We spent two days in Mitchell at R&R Campground. A good stopping place when traveling on I-90. With our Passport America the rate for full hook up was great at $15.00 a night. In Mitchell corn rules. The high school sports teams are named the Kernels. The radio station is KRON and to celebrate the fertility of the South Dakota corn fields there is the Mitchell Corn Palace. The Corn Palace has a mad mix of onion domes and minarets and looks like it is straight out of czarist Russia. It is built out of reinforced concrete, not corn. Every spring and early summer, its exterior is completely covered with thousands of bushels of native South Dakota corn, grain and grasses that are arranged into large murals. Every year there is a new theme. Locals take great pride in the Palace's "corn-septual art" and "ear-chitecture." Mitchell isn't called the Corn Capital of the World for nothing. There is a free tour and the facility is used for various visiting entertainers as well as the local Kernels sporting events. This was quite a sight to behold. In the gift shop they offered anything/everything made by or that looked like corn. I resisted most purchases but just had to get a pack of their popcorn.
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