Granny Sprague Cemetery

Officially renamed the Niles-Sprague Pioneer Cemetery, this is reputedly "Iowa's Smallest Cemetery" — a single white-fenced grave in a railroad right-of-way holding six-year-old Mary Wright, who died in 1854. When the Rock Island Railroad forced a cemetery relocation, every grave was moved except hers; legend holds that a pale blue light hovers above her stone in the final moments of each New Year's Eve.

The move: Drive out to the lonely white-fenced grave at dusk, read Mary's weathered tombstone (replaced in 2016), and explore the adjacent highway pull-off; then walk the short distance into Homestead village for dinner at one of the Amana Colonies restaurants and swap ghost-light stories over a local Millstream beer.

📍 Amana Colonies
💸 $$
⚡ Up for anything
🌗 Indoors

Where: Highway 6/151, Homestead, IA 52236 (GPS: 41.76586, -91.89292 — railroad right-of-way just off the highway)

Hours: Mined 2026-06-07 — confirm current hours before you go.

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Verified 2026-06-07.