KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Crunching slowly down snow-covered Liberty Lane between stately brick buildings, Brian Hatch can recall when the sprawling veterans' center on the edge of his small Iowa town ...

The town itself was different from other coal mining towns, with its more than 40 resident-owned businesses, its 11 or so churches, three parks, a golf course, baseball games, band performances ...

The attic of the Villisca Axe Murder House. Do you believe in ghosts? The Des Moines Register assembled a list of more than 170 haunted places across Iowa with reports of paranormal activity, as ...

They're lost towns."They're towns that, because of one reason or another, just sort of faded from existence," said photographer John Deason.The forgotten towns in Iowa were remembered in 1996 in a ...

For all her life, author Rachelle Chase was a nomad. At the Des Moines Storytellers Project's "My First Time" on Aug. 20, 2019, she shares how she learned of the ‘black utopia’ of Buxton, Iowa.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa (AP) — After watching for more than a decade as a once busy Veterans Affairs campus deteriorated into a sprawling ghost town of crumbling brick buildings, leaders of a small Iowa ...

At first glance, one might rightfully believe they've come across a ghost town. St. Patrick's Catholic Church and elementary school, still sitting on the little hill in Dougherty after 150 years.

KNOXVILLE, Iowa – Crunching slowly down snow-covered Liberty Lane between stately brick buildings, Brian Hatch can recall when the sprawling veterans’ center on the edge of his small Iowa town ...

FILE - In this March 12, 2019 file photo, an ice and snow covered road leads up to the main building on the Veterans Affairs campus, Tuesday, March 12, 2019, in Knoxville, Iowa.

KNOXVILLE, IA – After watching for more than a decade as a once busy Veterans Affairs campus deteriorated into a sprawling ghost town of crumbling brick buildings, leaders of a small Iowa city ...