Chris grew up loving dolls — playing and collecting Disney dolls and American Girl dolls with his sister. At aged 16 he spotted a doll in an antique store in Massachusetts and felt drawn to her.

MINNEAPOLIS — Kirsten Larson moved to Minnesota in 1854 at age 9 when her family left Sweden. That year, she lost a friend to cholera, made friends with a Dakota girl, stole animal pelts from a ...