went to the corn palace in
Mitchell, South Dakota
to see the amazing Terry Fator

but first they had to park their RV in a campground
August 23, 2013

Lee and Karen Duquette, The two RV Gypsies, stayed at Mitchell KOA 41255 SD Highway 38 for two nights, It was a typical KOA campground. No cable TV, so only three channels came in. It did have free, unsecured Wi-Fi and nice enough sites. Only a few campground photos are posted.

BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN THIS PAGE for the Corn Palace plus Lee and Karen Duquette's second time at a Terry Fator show.

Below: Views from the site of the two RV Gypsies' RV at Mitchell KOA.

Below: The World's Only Corn Palace located at 604 North Main Street in Mitchell, South Dakota. This was the two RV Gypsies' second visit to the Corn Palace. And their second time to see the amazing Terry Fator. But, not their last time.

The Corn Palace serves as a multi-use center for the community and region. The facility hosts stage shows, as well as sports events in its arena. The two RV Gypsies came here because they wanted to see Terry Fator perform again. They saw Terry Fator on America's Got Talent and in Las Vegas and really enjoyed his show and his amazing talent. The World's Only Corn Palace is an outstanding structure which stands as a tribute to the agricultural heritage of South Dakota.

The original Corn Palace, called "The Corn Belt Exposition" was established in 1892. Early settlers displayed the fruits of their harvest on the building exterior in order to prove the fertility of South Dakota soil. The third and present building was completed for it first festival at the present location in 1921. The exterior decorations are completely stripped down and new murals are created each year. The theme is selected by the Corn Palace Festival Committee and murals are designed by a local artist. The current Corn Palace built in 1921 was designed by Rapp and Rapp the same architects used to design New York Radio City Music Hall.

Below: Lee and Karen Duquette, The two RV Gypsies, explored the inside of the Corn Palace.

Below: Corn footprints in the hallway inside Mitchell Corn Palace.

Over 275,000 ears of Corn are used in the decorating the outside of the Corn Palace each year. Each year the Corn Palace is redecorated, selecting a new theme and new designs. All the colors of corn are naturally grown with special seed raised just for the Corn Palace. Each color must be planted in separate fields to maintain its pure color. Below are just a few photos taken of photos on the walls inside the Corn Palace showing how the Corn Palace changes as years go by.

Below: A large display inside the Corn Palace showing that corn is in so many products that Americans use daily.

Below: Once outside of the Corn Palace, Lee and Karen Duquette explored stores and posed for photos with the giant corn figure across the street from the Corn Palace.

Below: Two really interesting designs on T-shirts in the stores. No, they did not choose to buy the t-shirts. Karen Duquette is not really a t-shirt type of person.

Below: Karen Duquette and her
new Indian friend

The two RV Gypsies, Lee and Karen Duquette, went to see Terry Fator perform at the Corn Palace. (photos are shown below) They had seen him in Las Vegas, and Karen Duquette is perhaps his #1 fan because he is so talented. (links are shown below) The show at the Corn Palace was quite different from the show in Las Vegas, but both shows were wonderful.

The show at the Corn Palace was the story of his life, how he went from being a janitor to winning America's Got Talent, to having his own show in Las Vegas. It seems that Las Vegas sends him on the road in the summer to promote Vegas and himself. It was an interesting story. As usual Terry Fator performed with some of his puppets. He is an amazing ventriloquist, and can impersonate famous singers with amazing accuracy, both male and female. At the Corn Palace, Terry Fator did a lot of singing with puppets.

In Las Vegas, his act was centered on the puppets, not his life, and not Las Vegas. There is always a lot of comedy in his acts, and the audience gets to laugh a lot. Karen Duquette highly recommends everyone in the world to go see Terry Fator wherever and whenever they get the chance. This is surely not the last time Karen will go see Terry Fator.

Below are links to other Terry Fator performances in several other years, with even more photos and puppets. - NOT TO BE MISSED!

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The First time the two RV Gypsies saw Terry Fator was September 12, 2012 at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Here is a link to those photos. There will be a link from there back to here, and to all other times.

The 3rd time the two RV Gypsies saw Terry Fator was in 2017 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There will be a link from there back to here, or to all other times.

The 4th time the two RV Gypsies saw Terry Fator was May 5, 2018, at The Coral Springs Center for the Arts in Coral Springs Florida. Here is a link to those photos. There will be a link from there back to here, or to all other times.

The 5th time Lee and Karen Duquette saw Terry Fator was in Las Vegas, Nevada in 2022

The 6th time Lee and Karen Duquette saw Terry Fator was in Connecticut in 2025. Each of his shows were very different.

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