Listen: The stories behind Minnesota's oldest building and the Northwest Angle

The Curious Minnesota podcast talks with reporter Katy Read about listeners' favorite questions from the State Fair.

March 10, 2022 at 6:08PM
A family tours the Round Tower in June 2021. (BRIAN PETERSON — Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

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Last fall, Curious Minnesota podcast listeners voted on their favorite questions submitted by people stopping by the Star Tribune's booth at the State Fair. There was a three-way tie for the top question. Those winning questions were: "What is the oldest building in Minnesota?" "How did the Northwest Angle come about?" and "How big does a body of water need to be to qualify as a lake?"

Reporter Katy Read wrote stories on two of those questions for the Curious Minnesota column. She joins the show to discuss the answers with host Eric Roper.

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Eric Roper

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Eric Roper oversees Curious Minnesota, the Star Tribune's community reporting project fueled by great reader questions. He also hosts the Curious Minnesota podcast. 

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