Curious Minnesota

111 Episodes

1. How an unexpected gift launched Minnesota’s oldest zoo

   Published: 5/5/2025
2. What’s the smallest town in Minnesota with a mayor?

   Published: 4/18/2025
3. Who decides what’s allowed on a vanity plate in Minnesota?

   Published: 3/28/2025
4. Why is the loon Minnesota’s state bird? It almost didn’t happen.

   Published: 3/14/2025
5. Why did the Excelsior Amusement Park on Lake Minnetonka close?

   Published: 2/28/2025
6. How did Minnesota become the birthplace of ski jumping in America?

   Published: 2/13/2025
7. What’s the coldest Minnesota has ever been?

   Published: 1/24/2025
8. Introducing "Ghost of a Chance" - Episode 1

   Published: 1/17/2025
9. What happened to Camp Snoopy at the Mall of America?

   Published: 1/10/2025
10. Minnesota’s ghost towns are a relic of grand visions gone awry

    Published: 12/6/2024
11. Why are Minnesota’s roadside rest areas so nice?

    Published: 11/14/2024
12. What’s behind the stereotype that Minnesotans don’t like spicy food?

    Published: 10/31/2024
13. How did Old Dutch potato chips get started in St. Paul?

    Published: 10/10/2024
14. How Quonset huts helped solve the post-WWII housing crisis in the Twin Cities

    Published: 9/26/2024
15. How did the Minnesota Star Tribune get its start?

    Published: 8/29/2024
16. Fairgoers tell us their questions about Minnesota

    Published: 8/28/2024
17. Why Wisconsin claims — incorrectly — to have more lakes than the Land of 10,000 Lakes

    Published: 8/22/2024
18. Curious Minnesota at the State Fair! 8/24 (Saturday) and 8/28 (Wednesday)

    Published: 8/19/2024
19. Why did Minneapolis close Nicollet Avenue for a Kmart?

    Published: 8/9/2024
20. Why did Minnesota erase much of its German culture?

    Published: 7/19/2024