Curious Minnesota

111 Episodes

1. What is the oldest tree in Minnesota?

   Published: 7/2/2024
2. Emptying state institutions was supposed to help fix mental health care. What happened?

   Published: 6/17/2024
3. How did gambling develop into a major industry in Minnesota?

   Published: 5/31/2024
4. Searching for Snoopy: What happened to all the 'Peanuts' statues in St. Paul?

   Published: 5/17/2024
5. What Minnesota inventions have shaped modern life?

   Published: 5/2/2024
6. What roles did Minnesota's Native American chiefs play? And who were some notable ones?

   Published: 4/19/2024
7. Why does Maplewood have such an odd shape?

   Published: 4/4/2024
8. How did Northfield become home to St. Olaf and Carleton colleges?

   Published: 3/22/2024
9. Did union rules prevent Leonard Bernstein from joining the Minnesota Orchestra?

   Published: 3/8/2024
10. What does it mean when Minnesota courts sentence offenders to 'the workhouse'?

    Published: 2/23/2024
11. What is Minnesota's deepest lake?

    Published: 2/1/2024
12. How did Minnesota become the nation's top turkey state?

    Published: 1/18/2024
13. How much flour would it take to turn Lake Superior into bread?

    Published: 1/5/2024
14. Did teenagers 'riot' when the Beatles stayed in downtown Minneapolis in 1965?

    Published: 12/15/2023
15. Did a Nazi sympathizer once represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate?

    Published: 12/1/2023
16. How did Kid Cann become Minneapolis' most infamous gangster?

    Published: 11/17/2023
17. Was Moorhead once a drinking destination?

    Published: 11/2/2023
18. Why did Spam become an international sensation?

    Published: 10/19/2023
19. Why did Prince decide to live in Chanhassen?

    Published: 10/6/2023
20. State Fair attendees tell us their Minnesota questions

    Published: 9/22/2023