Credit: Baby and mannequin by Michael Peck/Rand McNally.com

Portage La Prairie, Man. — There’s plenty to see and talk about at the interesting and worth-a-stop Fort la Reine Museum and Pioneer Village (more on that later), but I figure as long as this doll and mannequin are trying to kill me whenever I sleep, it would be criminal not to share the fear with you. — Michael Peck