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Wall Drug Store, Wall, SD
The anticipation starts long before you arrive at Wall Drug,
a Western-themed mall/amusement park near Mount Rushmore and the Badlands.
Signs posted throughout the world count down the remaining miles to go; there’s
even a sign for Wall Drug posted in Antarctica (for the record, only about
9,300 miles away). Wall Drug started as a humble pharmacy that doled out free
ice water to weary travelers. Today, 2.2 million people a year pull over to
ogle at the animatronic T. Rex and see the animated Chuck Wagon Quartet (one of
the figures resembles Ronald Reagan); chuckle at a piano-playing, singing
gorilla; and sit atop a giant jackalope statue. And yes, the ice water’s still
free.
Mitchell Corn Palace, Mitchell, SD
Mitchell Corn Palace, Mitchell, SD
Established in 1892 and existing at its current location
since 1921, this showstopper—the only building of its kind—celebrates the
harvest of king corn. The building exterior is redecorated annually with
275,000 ears of colored corn, other grains, and grasses. Themes have included
Lewis and Clark; the space age; and historic figures such as Elvis Presley and
Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive away with your corn memento of choice: popcorn,
Corn Palace puzzles, or corn-cob jelly.
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