The first state fair was held in 1841 at this college town in upstate New York.
What is Syracuse?
At the Iowa State Fair, rubber chickens have replaced this kitchen tool in the women's throwing contest.
What is a rolling pin?
This popular sweet fair food is air-spun, colorful, and is also known as "Fairy Floss."
What is Cotton Candy?

This R&B/Hip-hop band with a Texas sized future took some of their baby steps in 1998 and 2001 playing the county fair circuit.
What is Destiny's Child?
What is giant Cabbage? What is cabbage?
In a nod to the Rocky Mountains that run through it, this state hosts "Pet Rock" shows for fair-goers that don't raise livestock.
What is Colorado? Entrants compete in two categories, best-dressed and best rolling!
Fair-goers can compete for a grand prize of $1000 in "Moo-la-palooza" a competitive "mooing" contest at fairs across this territory known as "The Dairy State."
What is Wisconsin?
Fair-goers enjoyed this classic fair food, also popular at baseball games, for the first time in 1904 at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri.
What is a hot dog?
You might be "all shook up" to learn that this legendary musician came in 5th place in a talent show at the Mississippi-Alabama Fair and Dairy show.

Who is Elvis Presley? Elvis was just 10 years old at the time!
The state of Minnesota is the only place where you can see the 4-H Club bring the "drama" with fashion shows featuring this popular long-necked, wooly livestock animal.
What is a Llama? Local 4-H clubs host "Llamarama" at county fairs across the state! Members make the outifts themselves!
This U.S. Territory also known as the Land of the Midnight Sun and The Last Frontier held their first state fair in 1936, 23 years before they officially became a state.
What is Alaska?
The state of New Hampshire draws sculptors and builders from across the country to compete in a weeklong contest testing their skills at this beach-going past-time.
What is a sandcastle? The top prize is $15,000!
This popular soda drink with a PhD made its debut at The World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri in 1904.
What is Dr. Pepper?
The Peach State attracts a huge crowd at the fair with the Banana Derby, where monkeys team up with dogs in a race to the finish line you won't want to miss!

What is Georgia? What is the state of Georgia?
Couples can walk down the "yellow brick aisle" and tie the knot at this state's main fairgrounds.
What is Kansas?
Arizona has turned this local creepy crawler (with a sting bigger than the heat) into a treat, either deep fried or covered in chocolate, at county fairs across the state.
What is a scorpion?
This sulfur and egg-smelling contest is sponsored by "Odor Eaters" at fairs across the country every year.
What is the Rotten Sneaker Contest? Winners get $200 and a chance to compete for most stinky sneakers at the national level!
Every year, the Minnesota State Fair sells 500,000 of this popular carnival food on a stick, dipped in batter and fried.
What is a corndog?
The land-locked midwestern state of Oklahoma has hosted encounters for guests where they can get "chummy" with this toothy ocean predator. 
What is a shark?
You can Zone out or get "veeerrrrry sleepy" with Steve Bayner at the State Fair Meadowlands in New Jersey at this mesmerizing attraction.
What is hypnosis?