Fair from the Sky

You can take the SkyGlider or the Great Big Wheel and get a quieter overview of the fair, and our photographer takes you there in today's photo essay. Soar over the crowds, the noise and the bacon smoke with a bird's-eye view of this whole big party, from the riding mowers to Melvin the Wacky Wheeler.

By Aaron Lavinsky

August 29, 2018 — 9:29am

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Rob Summerbell, also know as Melvin the Wacky Wheeler, performed during the Minnesota State Fair’s daily parade along Randall Avenue.

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The view of downtown Minneapolis and the midway from the Space tower.

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From left, Ilona Carlson, of Austin, Texas, her sister Emma Carlson, of Duluth, and Solie Stegeman, of Shoreview, took a ride on the Crazy Mouse Spinning Roller Coaster Thursday night at the midway.

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