The World's Only Corn Palace

We stumbled upon the Corn Palace in Mitchell South Dakota quite by accident eight years ago, but this time we made sure to stop on our way along I-90.

The Palace was first built in 1892; the building's exterior quite literally became a way to display the area's bounty.  Each spring, the murals on the outside walls are re-"painted" using over a quarter of a million corn cobs as the medium.   The building serves as a type of civic center, hosting live performances as well as local high school and college basketball games.   

True to form for this part of the country, billboards promoting the Corn Palace start appearing on the highway hundreds of miles in advance.

The murals are made from corn.   This year, it's a little sparse as the Palace prepares for some renovations.

Oh, but as the ads say...."It's a-MAIZE-ing" and worth the stop!