Corn Palace on a U-Haul!

I spotted this U-Haul trailer behind the stage at the Indy Irish Fest last week!

It's fun to find the Mighty Palace of Corn in unexpected places!

The Palace at the 2015 Indiana State Fair

I went to the fair today.

They have an exhibit about corn.

One end of a section of the exhibit was all about the Corn Palace!

That is all.

Domes, Graduation, and Floaty Pens!

This weekend I got to visit the Corn Palace for my sister-in-law's high school graduation!

They took the onion-shaped domes off of the top and built new ones.

They're not on the palace yet.

I understand why they're replacing the old domes, and I can see what they were going for with the new design, but I don't much care for the new domes.

They're cleaning up the inside, too.

The Corn-cession stand sells bottled water with a Corn Palace label.

My sister-in-law's graduation reception was at the Ramada Mitchell Conference Center. There was a drawing of all the local Mitchell businesses handing in the lobby and right in the middle was the Mighty Palace of Corn!

I also got to stop by the gift shop to buy some presents and a new floaty pen for myself!

If you know of any Corn Palace-related stuff I should know about, please let me know in the comment section below!

Corn, PALACE, PUZZLE!!!!!!

When I was at the Corn Palace gift shop last month I bought something.

It's a puzzle! Which you know if you read the title of this post.

My wife and I put a little over half of it together and then I spilled coffee all over it.

This made it much harder to finish the puzzle.

The pieces separated in half the long way. It changed the colors of the pieces it touched. The pieces also swelled a little so they didn't fit together very well.

We put it all together.

Then Princess Melawesome figured out that some of the pieces were in the wrong spots.

She figured out which ones were in wrong and put it all together correctly!

Over-all it was a pretty good puzzle. It was fun until I ruined it with Gevalia Traditional Roast. I think it's probably a good puzzle. It would've been hard enough because of all the different shades of blue in the sky, but the coffee-shaded pieces, swelling, and piece halving made it much more frustrating.

Anyway, we finished it.

What year was this Corn Palace display? I don't remember for sure. Usually it says the year on the front of the building, but either it didn't this year or they edited it out to... make the puzzle more timeless?

I thought about checking the box but...

I've spent way too much time and energy on this puzzle.

I hope you're happy. I did it for you.

Corn Dome!

My friend Vicky Vetter pointed out that I missed the Corn Palace domes on the grass a block or two away from the Palace itself. So she sent me the picture you see above to add to the blog! Enjoy!

Here is a picture of the Palace without the domes.

It's behind the Slush Puppie I drank whilst walking around. You can read my review of the Slush Puppie here on my other blog!

Thank you, Vicky!

Corn Palace Days 2014!

I just got back from a short, weekend visit to Mitchell. It was a whirlwind trip, but I did get to spend the better part of an hour on Sunday morning walking around the closed-down Corn Palace Days. I got a good group of pictures that you'll see below! Mitchell is just covered in Corn Palace.

They are redoing the Corn Palace!

They took off the domes, which makes the Palace look a little funny.

Corn Palace Days has lots of rides, games, and food vendors. This is probably my favorite Corn Palace ripoff I've ever seen!

You might not be able to see it, but there are a few domes painted over the words on this window.

This is what they put up before they add the corn to the murals!

And with the official Mitchell City Seal we are done! Look for another post soon. It'll be about something I bought at the Corn Palace gift shop!

Some more Corn Palace Pics from Around Mitchell.

I was in Mitchell last week so I took a bunch of pictures of different artistic renderings of the Corn Palace from around town.

That's all for now! There were several other pictures I wanted to take, but didn't get a chance to while I was there. I'll have to get them next time.

Do you have any Corn Palace related stuff you'd like to suggest or contribute? Send it to me and I'll put it up!