Destination: Norsk Høstfest in Minot, ND

Experience the music, arts & crafts, and culinary delights of five Nordic countries in a day Sunnie Sundquist Mt. Vernon, Wash. Pure Scandimonium! An appropriate theme for Norsk Høstfest, celebrating 42 years. Visually, the enormous barns devoted to the North Dakota State Fair in July are knockouts as we encounter each of the halls, festooned with grand colorful pennants and countries’ flags, transformed into Oslo Hall, Stockholm Hall, Copenhagen Hall, Reykjavik Hall, and Helsinki Hall, named for capital cities of five Nordic countries. Each hall celebrates the country’s myriad arts and culinary achievements. And the centerpiece, Great Hall of the Vikings arena, where last y