DAY TRIP DESTINATIONS: ‘AGRITAINMENT’ By Katie Leibel
Sever’s Fall Festival released this year’s corn maze.
‘AGRITAINMENT’ Fall into autumn at Sever’s Fall Festival Photos courtesy Sever’s Fall Festival
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pple orchards, hay rides, haunted houses.The possibilities are endless this autumn. Even COVID-19 can’t keep us from enjoying our fall season the way we hope to every year. One tradition retained this year 14 • OCTOBER 2020 • MANKATO MAGAZINE
is Sever’s Fall Festival in Shakopee. This day trip will give you an opportunity to take in the beautiful fall colors on your way up for a day of fun. The corn maze began in 1997 as an idea from an exchange student. “We’ve been part of the U of MN
MAST program since the 1960s, and we had an English exchange student describing the labyrinth hedge mazes and the intricacies,” said organizer Nicola Peterson of Sever’s Fall Festival. Sever and Sharon Peterson then decided that a maze of corn would
