2025 Fair Dates: Aug. 21 to Labor Day, Sept. 1 : It is the largest state fair in USA. Highly recommend if you don't mind crowds.

Giant 4-level mall with hundreds of stores, plus restaurants, a theme park, cinema & aquarium. You could spend multiple days here.

Drive up the north shore to the boarder of Canada. Capture views of nature, Lake Superior, and lighthouses, with eateries along the way. See where Chad proposed to me, at Tettegouche State Park, along the way.

This Classical Renaissance-style Cathedral dating back to 1915 features a splendid interior of six chapels, imported marble columns, large statues of the four evangelists and beautiful rose windows.

Minnesota Renaissance Festival -Highland Fling

AUGUST 23 – 24

Not as large as Texas fair, but the 4th largest in the USA.