Have you ever passed by a long-abandoned home and wondered what may be inside? We don’t mean the odds and ends that are inevitably left behind after a family leaves, but rather the energy and perhaps the spirits that sometimes take up residence in abandoned homes. Some homes are said to be haunted by actual entities…others simply contain the memories and histories of their former occupants. We don’t know if these Iowa homes are actually haunted, but we do know that they look like they have countless stories to tell.
- An absolutely gorgeous stone cottage that was built in 1888 is still standing, but showing its age. Do the ghosts of former tenants haunt this place?
flickr/Mike Houge
- This is a classically creepy old house - it would look perfectly at home in a horror movie.
flickr/Matthew Ephraim
- This beautiful abandoned home once held the sounds of a family. Now it stands alone, empty, and forgotten.
flickr/Mike Houge
- Sitting on Mill Dam Road in Burlington, this old home is giving in to the wild elements.
flickr/Bryan Vorkapich
- An abandoned rural home still stands proud on a hill, as though its ghosts are guardians of the surrounding fields.
flickr/Darren Samuelson
- The patched roof and walls here suggest that someone once cared for this home…what happened to cause them to abandon it?
flickr/Jo Naylor
- This old home may be abandoned and possibly forgotten, but it stands strong. Are there stories from the past trapped inside?
flickr/TumblingRun
- This former farm family home in Hull looks forlorn with a boarded-up window.
flickr/Don Graham
- Sitting alone and empty in northwest Iowa, this home’s porch swing suggests that there may once have been the laughter and love of a family within these walls.
flickr/Don Graham
- What a beautiful example of simple old farm architecture. This house is now used as storage…but is there anything else within these walls?
flickr/Phil Roeder
- This abandoned Davenport home is a classic beauty that’s been left to fend for itself out in the elements.
flickr/Bryce D.
- These more recently abandoned homes in south Clinton look like they once housed families. Do the hopes and dreams of those families still haunt the halls of these buildings?
flickr/Tony Webster
Whether you believe in ghosts or not, these beautiful homes certainly look like they have interesting pasts, to say the least. What do you think – are they inhabited by spirits or simply by the memories of the lives lived out within their walls?
flickr/Mike Houge
flickr/Matthew Ephraim
flickr/Bryan Vorkapich
flickr/Darren Samuelson
flickr/Jo Naylor
flickr/TumblingRun
flickr/Don Graham
flickr/Phil Roeder
flickr/Bryce D.
flickr/Tony Webster
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