“They’re not corn dogs,” they corrected me. “They’re deep-fried corn on the cob.”
I asked if they had tried the deep-fried candy bars.
They wanted directions immediately.

Neither rain, nor sleet, nor soggy paper plates keep hearty Minnesotans from their fair, and its fare. Promotional rain ponchos provide both rain and grease protection.

I found this pin on a Fair employee running the Lost and Found.
Pardon me for saying this, but really now, how utterly delightful.

Seventeen years ago, these friends purchased the same dress at the Heritage Square.
They wear them every year to the Fair, so that, in their words, “We can find each other."

In this day of “You Too Can Be America’s Next Model," I found their enthusiasm, friendship,
and courage—well, frankly—larger than life.

In this Minnesotan land of Germans and Scandinavians, Somali and Hmong, this young man
helped visitors, of any religion, identify their Hebrew names.

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