Corn Palace, South Dakota

i dont even know what to say about this place, after 7 thousand miles, we come to Mitchell, South Dakota, and we find this

corny doesnt begin to describe it

not even close

in the 1800's, Lincoln paid people to settle the SD plains, they found it was well suited to growing corn, they build up this "Corn Palace" to house civic events, over time famous entertainers came there to perform. every year they redecorate it inside and out with corn murals, this hallway has photos dating back a hundred years.

i guess there's so much cheap, government subsidised corn that they started making murals out of it. it hurts me deep down to my libertarian bones

otherwise, SD was a nice drive, it was good to be away from the east and all those trees.