Apparently all I have to do is give up on getting the pictures to work and then, all the sudden, magic happens.
The second day of our trip started with crossing the Mississippi River. It was huge and beautiful!
Welcome to Minnesota! Unfortunately, central and western Minnesota was not much to look out. A lot of flat and a lot of farms....
Our next stop was the Corn Palace in Mitchell, SD. We had no idea what to expect but it was something to see and admission was free. It made for a good excuse to get out of the truck!
It is an entire building decorated in corn. They change the design every year and have been doing it for over 100 years; they even have a committee that entertains suggestions if you have any sweet ideas. The inside has pictures of all the previous years and even part of the inside is covered in corn.
The actual facility apparently houses everything from Dakota Wesleyan's basketball games to concerts and school proms. Probably one of the most unique venues I've ever seen!
After that, we crossed the Missouri River...
Luckily, we didn't see any...
From there we continued onto Murdo, SD and there happened to be a museum right by our hotel so we checked it out. Can we say creepy?? It was called the Pioneer Auto Show but it had a little bit, scratch that, a lot of everything. The whole thing was like 40 buildings all filled with different things. They had cars, a whole gemstone and rock collection, tons of collectibles, and some old buildings that use to stand in Murdo. I'm sure if we would have let him, the guy who worked out of the museum would have followed us around and told us about every single thing we looked at.
It was late when we got there so we made a quick trip of it but it was an amazing collection or set of collections...
This car was outside the museum...
The General Lee (the only one that wasn't crashed)...
A car made entirely of wood....
One of the rooms of stuff..
Couldn't pass up the opportunity...
Elvis' motorcycle...
This picture doesn't do justice that was the creepiness of this room but trust us, it was creepy...
The rooms/buildings were all over this property, most of the stuff was barely even protected from the elements...
An old service station...
The dentist room...
Complete with sets of teeth...
Then we went to The Diner (that was the name) that was attached to the museum and gift shop. The guy in a shirt and tie was clearly out of place and someone even commented and asked where he was from and what he was doing in town.
Murdo was definitely an experience and, although I don't need to go back, I'm glad we went!
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