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The Minnesota State Fair's Amateur Talent Contest opens registration for aspiring performers, with auditions from July 21 to ...
Learn about the Minnesota State Fair's scholarships for youth and skilled trades, promoting education and vocational training ...
The 2025 Kickoff to Summer at the Fair, a preview of the Minnesota State Fair, took place May 22-25. The Minnesota State Fair, a beloved tradition for many, is scheduled for Aug. 21 to Sept. 1 ...
Martha Rossini stands in front of one of her cookie stands at the at the Minnesota State Fair's Kickoff to Summer at the Fair event May 23, 2025 in St. Paul. The fair is Aug 21-Sept. 1, 2025 ...
The Minnesota State Fair, established in 1859, is known for its unique and beloved quirks such as butter sculptures and crop art, but it has also hosted some truly bizarre events.
Infantoriums, embalmed whales and the Minnesota Ice Man: Weird State Fair tales Baby incubator exhibit interior, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific-Exposition, Seattle, Washington, 1909.
If you hold the Minnesota State Fair, Minnesotans will come — no matter the weather. If it rains, fairgoers will show up with umbrellas and ponchos — or they’ll buy them from vendors.
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — Few among us would contest the Minnesota State Fair's status as the Great Minnesota Get-Together, or be so boldly un-Minnesotan as to suggest that things aren't peachy ...
FALCON HEIGHTS, Minnesota — Jerry Hammer's Minnesota State Fair career actually started when he got his first job in the greenhouse as a teenager back in 1970. "I really looked forward to ...