August 11, 2010
Mitchell, SD
There are always things we pass that we "gotta" stop for, and the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD, is one of them. Basically a municipal auditorium (the local high school basketball team plays there), it's become a representation of the community's commitment to farming, specifically to growing corn. For over a hundred years, they develop a new design and decorate the whole building, inside and out, with corn. We saw the 2010 version, which will be replaced this fall. We poked around a bit and did the self-guided "tour" ("follow the markings back to the gift shop and then out the door"), Geri picked up a few trinkets, and we snapped a few pictures. Nice stop. We were soon back on the road, heading west once again on I-90.
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| This is the 2010 version, we think, even though there are "2011" designations elsewhere in the design. |
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| The corn designs are even on the inside of the building. |
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| "Step right up and buy something in our auditorium, er, gift shop... |
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| They love their corn so much in Mitchell that they put it on their street lamps... |
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