Where is the corn palace
The Corn Palace
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now in 1993 I received this postcard for
my cousin on her trip here to Mitchell
South Dakota this magnificent building
known as the Corn Palace
I've actually you've been fascinated I
had a book as a kid I can't remember the
name of the book I wish I could remember
that but it talked about the Corn Palace
and how they they cover the entire
building in corn every year create these
murals on the outside and I've wanted to
see it my whole life
and here in just a second we're gonna
see this corn palace hay wall
carpetbagger here coming to you live
from the South Dakota and more
specifically Mitchell South Dakota be
more specific than that I'm outside of
the Corn Palace now let's see how the
Corn Palace has changed since 1993
apparently quite a bit she does he is
almost like as he aspired almost like
the Kremlin or something and it looks
like they've been replaced with almost
like this modern of art like bulbs on
top and it's still an impressive sight
to see over the years I've heard so much
about the Corn Palace and what a
magnificent thing it is but I never even
really stopped to think what is it aside
that the Corn Palace
find out follow me
that mural there you look closely you
can see that it is made of corn -
there's green corn right there red corn
right there yellow corn right there even
the farmer is made of corn now appears
the official name that they like to use
is the world's only corn palace but it's
not the world's first corn palace
apparently 1900s small like farming
communities would I guess try to create
these as tourist attraction a catalyst
would be like a great palette whatever
it would just be a way to show the crops
a way to bring tourism and agro tourism
if you will and encourage people and
promote their local product I think as
far as I know this is the only vegetable
Palace still in existence this is pretty
cool you can actually see work of art in
progress if you zoom in close you can
see that this is actually it's also you
know check that out it's like a church
scene I think those are like lightning
bolts or corn
see some murals here in different states
of repair and disrepair looks like their
name they're building or taking this one
down and then this fly guess is it's not
long for this world I guess it's been
picked relatively clean I think we got
some sort of country music star maybe an
Elvis notice John Travolta I think I
don't know who that is we will see what
awaits us inside the bowels of the Corn
Palace hey that looks like a piece of
corn
yeah I really like these corn that
Pilar's see unbeknownst to me all these
years the corn palace it's a basketball
court have a basketball court inside and
actually had the corn murals inside the
basketball court I wonder yeah be
careful the basketball hit some of these
corn where else feel like knocks the
corn loose during game that would be
okay terrible girl of some hunters there
you got brush more got some sort of monk
over there
sadly I'm just really not that versed on
South Dakota history I do love this
what is it about corn that makes people
want to play basketball my grandfather
my uncle were featured on C vs as a high
school basketball legends sorry guys my
favorite mural the snake eating duck
Steph in the balcony and smile you're on
corn cam corn cameras located there for
the brown building across the street all
right there it is right there the corn
cam hey corn cam hey
apparently I'm streaming live on the
Internet as I speak believe it or not
the corn cam it's actually quite
controversial as it was U is created
using a grant from the Department of
Homeland Security you know different
states were allocated money after 9/11
to protect their landmarks
apparently they got a chunk of money to
protect the corn palace from terrorists
that's not what's right king of corn
does reside here in the Corn Palace
a little tiny bit of taxidermy here at
the Corn Palace there you go leaving a
Pokemon at the corn palace here's the
mascot - the official mascot of the Corn
Palace Cornelius the piece of corn you
know Cornelius I really like your name I
like how it has the word corn in it this
is kind of the before and after of the
corn pictures kind of the outline where
the corn needs to go and that's the fish
product this is apparently for drinking
melted butter on the go I just wanted a
gift shop and the woman inside said that
they actually replace the old spires
replacement the new modern spires only
two years ago apparently they did some
major renovations back then some brand
new postcards of the corn palace and
it's the different years
unfortunately the 1907 corn palace was
the Nazi Corn Palace all right we'll
give him a break because that was before
nazis were invented it still kind of
shocking to see you old swastika on the
corn palace
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I was a good experience to have a near
lifetime bucket list item crossed off
the Corn Palace very cool interesting
it's a basketball court inside that's
not what I ever thought I thought it
would I know it'll just be a palace but
in a way like this part of the country
it's kind of fitting it's a basketball
course because people that grow corn
people that eat corn basketball is in
their blood
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