Jamie Thingelstad

Writer of The Weekly Thing. Explorer of tech, the open web, AI, and a good escape room. Minneapolis is home.

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We went to the Minnesota State Fair three times this year, a record for all of us. Are we becoming “fair people”? Maybe. People complain about the crowds, but that is just part of it. The sea of people every way you look is what makes it the fair. We’ll be back again next year! 🎡

Dense crowd filling a wide tree-lined avenue at the Minnesota State Fair on a sunny day, with vendor booths visible on both sides.

Seeing the “Butterheads” in the Dairy Building at the State Fair is a must for me. As a bonus for going on the last day, I got to see all of them finished!

Butter sculptures of Princess Kay finalists displayed on a rotating platform inside a refrigerated glass case at the Minnesota State Fair Dairy Building. Crowd of fairgoers surrounds a refrigerated glass display case holding several yellow butter sculptures of human busts, inside a fair building.

We made three trips to the Minnesota State Fair this year and the third visit really happened just because of Peachey’s Donuts. We wanted to go back and try them fresh. The line was crazy long and it indeed took an hour, but these warm and tasty donuts are incredible.

Three people smile in front of the Peacheys Baking Company donut food truck at the Minnesota State Fair on a sunny day. Large crowd of people standing in a long winding queue outdoors at the Minnesota State Fair on a sunny summer day.

My Grandpa Ardell was a “John Deere man”, so whenever I see these green tractors at the Minnesota State Fair I take a moment to look them over. I’m pretty sure he had one very similar to this one.

John Deere 3020 Diesel tractor on display at an outdoor fair, green with yellow wheels, chained off from visitors