Welcome to the Minnesota state fair where the cowboys run free...and the crowds are HUGE

The fair has pretty great haunted house (where a ghoul let me 'hi-five' him.

A must see is the 'butter busts' of the Dairy Princesses. Each of these busts represents one of the girls in the running for Dairy Queen. Yep, this is the artist sculpting with butter. The best part? The princesses get to take the butter home after the fair!