Today was a long day of driving. We started in Wisconsin and drove through Minnesota to South Dakota. The landscape along the way was spectacular and interesting. We saw several wind farms as we drove through Minnesota – some with over 200 windmills! We also crossed the mighty Mississippi River. But after spending 10 hours in the car, we were glad to get to a hotel that had a pool and hot tub!
The highlight of Mitchell, South Dakota is the world’s only Corn Palace. This structure gets a new corn mural every fall. The first mural was created in 1892. Every August it is put up and every May it is taken down to make way for a new design. This year’s was just completed and took 275,000 ears of corn in 5 different colours. Each ear is cut in half and nailed to the building in an elaborate design. Tim and Lisa visited the Corn Palace in 1989, while living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. But this time we got the T-shirt!
Today was a long day of driving. We started in Wisconsin and drove through Minnesota to South Dakota. The landscape along the way was spectacular and interesting. We saw several wind farms as we drove through Minnesota – some with over 200 windmills! We also crossed the mighty Mississippi River. But after spending 10 hours in the car, we were glad to get to a hotel that had a pool and hot tub! 
The highlight of Mitchell, South Dakota is the world’s only Corn Palace. This structure gets a new corn mural every fall. The first mural was created in 1892. Every August it is put up and every May it is taken down to make way for a new design. This year’s was just completed and took 275,000 ears of corn in 5 different colours. Each ear is cut in half and nailed to the building in an elaborate design. Tim and Lisa visited the Corn Palace in 1989, while living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. But this time we got the T-shirt!
:) Thanks for posting the fun photos of the Mitchell Corn Palace! Glad that you were able to stop and see the extreme detail that goes into making these murrals year after year.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the rest of your time in South Dakota!
Safe travels,
Katlyn Richter
South Dakota Office of Tourism
www.travelsd.com