and many are over … Continue reading →

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A Mini-Minnesota Tour of Northern Minnesota

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Ren Holland

It is amazing how much of Minnesota’s resort country can be packed into four days of travel. My wife’s sister Ann, and her husband Ray, from Michigan, have been around the world twice on National Geographic Tours, but had never … Continue reading →

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Tracing the Jefferson Highway in a ’54 Dodge

Posted on May 15, 2016 by Ren Holland

I had the recent pleasure of meeting two young travelers/filmmakers who are following the route of the old Jefferson Highway to promote its 100th anniversary. Many of you know of this highway— the first international highway— connecting Winnipeg, Canada to … Continue reading →

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