Minnesota State Fair few thousand games the facility saw its final game played in February, 2014. Minnesota State Fair The Minnesota State Fair is the state fair of the U.S. state of Minnesota. Its slogan is "The Great Minnesota Get-Together." It is the largest state fair in the United States by average daily attendance. It is also the second-largest state fair in the United States by total attendance, trailing only the State Fair of Texas, which generally runs twice as long as the Minnesota State Fair. The state fairgrounds, adjoining the Saint Paul campus of the University of Minnesota, are in Falcon Heights,
Minnesota State Highway 72 Bog State Recreation Area is located on Highway 72, immediately north of Waskish. Highway 72 crosses the Rainy River at Baudette. State Highway 72 was authorized as one of the first two Minnesota legislative routes in 1923. This portion of the route was located between Blackduck and Baudette. The route was paved by 1942. At one time, Highway 72 had continued farther north, extending over what is now State Highway 172 in Lake of the Woods County. The section of present day "Minnesota 172" between State Highway 11 (at Baudette) and Wheeler's Point (at Lake of the Woods) was originally