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@jwilker it’s our state fair today! #mnstatefair

Cider Freeze, underrated gem at $3. Very much needed after the afternoon humidity. #MNStateFair

Dessert fries! I mean, they’re regular fries, but they’re the last thing we ate, so… #MNStateFair

Rounding out the day with the Mexican Hat super soft taco. #MNStateFair

Finally, in their third year, we finally tried a Peachey’s Amish donut thanks to Grammy standing in line while the rest of us did the eco building (and she beat us).

They are…actually pretty great. A breadier donut but still light, sweet but not overly glazed. #MNStateFair

Oh, poop. #MNStateFair

More drinks (it was stupid humid): Sweet Peach Lemonade Sparkler ($8). Coulda drank a gallon of it. Nicely balanced between sweet and tart. Pop rocks superfluous, but they’d sweet cream foam added a nice effervescence. #MNStateFair

Frozen strawberry and mango daiquiris. Strawberry is the better of the two, but they’d be best combined (which is an option). #MNStateFair

First actually new food of the year: brisket cheese curd taco (and the buffalo chicken taco, an old favorite). Brisket Taco was great, very flavorful but also rich; would be tough to eat two (you CAN mix & match w/brisket, despite how the menu looks). #MNStateFair

More fair dinosaurs. #MNStateFair

Corn dog! #MNStateFair

Strawberries & Crème (original, not the new blueberry crème one). Not pictured, a highly refreshing strawberry iced tea. #MNStateFair

Sweet Martha’s Cookies - normally we wouldn’t get these (hot take: they’re deeply overrated) but, well, we are here with the children today… #MNStateFair

Does YOUR state fair have dinosaurs? #MNStateFair

Best beer at the fair - Dill Pickle Kolsch. Though this year’s batch tastes a little off - too much “bread and butter pickle” flavor. #MNStateFair

No new food at Giggles this year, so got Timbersticks, one of my faves of last year’s new foods. #MNStateFair

Minnesota schedule: State Fair; Alabama Shakes
#mnstatefair

First pork of the day: Big Fat Bacon! 🥓

#MNStateFair

First trip to the fair begins with the breakfast of champions: mini donuts (from Tom Thumb, the objectively best donuts at the fair). #MNStateFair

Let's get ready to get Weird!

#WeirdAl #MNastodon #mnstatefair

Today's our first day going to the #MNStateFair this year. Weird Al tonight. And the Roe Family Singers in the afternoon. I'm thinking they won't be doing this song, though.

We're bringing our whistles. IYKYK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzcH6kKKbd0&list=RDRzcH6kKKbd0&start_radio=1

#MN #minnesota #MNstateFair
(Source Star Tribune)

Farmer’s Muffin Top

Patisserie 46's blueberry muffin is already a thing of beauty. Here, they've somehow improved upon it by serving just the top of the muffin — you know, the best part — which comes out warm and wonderful. $10 does feel high for what you get, but hey, fair-flation is real. And we'd probably pay even more if every fair bite could be this blissful.

Plz tell them. Seinfeld’s Elaine Benes had that idea in the 90s. It was a joke!

Minnesotans have a prickly relationship with the Texas State Fair and their fuzzy attendance math, but unfortunately, no one has done a story (yet) about the X-Men visiting the MN State Fair. #XMen #MNStateFair

https://www.therealgentlemenofleisure.com/2012/10/x-amining-uncanny-x-men-at-state-fair.html

Awesome, the Minnesota State Fair is improving the bicycle parking, better racks and now helmet storage. I've been carrying my helmet with me since I started biking to the Fair:

"Folks who bike to the Fair will find new bike racks and expanded capacities at each of the Fairgrounds’ three free bike lots...Secure helmet storage is also available..."

https://www.mnstatefair.org/get-here/bicycle

#MNastodon #MNStateFair #cycling

Are you wondering about the new foods coming to the #MinnesotaStateFair this year? We’ve got you covered with our alignment rating for nine of the snacks making their debut.

Get the full details here: https://twincitiesgeek.com/2026/08/the-character-alignments-of-2026-minnesota-state-fair-foods-rated/

#MNStateFair #MNastodon

#WeirdAl #Yankovic is playing at the #MNStateFair this year but we are too #poor to buy tickets. Wouldn't it be super nice if His Weirdness agreed to meet us?
https://www.mnstatefair.org/grandstand/weird-al-yankovic-bigger-and-weirder-2026-tour

Welcome To The Livestock Area

📍 Minnesota State Fair (St Paul, Minnesota)
📷 Olympus E-M10 Mark II (14mm, ƒ/11, 1/800s, ISO 800)
📅 August 28th, 2025

#Photography #StreetPhotography #Signs #FairDay #FarmAnimals #SummerVibes #MinnesotaStateFair #MNStateFair #TheGreatMNGetTogether #Minnesota #StPaul #SaintPaul #TwinCities #MSP #Olympus #EM10 #EM10MarkII #OMSystem

The Minnesota State Fair is going on, and it's a tradition there to find the craziest food that is either (1) fried, or (2) served on a stick. (Or both.)

Some great math folks -- in particular, Chris Danielson of https://talkingmathwithkids.com/ -- started "Math On a Stick" at the State Fair years ago.

I volunteered there last week. It was super fun! Any math lovers in the Twin Cities should consider doing so.

#math #mathed #mnstatefair #tmwyk