There’s always something fascinating and kind of creepy about abandoned buildings. They invite you to wonder why they were abandoned and what they must have been like when they were fully functioning. Abandoned schools elicit a sort of melancholy feeling, and you can just imagine the lingering memories of classrooms once full of learning and playgrounds full of children playing.
Iowa has its share of abandoned schools, and here are 9 of them that will definitely haunt your imagination.
- Coin School
Flickr/Jo Naylor
Flickr/Jo Naylor
Flickr/Jo Naylor The remains from this abandoned high school are both beautiful and haunting.
- Farrar School
Flickr/WindRanch
Flickr/WindRanch
Flickr/WindRanch This former middle school has well documented paranormal activity. People have reported the ghost of a small boy in the stairwell and sitting on the edge of the auditorium stage. People have also heard and recorded the disembodied voices of children talking and laughing.
- Baldwin School
Flickr/Phil Roeder
Flickr/Phil Roeder All that’s left of this school is a Quonset hut that served as the gymnasium and a crumbling chimney.
- Viola
Flickr/Brad Covington
Flickr/Brad Covington Once a historic and stately rural school, Viola is now dilapidated and haunted with the memories of all of the people who worked and studied here.
- Country Schools (unknown locations)
Flickr/Mike Houge
Flickr/WindRanch These old-fashioned one-room country schoolhouses are remnants of simpler days gone by. Their haunting and crumbled exteriors communicate that they were abandoned to the elements many years ago.
- Elkport
Flickr/Matthew Ephraim
Flickr/Matthew Ephraim
Flickr/Matthew Ephraim Elkport is an Iowa ghost town, and all that’s left of this abandoned school building is chipped paint and rubble littered hallways.
- Tingley
Flickr/brian.abeling Another country school, this building is haunting in its crumbled beauty.
- Forest Grove
Flickr/Pete Zarria This lonely schoolhouse and rusted swing set have long been left to the elements.
- Volga
Flickr/Robin Another one-room schoolhouse that’s been left to the echoes of the past.
Are there any other abandoned schools that you know of? Have you seen any of these? What were your impressions? If you’re curious about more of Iowa’s creepy and abandoned buildings, check out these 12 Creepy Houses In Iowa That Could Be Haunted.
Flickr/Jo Naylor
The remains from this abandoned high school are both beautiful and haunting.
Flickr/WindRanch
This former middle school has well documented paranormal activity. People have reported the ghost of a small boy in the stairwell and sitting on the edge of the auditorium stage. People have also heard and recorded the disembodied voices of children talking and laughing.
Flickr/Phil Roeder
All that’s left of this school is a Quonset hut that served as the gymnasium and a crumbling chimney.
Flickr/Brad Covington
Once a historic and stately rural school, Viola is now dilapidated and haunted with the memories of all of the people who worked and studied here.
Flickr/Mike Houge
These old-fashioned one-room country schoolhouses are remnants of simpler days gone by. Their haunting and crumbled exteriors communicate that they were abandoned to the elements many years ago.
Flickr/Matthew Ephraim
Elkport is an Iowa ghost town, and all that’s left of this abandoned school building is chipped paint and rubble littered hallways.
Flickr/brian.abeling
Another country school, this building is haunting in its crumbled beauty.
Flickr/Pete Zarria
This lonely schoolhouse and rusted swing set have long been left to the elements.
Flickr/Robin
Another one-room schoolhouse that’s been left to the echoes of the past.
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