Of all the changes in the world and at the Minnesota State Fair in the past 50 years, one thing has remained the same: the lure of the Giant Slide. It’s something Stacey Pittroff-Barona says ...

The Giant Slide, with its simple design and bright yellow color, has earned its status as an iconic staple of the Minnesota State Fair, where it celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.

In fact, Stacey Pittroff-Barona says the Giant Slide does better at the Minnesota State Fair than anywhere else in the country. She credits that to the fact that the fair draws such a significant ...

He worked at Mike’s Hamburger Stand. She worked at the Giant Slide. It was inevitable they would meet and fall in love. “It was a State Fair romance story from the get-go,” said the girl, Stacey ...

A marquee at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds offers encouraging words the April 11, 2020. After being canceled last year because of the pandemic, the return of the State Fair has become an ...

It's a tradition for many Minnesota families ... Since then they've averaged about 200,000 riders on the Giant Slide each year at the State Fair. And many of those riders include kids and ...

A KCCI PHOTOJOURNALIST CAPTURED THIS VIDEO OF KIDS LAUNCHING OFF THE ICONIC GIANT SLIDE -- AND LANDING áHARD. THE STATE FAIR SAYS A FRESH COAT OF WAX -- AND BRAND NEW BURLAP BAGS WERE THE PROBLEM.

Sure, there are livestock competitions, giant pumpkins and a Giant Slide. The core attraction of the Minnesota State Fair, though, is the food. Nearly three dozen new items were added to the mix ...

ST. PAUL -- Of all the changes in the world and at the Minnesota State Fair in the past 50 years, one thing has remained the same: the lure of the Giant Slide. It’s something Stacey Pittroff ...

Of all the changes in the world and at the Minnesota State Fair in the past 50 years, one thing has remained the same: the lure of the Giant Slide. State Fair staff members scoot down the Giant ...