Category: Iowa - United States Ghost Towns

Yatton, Iowa Ghost Town

Once bustling with pioneers and mining activity, Yatton’s haunting remains now lie silently beneath Lake Red Rock’s murky waters.

Hidden beneath Iowa’s farmland, White Pigeon’s pioneer past tells a story of frontier dreams that faded into ghostly whispers.

Bustling with 1,500 residents in 1864, Unique, Iowa vanished into history after a devastating fire changed everything.

Built around a bustling sawmill in 1838, Stumpville’s ghostly ruins hint at a forgotten Iowa boomtown’s dramatic rise and fall.

A bustling German immigrant town in Iowa vanished into farmland, leaving only its historic church to tell forgotten tales.

Former coal mining town Shady Grove vanished from Iowa’s landscape, but its abandoned cemetery still whispers stories of frontier dreams.

In 1800s Iowa, a thriving mill town vanished into ruins, leaving only stone walls and forgotten stories along the Maquoketa River.

Discover how a thriving circus town in Iowa vanished into thin air, leaving only memories of acrobats and agricultural dreams behind.

National, Iowa’s haunting ruins tell the tale of a booming railroad town that mysteriously vanished when steam engines fell silent.

In Mormon pioneer history, Mount Pisgah’s abandoned settlement holds the dramatic tales of 3,000 settlers who vanished into the western wilderness.