I have a photo of my grandparents on their wedding day, on a horse-drawn wagon, in front of the Corn Palace in 1929. ❤😊
@markbanash9215 ай бұрын
My favorite South Dakota hangout is "Hooky Jack's" in Rapid. It's named after Jack Leary, a man who suffered a mining accident and lost both of his hands. He became the town ambassador as well as a policeman and they gave him the bar to keep him out of trouble. The town so loved him that when students from the School of Mines left him hanging up by his hooks from a fence, they were publicly caned in the town square. If there was someone who deserved a short video about a unique person from SD, I think it is him.
@ttystikkrocks10424 ай бұрын
That's really cool! You should consider recreating that photo with your sweetheart in the same place in 2029, to commemorate the centennial of your family's history.
@teukieangelica5 ай бұрын
Driving back to Arkansas from Montana, I laughed at my husband for even suggesting the “Corn Palace” but it was so much fun! We were able to bring our puppy with us too. It was definitely an experience!
@DavidKutzler5 ай бұрын
My father was a professional truck driver his entire working career. He drove car carriers for several years, delivering new Ford cars to every state in the USA. He made several trips to Mitchell, SD to deliver new cars to the local dealerships and took many photos of the Mitchell Corn Palace with his slide camera. Somewhere in his old slide decks is a series of photos with the yearly updates to the Corn Palace murals.
@kathyastrom13155 ай бұрын
Back in the 1970s, my cousin was named Corn Palace Queen, which I think was an annual beauty pageant held during the corn festival.
@attemptedunkindness363215 күн бұрын
That makes you midwestern royalty.
@elliottkolker43215 ай бұрын
I'm from St. Louis (b 1951). In July, 1966, my family drove to Yellowstone via the recently openned I-90 through Mitchell, SD. Dad wanted to visit the Corn Palace. Ten years later I moved to Honolulu. One of my roomies, two years my junior, had recently been mustered out of the Navy. He was from Madison, SD., about an hour northeast of Mitchell. We become inseprable, bonding over our love for the Corn Palace. Two years later I was back on the mainland. In late September, a friend and I drove from Columbia, Mo. to Pullman, Wash. Along the way we stopped in Madison to visit my roomies' mother. Naturally we made a pilgrimage to the Corn Palace. Surprise! It was during the Corn Festival. My companion was a quick convert.
@ImTHATguy...2 ай бұрын
Wow, Pullman. My dad moved there when he was 12 and grew up there. I loved visiting my grandparents there after my dad moved to Spokane and started the family. Him and I damn near made it back to Pullman in August of this year, but our plans got canceled. Would've been our first time there together in over 20 years. It's changed a lot.
@stevekeen70355 ай бұрын
That shade at North Dakota at the end was SAVAGE. Gotta love regional rivalries. As a Kentuckian, I can tell you those hoosiers from across the river in the land of corn and soybeans cant drive a lick.
@CHE-Undercover5 ай бұрын
what, Ohio? nah ohio drivers are some of the best. Maybe not the city folk yuppie in the big cities, but thats everywhere. The real issue is, city folk cant drive for shit.
@goosenotmaverick11565 ай бұрын
I live in Arkansas. Missouri always calls itself the "Show Me" state. We call it the "show me how to drive" state 😂 Regional rivalries are hilarious
@tygrkhat40875 ай бұрын
@@CHE-Undercover Michigan drivers are the worst I've encountered. I agree, Ohio has good drivers.
@patrickklein65615 ай бұрын
@CD-CH-EB you seem a bit lacking in the reading comprehension department, but that's standard for a buckeye. He clearly said Hoosier, which is a nickname for those of us from the fair state of Indiana
@leemarohn74965 ай бұрын
Rivalries are great! As a proud Wisconsinite, I assure you that FIBs (our name for Illinoians) are horrible drivers. Almost all of them seem to drive north every weekend. They don't understand the concept of turn signals and can't navigate a roundabout to save their lives.
@divindave61175 ай бұрын
I'm a Texan and had never heard of a Corn Palace. About 35 odd years ago I found myself in Mitchell S.D. for a week and there the Corn Palace was, in all it's glory! It's quite a curiosity to see, that's for sure.
@RetiredSailor605 ай бұрын
Good morning fellow Texan; Watauga
@RandomTChance5 ай бұрын
Good morning from Cleveland, TX my fellow Texans. ✌️🤠
@lauriereber89395 ай бұрын
In 1970, when I was 10, my family took a road trip across the contry from Pennsylvania to California. The Corn Palace was one of the stops we made. It was well worth the time to stop and see the unique artwork and learn the history of the place. I am thankful that I had the oppertunity to experience it. Thank you for telling others of our history.
@fkirfirt96065 ай бұрын
I'm a North Dakota and I was not expecting the friendly slam at the end of your video! Did make me laugh.
@Michael-j4l3d5 ай бұрын
It's better to be a state than to be in a state. You are a North Dakota and that man over there is a Wyoming.
@admiralcapn4 ай бұрын
In my opinion Theodore Roosevelt NP beats Badlands NP anyways!
@tomsilverfield30415 ай бұрын
Ordinary people from ordinary places can amaze you with their ability to make extraordinary things from ordinary objects.
@DFSJR12035 ай бұрын
I remember going to the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD back in 1977 when we took a family vacation around the USA. Art work was well done and my mom loved it.
@johnschmidt29585 ай бұрын
I visited there in 76 or 77 as well. My grandfather grew and sold sweet corn at a local market here in Ohio. My father wanted to visit as an homage to his dad.
@joshpulliam5 ай бұрын
I got to go to The Corn Palace back in 2008. Pretty cool place! That jab at North Dakota at the end had me rolling!
@ghowell135 ай бұрын
As a child in rural North Carolina, I was told stories about the "Great Corn Palaces." My Paternal grandmother would tell me about them, and lament how farmers here were looked down on as 'dirt poor dirt farmers' and wished we had the respect that the midwesterner's showed farmers. I think one of my uncles that had been hired to migrant farm tobacco up in Canada around the turn of the last century even got to see one of the palaces. *Edited for misspellings
@marywangen46965 ай бұрын
My Granny was from Canistota, South Dakota. My summers included a trip up there from our home in Texas, with my Grandparents, to visit family and the sites. The Corn Palace was part of the necessary destinations. Wonderful cherished memories!
@bella3805 ай бұрын
In 2012 my husband and I took a cross country road trip during which we came upon the Mitchell Corn Palace. We were lucky enough to be able to view a competition called a "Pedal Pull". Quite interesting. My husband also partook of his first corndog! What a lovely memory.
@jerryodell11685 ай бұрын
Many years ago, my Son and I stopped at the Corn Palace for a visit. The very precocious young man surprised me with His great interest and attention to it's yearly construction techniques. He normally would like video games, etc. We had camped and visited several National parks and historical sites the previous days. We had stopped in Mitchell for the night where my Son wanted to stay for at least night in a motel. After breakfast the next morning we saw a procure showing the palace and we decided to see it.
@epeeist2545 ай бұрын
I accidently discovered the Corn Palace while driving from Charlottesville Virginia to Missoula Montana. I was so surprised such a place still existed I stopped and took a bunch of pictures to send back home. I was delighted to see it pop up on the History Guy! You should do one on Wall Drug as well, another amazing place I didn't know existed until I turned off the highway looking for coffee and a restroom.
@twinkieman2375 ай бұрын
I stopped here with my dad during a road trip back from Yellowstone as a child. There’s still a picture somewhere of me standing in front of the palace with a corn cob shaped hat
@MichaelWilliams-kq1lv5 ай бұрын
9 yrs ago on a trip from Georgia to Washington we stopped in Mitchell SD to see the corn palace. It was very impressive and I hope to make a return trip someday.
@janvanderheiden80525 ай бұрын
We stopped to see the Corn Palace during a trip west in the late 1990s. Loved it and have always remembered it. I loved seeing the doll museum across the street, too, with many doll houses, if I recall correctly. It was a very nice stop in Mitchell. Would love to see the Corn Palace again sometime. LOL on North Dakota! I have not been able to visit there yet. Maybe some day...
@thomascourtien84975 ай бұрын
On a 2018 road trip, after the Iowa State Fair, we stopped at the Corn Palace along with Rushmore, Bad Lands NP, Wall Drugs, and Mammoth dig site. And then headed south to Colorado.
@nanasewdear5 ай бұрын
I went to South Dakota for the first time in 2019. My gg grandmother was born in Vermillion and I wanted to see that place as well as Mt. Rushmore and DeSmet. It is a beautiful state and full of interesting sights and lovely people. I would love to see the Corn Palace one day.
@bludeetu3212 ай бұрын
The Mitchell Corn Palace was lovingly remembered by my dad. We did a cross country road trip together the summer I turned 21 and Mitchell was one of our must see destinations. Best summer of my life, that trip!
@OGKenG5 ай бұрын
That closing tag was brutal. I'm reminded of a saying from my Air Force days: Why not Minot? Freezin's the reason.
@birdsdaword5 ай бұрын
Back in 1992 I spend a day at the Mitchell corn Palace on route to North Carolina from the San Francisco Bay Area. I had a good time and took lots of pictures. So I really enjoyed this episode. Then again, I enjoy everything you do, History Guy!
@nancybode61595 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this episode! It was so cool to hear The History Guy mention Plankinton, which is where we live now, and finding out that the first corn palace was in Iowa, my home state. I'm tickled right to my toes!!
@charleshettrick24085 ай бұрын
On a summer morning in 2018, we got in our car in Indiana. At the end of our street, I asked, "Do we turn right or left?" 18 hours later, we wandered up to the front of the Corn Palace. It was our first tourist stop on a week long meandering trip through South Dakota. Definitely in the top 3 vacations ever. No schedule. Just, "Wonder what's over that horizon?" There is always something interesting.
@LGR6055 ай бұрын
A buddy and I left Eastern South Dakota for a week or so in June 1989 with just one general objective, Montana. Got hungry, found a local cafe, chat with the locals. Oh look, there's a rodeo happening, slammed on the brakes and took it in. Trail riding in the Gallatin Forest, awesome! Countless other impromptu adventures, too many to list. Best trip ever.👍
@daveraatz13285 ай бұрын
Can always tell a native South Dakotan when they pronounce our capitol as "Peer" rather than "Peeair" and takes a jab at North Dakota whenever possible. Thanks, great vid. Sturgis native on the West Coast.
@TheHistoryGuyChannel5 ай бұрын
@@daveraatz1328 I grew up in Hot Springs
@ImTHATguy...2 ай бұрын
I went there when I was 4 years old on a family road trip to Wisconsin and Wyoming. It's a fond memory of mine. I've never met anyone else who has been there, and only a few people I know have heard about it. Some day I'll go back again.
@HaddaClu5 ай бұрын
My family stopped by the Corn Palace on two separate summer cross country camping trips in the late 90s and early 2000s. Sadly the photos from those trips were destroyed when there was flooding due to heavy rain. One thing that stuck in my memory from that time was across the street from the Corn Palace was this doll museum - absolutely full with those creepy looking turn of the century porcelain dolls.
@sandybruce90925 ай бұрын
Back in 1962 my sister and I visited our grandparents in PA (we had moved to AZ in 1955). Grandpa drove us back to Phoenix the long way - meaning we got to see many things thst were “off the beaten pass” - one was the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD - which I still remember vividly,y here in 2024! What an amazing building!!! And all the colors!!!
@philhatfield22825 ай бұрын
We journeyed on a lengthy road earlier this year, and one stop was to the Mitchell, SD Corn Palace. It's visually impressive, and reminded me of so many of the floats in the Rose Parade. We also went through Sioux City, not realizing it was the "corn birthplace" of corn palaces. Thanks for elaborating on the history!
@joemiller26295 ай бұрын
Wife and I made a road trip to California from Illinois in 22. My family had old pictures from the early sixties of the corn palace so we had to stop. Interesting place from a simpler time. We spent a couple of hours enjoying it. Then off to minute man, badlands, wall drug and Rushmore.
@marlinweekley515 ай бұрын
I hope you stopped at Crazy Horse too. It’s not only the most amazing overwhelming thing in SD but in the United States- it’s like watching the building. of the Spinx of Egypt. Mount Rushmore will fit on Crazy Horse’s head!
@GregoryHarris-ym1qz5 ай бұрын
Being born and raised in Bismarck, I felt the burn on that final jab! (lol, well played sir!) I have been to the Corn Palace on several vacations during my youth and went there during my honeymoon. We traveled from Florida to Mt Rushmore and on the Bismarck during our honeymoon. It was at the Corn Palace where my wife first encountered a jackalope. Good memories. From an "unwashed savage" of the North to a a refined Dakotan, best wishes and good health to you and yours. ♫
@dinkmartini32365 ай бұрын
We stopped at the Corn Palace on our way to disneyland in the mid 60's. I got mexican jumping beans.
@sgrant395 ай бұрын
Spent three years as Public Health doc in SD. loved the Corn Palace!
@kimfleury4 ай бұрын
This is one of those charming episodes that resembles the tales and history recounted in small town half sheet newspapers found in American diners. Btw, part of the ice festival in Montreal includes the Canôt de Glacé - where they race canoes on the ice of the St. Lawrence River.
@RussellTHouse5 ай бұрын
The final jab at N. Dakota was funny. I hope they have a good sense of humor! 😄
@rewalton465 ай бұрын
When driving from Oregon to Minnesota to visit family, we exited the freeway in Mitchell several times to to view the Corn Palace. We always just drove past, but never stopped to go in. Seeing the outside was enough. Thanks for presenting its history.
@joegordon51175 ай бұрын
Delighted to learn that this kind of thing isn't just relegated to the pages of history, but is still alive and well
@ronshauling20005 ай бұрын
It is a site to see. I was fortunate to spend 10+ years in Beautiful South Dakota and enjoyed our yearly visit; the people of South Dakota make the difference & experience worth the drive
@raywilliams54515 ай бұрын
This episode is just another reason they should be selling History Guy shirts at Wall Drug!
@LGR6055 ай бұрын
🤣🤣 And now at The Corn Palace too! 👍👍
@tedecker37925 ай бұрын
Between the Jackalopes and the Porcupine Eggs (cockle burrs).
@perry81815 ай бұрын
In the 70's I went on a Station wagon trip with my parents and my little brother from NY to California and back. Rolled in to see the Corn Palace. It was a quiet day. On our way back to the car of course we were checking out the exterior.Coming out of one of the dormers jutting out of the roof were flames! Dad ran back inside. Somebody came out to look with him. Probably thought he was crazy. Soon enough a fire truck pulled into the street between the Palace and a gas station to the right and quickly extinguished the flames.
@LGR6055 ай бұрын
😰Whew, thanks dad! 👍 The Dakota prairie can get very dry at times. Fire scares us all.
@richardmourdock27195 ай бұрын
In about 1960, my family made a classic American road trip. I remember two things. Going to the Corn Palace in Mitchell. It was the kind of thing my mother thought worthy of seeing. I remember pigeons eating away on one of the scenes on the front. Hundreds of pesky pigeons. And when they weren't eating, they were dropping their greeting cards on the crowd. The other memory is of Dad renting an air conditioner for the car. It hung out the passenger side window and didn't work very well, but it was otherwise miserably hot in South Dakota. In 1960, I think. Thanks for the memory, Mom and Dad and thanks H.G. for bringing it to mind.
@Zoyx5 ай бұрын
I grew up in the Twin Cities but went to college in Rapid City. So I drove by the Corn Palace multiple times during those years without stopping. This was back in the late 1980s. I finally stopped by the palace in 2009.
@11cabadger5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the reminder. Drove through on my way home to LA (1980). There was a carnival in town and a polka championship. Then I saw the Corn Palace! I tell you the only other thing that impressed me as much was the first time I drove through Las Vegas. Two slices of America, same ridiculous moment of glee & national pride.
@JasonBlair5 ай бұрын
Well here are some childhood memories. I grew up in Sioux City and had occasion to visit Mitchell a few times. Like Wall Drug and the Badlands, the Corn Palace is a must see on any family road trip through South Dakota.
@oldtanker48605 ай бұрын
As full time RVers we traveled across the Northern part of the country and visited the Corn Palace several times. I also found the pre historic Indian village archeology dig just North of Mitchell to be worth a visit as well.
@sharonott75135 ай бұрын
I went through Mitchell, SD in the 1980s. Had to stop at the Corn Palace. Absolutely fascinating. It's a sight to see.❤
@gypsyboomer5 ай бұрын
Took my lady to the Corn Palace last May. Great place to stop and find a little history. Thanks for remembering.
@tomh61834 ай бұрын
My bride and I visited the Corn Palace in Mitchell on our honeymoon and we will visit it again in May 2025 on our 50th wedding anniversary.Thanks Lance for another wonderful video.
@DemonDarrel4 ай бұрын
As someone who has lived in Mitchell for over 20 years now, it is always interesting to see stories about the Corn Palace.
@alanquintus20695 ай бұрын
Visited the corn palace in 1973 with my parents. In 1988 while riding to Sturgis I went by it again on the way to the Congo Club lol
@LGR6055 ай бұрын
🤣Kongo Klub. Aka ‘North Barn’ to the locals. 👍 I had $100 worth of fun there once, and it only cost me 20 bucks!
@scotto95915 ай бұрын
Your North Dakota dig was .. ...... AWESOME 😂
@diggernash15 ай бұрын
Drove by the Mitchell palace several times on the way to Woonsocket, but never stopped.
@JamieR20772 ай бұрын
We visited on route to Yellowstone, an iconic place! I had no idea where it traced it's roots too, too cool!
@pattschetter4 ай бұрын
Having grown up in eastern South Dakota, the thing I remember about the Corn Palace is that my Huron-area high school's band were the pep band for a basketball game there for some reason. (This was almost 30 years ago. I misremember why. Maybe a tournament where we got the band duty for that night, from being one of the schools whose team was in the tournament? idk.) One of my classmates in the percussion section liked to bring a decibel meter when we were in different places to what we were used to, and that was one of our loudest performances I remember it measuring.
@jimbobjones59724 ай бұрын
Montana native here. North Dakota has the legacy of the Non-Partisan League, a major part of which is the Bank of North Dakota.
@amyschwinn91685 ай бұрын
Minnesota native here. Very familiar with the Corn Palace in Mitchell. I didn’t know there were others in the past and certainly would never have thought there was any connection to the St. Paul Ice Palaces. Interesting.
@derrallinder43385 ай бұрын
I just happened to be passing through Mitchell in 2005 and got to see the corn palace. I really enjoyed visiting.
@Purdey9215 ай бұрын
I have relatives in both South and North Dakota. Most of them are cousins. Never saw the Corn Palace, though. Creston, Iowa had a Corn Palace that is now the elementary and high school grounds. When I lived there it was within recent memory. Missed seeing that one, too.
@jamesclarksowers70605 ай бұрын
Great finish!!!!
@bobbymac98775 ай бұрын
As soon as North Dakota gets the telegram about what he said I'm sure they'll be very upset
@ghowell135 ай бұрын
@@bobbymac9877 🤌👌🤣
@rwarren585 ай бұрын
As a former resident of North Dakota, I must agree! They have nothing like it. 👍🏿
@DuluthTW5 ай бұрын
An old boyfriend and I visited the Corn Palace on our way to see Mt. Rushmore. It was definitely time well spent. Thanks for sharing!
@nathans.37514 ай бұрын
I remember now as a kid my dad talking about it and saying how cool it was. He was in Larchwood Iowa close by. Thanks for the memories.
@Sleeperdude5 ай бұрын
Stopped there 2 years ago. Pretty cool
@jhonwask5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this episode. I've been to the Mitchell Corn Palace 3 times. Even though it was off season, it was enjoyable. The first reason I was there was because of all the billboards touting the "One and Only, World Famous Corn Palace." Now, who could pass up on an opporunity to see the World Famous Corn Palace? Certainly not me. As the bill boards mentioned every few miles that I was almost there, the excitement was building that I would actually see a wold famous site. When I arrived, there were no crowds or fairs or concerts, just a small town decorated with corn fashion. I just loved it, so much that I went there 2 more times: once on my wandering way to DeSmet, and another on my way to Devil's Tower in you know where. You should have a Saturday morning show on CBS called, "In the History." Remember, "In the News?"
@NVRAMboi5 ай бұрын
Thanks Lance. Sounds like a fun tradition. It's not as if they could've preserved the USS South Dakota on the Missouri or Big Sioux rivers as a museum ship - though that would've been cool. I'd never been told a thing about "corn palaces".
@edbetsworth27725 ай бұрын
Thank you for covering Sioux City’s influence on this subject!
@charleshopkins38175 ай бұрын
We stopped by when driving through on a vacation in the early 2010s/late 2000s. I didn’t really appreciate the history as a kid, just thought it seemed like a regular old conference/expo center with an interesting motif. I appreciate you for making this video!
@billmandaue21685 ай бұрын
A couple of other examples of this type of architecture included the original Salt Palace in Salt Lake City (which was built out of rock salt), and the Saltair Resort built on the shore of the Great Salt Lake. Both of these buildings were built in the 1890s and used the onion domes of the other themed structures. BTW, I had to laugh when you called South Dakota a mountain west state. Unless I am mistaken, the closest thing to mountains in South Dakota in the Black Hills (which are truly hills and not mountains).
@TheHistoryGuyChannel5 ай бұрын
The Black Hills are the easternmost range of the Rocky Mountains. I grew up there and we always said mountain west.
@LGR6055 ай бұрын
@@TheHistoryGuyChannel I'm 'East River' Lance. Aren't the 'Hills' older rock formations than the Rockies?
@TheHistoryGuyChannel5 ай бұрын
@@LGR605 there is some disagreement, but they are often described as the eastern most extension of the Rocky Mountains. Having grown up in the Western part of the state, we certainly identified with Wyoming and Colorado. The description as “Mountain West” came from my own experience, but I am not offended by other descriptions.
@mikebeartx5 ай бұрын
Your videos are very enjoyable. I have learned more watching these than any history class I have ever taken. Thank you for your hard work. I hope one day to be able to support you financially.
@scotcoon11865 ай бұрын
It's a gymnasium decorated with corn. I was more excited to find an open shop on a Saturday morning so i could get my car on a lift to drain the AC box and floorboards before going on to Red Power Roundup. The Platte valley used to be a major sugar beet centered around Grand Island. The Stuhr museum has info about it. With efficient irrigation, the sugar industry got pushed up the North Platte, centered around Scottsbluff and Gering. If you ever get out that way, be sure to stop at the Legacy of the Plains museum beside the monument.
@tomk47395 ай бұрын
My family visited the Corn Palace, back in the mid 80's. My dad stopped by when going hunting for years afterward.
@jppitman15 ай бұрын
Striking out across South Dakota starting from Vermillion`s undeniably unbelievable music instrument museum, per a sisters`s suggestion we dipped down to Mitchell to see the Palace. It was a highlight of the trek. Gotta love Middle America. Where would this country be without it?
@QueenOfTheNorth655 ай бұрын
I was just there two weeks ago. It’s really breathtaking. I had last been there back in the early 80’s as a teen, and I had a new appreciation for it this time around.
@noone19295 ай бұрын
I haven’t gone but one summer my sister and two of our cousins convinced my grandma to take them on a trip up to ND from her house in SD so they could add it to their list of visited states (a little contest they have) and they sent pictures from when they stopped by the corn palace on their way.
@sterlinghunter96514 ай бұрын
Love it! I swing through Mitchell to see the palace every year on my way to Sturgis since 1997. True piece of Americana!🤠
@mlarson38605 ай бұрын
We as a family have stopped at the corn palace every time we pass through Mitchell, when traveling to the Black Hills. Maybe 10 different times throughout my life so far.
@jimhowardbatey4105 ай бұрын
Been there twice. Worth the trip.
@leemarohn74965 ай бұрын
Growing up, our only real family vacation was a trip to South Dakota in 1984. It included a stop at the Corn Palace. The outside was interesting to see, but at the time, the only thing going on inside was a non-exciting flea market. It was nice to see it though. I'm hoping to repeat the trip with my grandkids someday.
@edwinvoorhees19525 ай бұрын
We had a great time there at the beginning of an epic trip my wife and I took last fall. We’ll be back.❤
@charlesrabideau34745 ай бұрын
Started going there in the 1950’s still going, and it is always a treat to see the changes. A tourist must see.
@jamesvandemark20865 ай бұрын
Mitchell, SoDak! A must-stop on the way west from MN!
@gwcrispi5 ай бұрын
We were just there a month ago on our South Dakota/Wyoming vacation swing. My wife finds these hidden gems.
@seriouslypeople14535 ай бұрын
I live an hour from Mitchell, SD so I have seen it numerous times. I do appreciate the in-depth history.
@stevengoomba64905 ай бұрын
Gotta make a pilgrimage to this sometime in the near future, looks spectacular!
@carolgonzales14105 ай бұрын
In 2004, after flying to see the Iowa State Fair from CA, we drove north to Yellowstone. We passed through Mitchell, SD, and toured the Corn Palace. Wow!
@northernbackwoodsman2635 ай бұрын
Have been there twice. The last just this June. Great video sir. My father was from Glencross S.D. So the state has a soft spot for me.
@jackgreene87695 ай бұрын
“Oh it’s beautiful!”
@patrickmcneilly42935 ай бұрын
I went there while on a road trip. It was really really cool. Mainly the history of it and the fact it's a community center is the cool part.
@indyminded54735 ай бұрын
Went to the Corn Palace in 2012 while driving cross country. Didnt know it existed and saw a sign advertising it. I was intrigued and had to see it.
@amadeusamwater5 ай бұрын
I'm from Iowa. We know from corn. Mitchell's Corn Palace is similar to Riverside's Trekfest, a small town gets a good idea and runs with it. Sucess follows.
@spokanetomcat15 ай бұрын
My family is from Vermillion. My dad used to tell me about the Corn Palace until I found pictures of it in Encyclopedias and read its history in the early 1970s. Need to stop there the next time I visit my cousins.
@kennyhagan57815 ай бұрын
I have heard about this for years, since the 70s when I first saw it in The Weekly Reader. I have always thought that it was a neat idea and it would probably be a fun thing to actually see one.
@RetiredSailor605 ай бұрын
Good morning History Guy and everyone watching. Have a good day and weekend
@goodun29745 ай бұрын
Starch is, after all, one of the main building blocks of Mother Nature. THG should have worn a starched shirt with stiff collar for this episode!
@stephen19914 ай бұрын
I’d heard about the place, so while traveling from Des Moines to the Badlands, my wife and I stopped to see what it was all about. Quite an amazing display of time consuming labor to create display. And to think they do it every year.
@MrLesonfireforGod5 ай бұрын
I saw the Corn Palace on a trip from Alberta to Mount Rushmore and Niagara Falls. I love small town tourist attractions.
@iowafarmboy5 ай бұрын
Woo! Great episode! Bummed it's not still here in Iowa, but that's ok... still better than North Dakota... or Nebraska 😉