There is more than snow in Minnesota: Summer brings the Aquatennial with sandcastle competitions, milk-carton-boat races and a torchlight parade, and the St. Paul Winter Carnival has ice carving and snow sculptures and another torchlight parade. But natives and visitors alike note that their favorite season is autumn, which in Minnesota brings crisp temperatures, sapphire-blue skies, brilliant foliage, and in October of 2011, AASL's 15th National Conference and Exhibition. In this article, the author features Minnesota where AASL 15th National Conference and Exhibition was held.