If there’s one thing Minnesotans can agree on, it’s that we host the best State Fair in the country — maybe even the world, if someone at the University of Minnesota could figure out how to measure deep-fried joy!

Where opinions start to diverge is on why our Fair is so exceptional. Is it the food vendors, with their magical ability to turn anything into a taco or a beer, or put it on a stick? The eternal battle between corn dog loyalists and Pronto Pup purists? The nostalgic thrill of sliding down the Giant Slide and pretending your backside didn’t just age 10 years? Or the quiet awe inspired by crop art, colossal vegetables and butter sculptures fit for royalty?

To me, what makes the Great Minnesota Get-Together truly special is what it reveals about us. For 12 days leading up to Labor

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