Farm Collector

Americana Shines in MINNESOTA MUSEUM

For Richard and Carol Taggart, owners of Grandpa’s Place Museum, every day brings a trip down memory lane. “I have a lot of grandkids and I get called ‘grandpa’ a lot, so I decided to go with ‘Grandpa’s Place,’” Rich says. “I’m an active collector. I’m always snooping and looking. Pretty much every night I’m looking on the computer and trying to see what I can find.”

The couple lives in Wadena, Minnesota, a small town about an hour west of Brainerd. Situated on their property,

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