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See Some of the Fair’s Best Crop Art Inside MN’s Biggest Museum

'Cream of the Crop: A Minnesota Folk Art Showcase' comes to Mia later this week.

September 4, 2025

MN Street Style: Minnesota State Fair

Practicality and fashion interplay in these end-of-summer looks.

September 2, 2025

Doin’ Minnesota State Fair Beers 2025: The Best and Worst of the Year’s New Beers

Including this year’s big talker—Pryes’ Royal Raspberry soft serve.

Dudes (and Ladies!) Rock at the MN State Fair’s Midway Men’s Club

Cheapest and arguably coldest beer. Cheapest and arguably best burgers. Decades of giving back to the community.

August 30, 2024

Mad Dog 2020 Beer? Corn Dog Beer? White Russian Beer? These State Fair Drinks Almost Happened.

Developing new MN State Fair beers is a huge challenge and a ā€˜nuclear launch code level secret.’

Great MN Spend-Together: A State Fair Money Journal

What will a typical day at the fair set you back? We dispatched a writer, her husband, and their wallets to find out.

August 28, 2024

The Best, Worst, and Most Middling New Foods of the 2024 Minnesota State Fair

This town's most discerning review crew is back with the only fair food takes you can trust.

What It’s Like to Own a State Fair Ye Old Mill Boat

'It's just perfect to me,' says the new owner of this piece of MN history.

March 1, 2024