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Iowa

47 dossiers25 claims16 legends5 alleged entities5 ghost townsheaviest files, ranked →

The record for Iowa opens with Black Angel Monument at Oakland Cemetery, Villisca Ax Murder House and Edinburgh Manor — the deepest files in the jurisdiction. The most-filed claim types here are Reported Anomalies (7 dossiers), Objects Moving (4) and Curse (2). Of its 47 sites, 23 are listed as open to the public — confirm access before visiting. The oldest dated entry is Burris City, established 1855.

Localities:Des Moines3 Burlington3 Council Bluffs2 Lewis2 Tabor2 Denmark2 Winterset2

Counties:Des Moines Co. 4 Lee Co. 3 Cass Co. 2 Fremont Co. 2 Polk Co. 2 Madison Co. 2

By filing type:Historic sites26 Hospitals4 Ghost towns4

By phenomenon:reported anomalies7 moving objects4

Cemetery Monument

Black Angel Monument at Oakland Cemetery

Iowa City, Iowa

Cemetery monument associated with documented cultural history.

4 claims · 3 legends→

High confidence

Villisca Ax Murder House

Historic house associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Edinburgh Manor

Scotch Grove, Iowa

Hospital associated with documented cultural history.

3 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Farrar Schoolhouse

School associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

High confidence

Squirrel Cage Jail

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Jail associated with documented cultural history.

2 claims · 1 legend→

Periwinkle Place Manor

Inn associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Van Meter Visitor site

Van Meter, Iowa

The 1903 week a "bat-monster" terrorized an Iowa town—witnessed by the bank cashier.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Cherokee Mental Health Institute

Iowa’s 1902 asylum on the hill—still operating, still storied.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Mount Pleasant State Hospital

Mount Pleasant, Iowa

Iowa’s first state hospital—1861 and the oldest continuously operating.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Franklin Hotel

Strawberry Point, Iowa

Hotel associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Independence Mental Hospital

Independence, Iowa

Hospital associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Farm House Museum

Museum associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Marsh Rainbow Arch Bridge

Lake City, Iowa

Bridge associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Cemetery Monument

Devil’s Chair at Union Cemetery

Guthrie Center, Iowa

Cemetery monument associated with documented cultural history.

1 claim · 1 legend→

Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial

Council Bluffs, Iowa

Monument associated with documented cultural history.

Buxton Townsite

An integrated coal-mining community in Bluff Creek Township, northern Monroe County, with a majority African American population, is now an archaeological townsite.

Nishnabotna Ferry House

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Hitchcock House

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Todd House

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

James C. Jordan House

West Des Moines, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Denmark Congregational Church

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Ira Blanchard House and Cemetery

Civil Bend, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

J.H.B. Armstrong House

Springdale, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Lewelling-Gibbs House

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Tabor Cemetery

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Josiah B. Grinnell Burial Site at Hazelwood Cemetery

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Shattering Silence Monument for the In re Ralph Supreme Court Case of Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Oakdale Memorial Gardens

Davenport, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Wittemberg Church and Cemetery

West Burlington, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Trowbridge House

Burlington, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Edwin James Burial Site at Rock Springs Cemetery

Centerville, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Marion Hall Site

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

William Salter House

Burlington, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Aspen Grove Cemetery

Burlington, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

John "Jack" Howe Burial Site at Bedford City Cemetery

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

William Wallace Merritt, Sr. Burial Site at Evergreen Cemetery

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Winterset Jail

Winterset, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Denmark Cemetery

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Newton Union Cemetery

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Woodland Cemetery

Des Moines, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Winterset Cemetery

Winterset, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Evergreen Cemetery in Fairfield, Iowa

Fairfield, Iowa

NPS-listed historic site associated with the Underground Railroad.

Great Pyramids of Avery

Mausoleum associated with documented cultural history.

Receiving Vault

City Receiving Vault at Woodland Cemetery

Des Moines, Iowa

Receiving vault associated with documented cultural history.

Burris City

Platted in 1855 near the Iowa–Mississippi river junction, the town failed amid floodplain problems and a failed railway; its last building was removed in 1868.

River Junction

River Junction, Iowa

Former settlement west of Lone Tree; Walker Park preserves a 1912 memorial building and a 1916 replica cabin.

Bailey

County conservation identifies Bailey as a ghost town at the northern end of the Wapsi–Great Western Line Trail beyond McIntire.