Day Twenty-One: The Corn Palace

We were told by some that the Mitchell Corn Palace is a "must see."  Some others said to skip it.

Seeing as though the Corn Palace Festival was happening at the very time we were in Mitchell, we figured that the nay-sayers had to be wrong about the cultural importance of the Palace.  The night before we arrived, Kenny Rogers had played the Palace.  An icon, a legend, at the Palace.

Apologies to Mr. Rogers in advance -- as he is a likely follower of the blog -- but, even country singers feel the effect of the economic downturn.  You've got to really need the money to play there.

The Corn Palace was little more than a mini Worcester Centrum; it was a shrinked down version of this larger venue.  The "special" aspect of it was its facade:  decorated with various shades of husked and dried corn cobs.

Every year, the Corn Palace facade is stripped off and a new facade is affixed.  In the phot above, we are admiring nine different years of nine different facades.

Our vote is split on the Corn Palace:  One says "Skip it;"  five say "must see."  (The one who voted for skipping it however is the most reasonable of the bunch and therefore, her vote should count fivefold.)  In the end, a tie.