Category Archives: Corn

At the 100% corner in downtown Casey, shop sale IL there is this Big Corn.  We ran into another couple that visited the various Casey Big Things right before us.  They were from Ohio and were on their way west to see the sights. They were on the road with no predetermined return date. Free and Easy.

Casey Corn

Here’s a photo taken as a result of a Bird Dog sighting from “Beanfeed” Marrs.  We had a little time on a Saturday morning and took a ride up to the Wilson Farm Market in Arcadia.  This Big Ear of corn was on a trailor parked behind the market waiting for corn season to begin.

Corny Photo

Once inside Jungle Jim’s International Market a whole new world opens. There really is a lot to look at, things that you can’t find at your local Kroger’s no matter how much they try to update and restyle their stores. Also, I’ve never gotten a Big Picture inside a Kroger (although I did get the Kissmobile outside a Kroger) but never inside. Here at Jungle Jim’s I got a two-fer!

Jungle Jim’s Corn

Jungle Jim’s Soup

On our way home from the Badlands, seek we were driving through South Dakota and naturally had to stop at the Corn Palace. What a place! This spectacular site in Mitchell, SD has been around for over 100 years, actually this is the 3rd Corn Palace. The Palace is redecorated each year with naturally colored corn and other grains and native grasses to make it “the agricultural show-place of the world.” Go inside and you are treated to many corn specialities. Across the street you can find this cute little corn.

Corn Palace Corn

Sac City, Iowa – what a place. A small town (pop. 2,086) located in the rolling hills of Northwestern Iowa has a major claim to fame. You can find the “Worlds Largest Popcorn Ball” enclosed in a glass fronted building. It was created at Nobles Popcorn Farm on February 28, 2009 by 253 volunteers. The ball is built from 900 lbs of popcorn, 2,700 lbs of sugar (yum) and 1,400 lbs of syrup and water. I guess if I lived in Northwestern Iowa in February I would be one of the volunteers for sure. I love popcorn!

Sac City Popcorn Ball

I researched Iowa Big Things and knew about this metal corn cob, however I was running short of time and was on my way to the Big Nickel in Iowa City. But as life works out, we drove right by this special metal corn cob. I drove around the block and stopped to get this beauty. Where else but in Iowa does someone have a Big Metal Corn statue. I love it!

Heavy Metal Corn