Ep 182 King Corn: The World's Only Corn Palace
Well as you might know (or maybe not), Elara does let me get out on my own every once in a while. This past Fall, my brother and I went on a cross country road trip from San Diego, CA to Rhinebeck, NY. We were headed back to New York to film the NY Sate Sheep and Wool Festival and I thought it would be great to do a brothers road trip. My brother has not gotten to see much of the west and so I wanted him to see some of this great country's sites. There are many that we visited from Yellowstone, Tetons, The Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, Deadwood, SD, and Devils Tower. As we were driving through South Dakota we saw a sign for the World's Only Corn Palace, so we looked at each other and said we've got to check this place out. It's located in Mitchell, SD and also happens to be the hometown of Senator George McGovern, who by the way was instrumental in the creation of the United Nations-run World Food Program. As we walked in to look around, I said to my brother that we need to get an interview about this place and find out its history. There we were connected to Doug Greenway, the director of the Corn Palace and he was gracious enough to give us a few minutes of his time and to give us brief run down of this buildings origin.Links:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn_Palacehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_McGovernhttps://cornpalace.comhttps://sheepandwool.comSupport the Show.