"Mitchell--small town South Dakota" Top 5 Page for this destination Mitchell by JennJenn


Mitchell Travel Guide: 32 reviews and 73 photos

Corn Palace 360

City of the Corn Palace and really bizarre statues around town. Can you handle it?

The State's Largest Bird feeder

The Corn Palace is the biggest tourist attraction in Mitchell. People flock to the down town, er.. Uptown, just to have their picture taken in front of it.

I lived here for nearly a year, so check out Mitchell through all seasons on my pages.

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:On the Interstate. And for outdoorsmen: Cabela's.
  • Cons:Not much else here.
  • In a nutshell:Corny town.
  • Last visit to Mitchell: Oct 2003
  • Intro Updated Feb 6, 2004
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    RickinDutch Mar 21, 2006 at 10:59 AM Report Abuse

    Nice taste of Mitchell! You do them proud. Birthday greetings from Alaska!

  • googlieman Oct 13, 2005 at 4:54 AM Report Abuse

    Tom Jones @ the Corn Palace! And, are all the locals as lively as Zeke & Zack? lol! (only joking). Good on you for giving small town America Mitchell a decent write up Jenn.

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    Jim_Eliason Sep 25, 2005 at 8:55 AM Report Abuse

    Finally a page for the Corn Palace. I have a soft spot in my heart for unabashed tourist traps like this.

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    Easty Jan 11, 2005 at 8:29 PM Report Abuse

    I passed through here and saw the Corn Palace when I was little. There is definitely more than the Corn Palace in Mitchell.

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    niecole Sep 29, 2004 at 12:14 PM Report Abuse

    You did a great Job on your Mitchell Page! I was born and raised there for 18 years.

  • cydisc Jan 6, 2004 at 3:27 PM Report Abuse

    I grew up in Mitchell. Good memories of childhood there. Yeah, many summer nights spent at the Zesto. When did you live there? I left for college in 1986 and have only visited a few times since then.

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    vaticanus Sep 30, 2003 at 4:35 PM Report Abuse

    Let's see--Singing Pickles, 4 day Rodeo, a CORN FERTILITY RITE with a chilli cooking contest, plus a drive-in movie and there's more?!?!! I'm speechless with wonder. Where's an ethnographer when you need one?

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    basstbn Sep 25, 2003 at 4:23 PM Report Abuse

    Enjoyed your comments about Mitchell. I wish I had known about the Kelly Special on my last visit!

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    850prc Sep 25, 2003 at 3:17 PM Report Abuse

    Hey Jenn....if I ever find my way up to Mitchell, let's have a mini-VT meeting. We can eat at Zestos and then see a horror flick at the drive-in. That'd be midwestern cool beyond belief. Very interesting hometown page.

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    blaird Sep 25, 2003 at 9:54 AM Report Abuse

    I still talk about the corn palace almost 10 years after my visit.

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