We got up early as usual and went for a swim before breakfast. After breakfast it was still early so we decided to go over to the Corn Palace before we checked out of our hotel. It was a mere 1 mile away and very easy to find. It was more impressive than we could have imagined. Back in the 1890s it was built to showcase the rich corn growing soil of South Dakota and encourage people to settle there. Today it houses the arena for Wesleyan University's basketball team and also the local high school team. Each year the entire exterior of the building is decorated with murals made of corn and other grains.
Inside, there are photos along the walls that have each year's design all the way back to the 1892. It was fun to see them all. There is an entire Corn Palace Village across the street from the building where one can buy anything corn-related and some things not so corn-related like Black Hills Gold. We walked through a few of the shops before we realized that we didn't really need to waste our time. I did buy some caramel corn though. It is very touristy and as tourists we could not resist getting in on the fun.
We got up early as usual and went for a swim before breakfast. After breakfast it was still early so we decided to go over to the Corn Palace before we checked out of our hotel. It was a mere 1 mile away and very easy to find. It was more impressive than we could have imagined. Back in the 1890s it was built to showcase the rich corn growing soil of South Dakota and encourage people to settle there. Today it houses the arena for Wesleyan University's basketball team and also the local high school team. Each year the entire exterior of the building is decorated with murals made of corn and other grains. 
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