Historic sites in Iowa
Monuments, forts, ruins and memorials standing where they were built. What the record knows is what the page says.
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285 historic sites are published in Iowa. The list below holds the 105 best-documented.
- Eagle Point ParkBuilt 1908
- Golden Spike Monument
- Des Moines Art CenterBuilt 1948 · National Register
- World Food Prize Hall of LaureatesBuilt 1903 · National Register
- Camp McClellan
- Julien Dubuque MonumentNational Register
- Dillon Memorial FountainNational Register
- Angel of Death Statue (Black Angel)National Register
- Salisbury HouseBuilt 1923 · National Register
- Lincoln StatueNational Register
- Chief Black Hawk StatueNational Register
- Soldier's Monument
- Abraham Lincoln StatueNational Register
- Sergeant Floyd MonumentBuilt 1901 · National Register
- Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial
- “Mancherlei Gaben und ein Geist” Sculpture
- Soldiers and Sailors Monument
- Centenial Cross
- Bohumil Shimek Rock
- Lake LaVerne Swans
- Multilingual Peace Pole
- Hugh Lincoln Cooper
- Paul Errington Rock
- Gordon P. Eaton Hall
- George M. Verity
- Lincoln and TadBuilt 1961
- H.L. Munn Memorial
- Durham Bandshell Memorial
- Chief Taimah Memorial Site
- Peace Officers' Memorial
- I Am Wood
- John F Lacey Rock
- Luther Bell
- John Madson Rock
- George Washington Carver and Henry WallaceBuilt 2015
- Monroe High School Bell
- Oedipus and Antigone
- Raymond and Gertrude Daley Memorial Rock
- Whitley Memorial
- Robert Emmet Statue
- V.F.W. MonumentBuilt 1976
- Robert Paul Daley Pathway Rock
- Clark Memorial Tower8 m
- Tau Beta Pi
- Aldo Leopold Rock
- Dubuque Packing Company Memorial
- Heart of Honor
- Site of First House Built in West Ames
- Stuart Smith Park Trees Rock
- Emma McCarthy Lee Memorial Park Rock
- Firefighter Memorial Benches
- Blockhouse Site
- Lake LaVerne
- Orange City Area Veteran's Memorial
- Grand Encampment Marker
- Mary J. Coggeshall Historical MarkerBuilt 2020-09-17
- Lime Kiln
- Student Services Plaza
- Kinsman Monument
- Voie de la Liberté 1944 Milestone
- O'Neil Park Rock
- Billy Sunday Birthplace Rock
- Inis Grove Park Rock
- Chief Mahaska Statue
- The Depot Marker
- Plains Overlook
- Veteran’s Memorial
- Teaching Sculpture
- Archie A. and Nancy C. Martin Hall
- World War I Monument
- Revolutionary War Patriots
- Elegy #10
- David A. Dobell Memorial
- Stuart Smith Park Garden Rock
- Council Bluffs Police Building Plaque
- Site of Camp Burnside 1862
- Sylvan Runkel Rock
- S-36 Submarine Memorial
- Ada Hayden Rock
- Dubuque Regional Airport
- Mortar
- Echo-Walk: Recalling the Past in Decatur County
- The Mormon Trail / Utopian Experiments in Southern Iowa
- Phi Kappa Phi Rock
- Sioux City - Smithland - Stagecoach TrailBuilt 1856
- Louis H. Pammel Rock
- Lincoln Highway Marker
- Chief Keokukl Monument
- William Maxon's Home MemorialBuilt 1924
- The Mormon Trail / Utopian Experiments in Southern Iowa
- POW Memorial
- Lake LaVerne Restoration
- Westside Rising
- Helen Daley Smith Memorial Rock
- Jay Norwood Ding Darling Rock
- Audubon Trail Restoration 2012 Rock
- Ben J. Cole Rock
- Medicine Wheel
- Old Fort Madison
- OVERMAN PARKBuilt 1931-04-26
- Shiras Memorial PavilionBuilt 1920
- Meridian II
- Queen Of Peace
- Spirit Lake Massacre Monument
- Mormon Battalion Marker