Volante

Volante is the story of a boat, a lake, and the enduring spirit that binds them across generations.

Set on the shores of Lake Minnetonka, this narrative traces the deep history of a place first known to the Dakota as Mní iá Tháŋka, where water and spirit are one. Long before industry and summer estates transformed the shoreline, something less tangible yet no less powerful drew people here. That presence endures.

At the center of the story is Volante, an 1887 wooden sandbagger…