A Yearly Tradition:

The Minnesota State Fair

Contributed by Don Pietsch

I like the Minnesota State Fair, just the whole fair. I like the food--not the rides--,the entertainment, the band shell, and all the rest of the shows. I like the junk food. I go at least once a year. I started going many, many years ago, probably 50 years ago or more. All years are good. Years and years ago they used to have car races out there and I went then, but now that's changed, so all in all I just like the fair. You walk, you eat, you see things, you see people, sometimes they give you new samples, it's really good.

Photo courtesy Minnesota Historical Society.