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The original Mitchell Corn Palace (known as "The Corn Belt Exposition") was built in 1892 to showcase the rich soil of South Dakota and encourage people to settle in the area. It was a wooden castle structure on Mitchell's Main Street, constructed on land donated by Louis Beckwith, a member of the First Corn Palace Committee. [6]
Cornlea's location in the Corn Belt caused its name, meaning "land of corn", to be selected. [5] Cornlea was originally built up chiefly by German Catholics. [4] The town was incorporated as a village in 1902. [6] A post office was established in Cornlea in 1887, and remained in operation until it was discontinued in 1989. [7]
More than 1,100 properties and districts in Nebraska are on the National Register of Historic Places. Of these, 20 are National Historic Landmarks. There are listings in 90 of the state's 93 counties. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 17, 2025. [1]
You’ll encounter zombie-filled graveyards and playgrounds filled with clowns when you walk through this 3-acre corn maze. Nebraska — Camp Fear in ... When Dark Castle first opened in 1999, it ...
Hundreds of westward-bound emigrants mentioned Courthouse Rock (originally also McFarlan's Castle) in their travel logs and journals. The name "Courthouse" was first used in 1837. [ 3 ] In 1845, one traveler described the rock as "resembling the ruins of an old castle [which] rises abruptly from the plain....It is difficult to look upon it and ...
Arbor Lodge State Historical Park and Arboretum is a mansion and arboretum located at 2600 Arbor Avenue, Nebraska City, Nebraska, United States. [5] The park is a National Historic Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1969. [3]
An aerial view shows the corn maze at Richardson Adventure Farm in Spring Grove, Illinois. The 28-acre maze is billed as the world's largest.
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