I admit that when chatting with people around the nation and world, it can be a tad difficult to explain a corn palace. But not only is it a real thing, it is history that deserves to be remembered.
Solenopsis invicta, the “Red Imported Fire Ant”, native to South America, has proven a tenacious and destructive pest in the United States, costing Americans billions of dollars every year. That is why, in the late 1950s, the United States embarked on an all out war against the six-legged menace.