Situated in the southeast, and lying amidst fertile farmland and pretty prairies, is the magnificent town of Mitchell. Home to several excellent museums, it also boasts ‘the World’s Only Corn Palace’, the town’s main tourist attraction.

This phenomenal palace is clad in murals made out of grasses, grains, oats and corn with colourful minarets and onion domes adorning its daring design. Built-in the 1890s, to highlight the region’s rich soils and to encourage settlers to move to the area, the edifice now hosts local cultural and sporting events.

The town has a lively, yet laid back, historic main street to amble along lined with galleries, boutiques and restaurants. Its other main attractions are the Dakota Discovery Museum, which has interesting exhibits on pioneers and Native Americans, and the Mitchell Prehistoric Indian Village.