Mitchell, SD and the Corn Palace

We've heard about it so this morning we went to see the Corn Palace for ourselves. I had read a little about it so knew that is was like a auditorium/basketball court inside. The big attraction is on the outside though, where they have murals that are made entirely of corn, wheat and other natural materials.

Our arrival here in Mitchell, SD coincided with the Corn Festival being held in town, right down Main Street where the Corn Palace is located. This made picture taking a little difficult because of the concession tents that are set up in the street.

We toured the inside of the building which was interesting. They have pictures of the original and second Corn Palace each showing the different murals for the year. The current building is the third Corn Palace building. The outside murals are changed every year, but there have been two years that, because of the weather, the murals have not been changed - this is one of the two! But if you were not here last year, you would never know. There are also murals inside around the basketball court. The designs for the murals are laid out in kind of a paint by number fashion. I have a picture of one, as the murals on the side of the building are still under construction. We were told that the murals are always completed in time for the Corn Festival, but as mentioned earlier, the weather has been so hot and dry this year that they didn't have the materials needed to re-do them.

I'm also posting some pictures that I took from I-90 yesterday as we were driving from Rapid City to Mitchell.

Not sure what else we are going to do while in Mitchell, if anything. From here we will be heading to the Amana Colonies in Iowa.

See ya down the road.....