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Curious Minnesota — 147 episodes · page 1 of 2
Why does Minnesota seem to have so many water towers?
The secret creek flowing beneath downtown Minneapolis
What are the stories behind the two harbors of Two Harbors?
When Christo and Jeanne-Claude tried to fly a giant artwork over Minneapolis
The incredible story of a 40-ton grain elevator that crossed a Minnesota river
Why do loons sometimes charge swimmers?
The forgotten quarry history behind Sandstone, MN's bluffs and climbing cliffs
How did meat raffles become a Minnesota tradition?
Why Wisconsin (wrongly) claims to have more lakes than Minnesota
This mysterious tiny building in Minneapolis has a heartwarming backstory
Can you eat the weeds in Minnesota lakes?
Will MN ever get a new state park?
Solving the mystery of downtown Minneapolis’ mummies
Who were the Minnesotans on board the Titanic?
What’s the science behind ice thickness and when is it safe to drive on a lake?
The story behind Basshenge, one musician’s monumental ode to his instrument
What’s the history of the Fort Snelling Unorganized Territory and the Whipple Building?
Introducing Essential Minnesota
What's the history of the abandoned Cold War station in Finland, MN?
How 'Bachelormania' once swept the town of Herman, Minnesota
The coldest day in Minnesota history
How did Minnesota become home to the world's first shopping mall?
How did Mayor Hubert Humphrey change Minneapolis?
Why do so many spam calls come from Norwood Young America, MN?
Lake Superior’s most famous shipwrecks have dramatic tales to tell
What happened to Minnesota's original Zombie Pub Crawl?
What's the oldest bar in Minnesota?
What’s the story of Pipestone National Monument?
Why do anglers need a special stamp to fish for trout in Minnesota?
How a 13-ton piece of public art no one wanted found a Minnesota home
How did hundreds of ‘Old Order’ Amish wind up in Minnesota’s Driftless Area?
What happened after a Minnesota man found ancient bison bones?
How a small Minnesota town ‘seceded’ from the U.S.
What happened after Herman, Minnesota's bachelormania?
Why are there two seafood plants in the small Minnesota town of Motley?
Introducing: Worth It
How an unexpected gift launched Minnesota’s oldest zoo
What’s the smallest town in Minnesota with a mayor?
Who decides what’s allowed on a vanity plate in Minnesota?
Why is the loon Minnesota’s state bird? It almost didn’t happen.
Why did the Excelsior Amusement Park on Lake Minnetonka close?
How did Minnesota become the birthplace of ski jumping in America?
What’s the coldest Minnesota has ever been?
Introducing "Ghost of a Chance" - Episode 1
What happened to Camp Snoopy at the Mall of America?
Minnesota’s ghost towns are a relic of grand visions gone awry
Why are Minnesota’s roadside rest areas so nice?
What’s behind the stereotype that Minnesotans don’t like spicy food?
How did Old Dutch potato chips get started in St. Paul?
How Quonset huts helped solve the post-WWII housing crisis in the Twin Cities
How did the Minnesota Star Tribune get its start?
Fairgoers tell us their questions about Minnesota
Why Wisconsin claims — incorrectly — to have more lakes than the Land of 10,000 Lakes
Curious Minnesota at the State Fair! 8/24 (Saturday) and 8/28 (Wednesday)
Why did Minneapolis close Nicollet Avenue for a Kmart?
Why did Minnesota erase much of its German culture?
What is the oldest tree in Minnesota?
Emptying state institutions was supposed to help fix mental health care. What happened?
How did gambling develop into a major industry in Minnesota?
Searching for Snoopy: What happened to all the 'Peanuts' statues in St. Paul?
What Minnesota inventions have shaped modern life?
What roles did Minnesota's Native American chiefs play? And who were some notable ones?
Why does Maplewood have such an odd shape?
How did Northfield become home to St. Olaf and Carleton colleges?
Did union rules prevent Leonard Bernstein from joining the Minnesota Orchestra?
What does it mean when Minnesota courts sentence offenders to 'the workhouse'?
What is Minnesota's deepest lake?
How did Minnesota become the nation's top turkey state?
How much flour would it take to turn Lake Superior into bread?
Did teenagers 'riot' when the Beatles stayed in downtown Minneapolis in 1965?
Did a Nazi sympathizer once represent Minnesota in the U.S. Senate?
How did Kid Cann become Minneapolis' most infamous gangster?
Was Moorhead once a drinking destination?
Why did Spam become an international sensation?
Why did Prince decide to live in Chanhassen?
State Fair attendees tell us their Minnesota questions
Why is Minnesota such a hotbed of professional wrestling?
Curious Minnesota at the State Fair this Saturday
Why did Minnesota once require margarine to be dyed pink?
How did Tonka trucks get their start in Minnesota?
Inside the mines and megamachines of the Iron Range
Why didn't Minneapolis and St. Paul ever merge?
Why does Minnesota have municipal liquor stores?
Why didn't Minneapolis gobble up its suburbs?
Did a famed parks leader import gray squirrels to Minneapolis — and have the red ones killed?
Why was the utopian plan for Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside area never built?
What happened to Minneapolis' famous Weatherball?
How a Twin Cities ammunition factory dominated by women helped U.S. win WWII
Why was the Mall of America built in Minnesota?
Why does Minnesota sometimes get colder than the North Pole?
How did Minnesota become a window manufacturing hub?
Why are there so many stucco homes in the Twin Cities?
Minnesota companies once dominated the supercomputer industry. What happened?
Why did Finnish immigrants come to Minnesota? (And no, they're not Scandinavian)
Did a TV debate decide one of Minnesota's most scandalous elections?
Who was Hennepin and why did Minnesota name so many things after him?
Does Minnesota really have the 'World's Oldest Rock'?
How lumberjacks harnessed an 'ocean of pine' to build Minnesota
Why has the Park Board allowed the 'birthplace of Minneapolis' to deteriorate?
Why did Scandinavian immigrants choose Minnesota?