The Shrine is Gone

[cycloner29]

Just the shrine just west of Ames is gone! Someone posted it being gone on a Boone County FB page. I haven’t been out by it in along time. May have to drive by it to see it for my self. Wonder if the deceased owner will roam around haunting it forever?

 

[Prone2Clone]

I first read the thread title as “The shine is gone” and assumed it was a version of the rot setting in.

 

[Kinch]

Heard he built the shrine as a curse to BF. It served its purpose.

 

[CyCrazy]

Just the shrine just west of Ames is gone! Someone posted it being gone on a Boone County FB page. I haven’t been out by it in along time. May have to drive by it to see it for my self. Wonder if the deceased owner will roam around haunting it forever?

I went by it this fall and it was still up. Did the dude die?

 

[Cyched]

Had to destroy my TSwift shrine after reading the Chiefs thread

 

[Sparkplug]

The owner died in April from injuries in an intentionally started bonfire in March 2023 according to a state fire marshal report

Both the owner’s home and the shrine are being removed

 

[Mr Janny]

The owner died in April from injuries in an intentionally started bonfire in March 2023 according to a state fire marshal report

Both the owner’s home and the shrine are being removed

Well, that's unsettling AF. only adds to the mystique

 

[gocy444]

We used to drive by it late at night as teenagers. The stories about it got pretty wild.

 

[Jeremy]

What shrine? I grew up in Ogden and put on a million miles it seems like going back and forth to Boone but don’t recall any shrine. Granted I moved out in like 2000.

 

[CyPhallus]

Learned about this thing from the legendary urban exploring thread. Still one of the most bizarre and creepy things I've seen (only drove by at night).

 

[NorthCyd]

This sounds intriguing. Is there some kind of link to fill me in? I have no clue WTF it's about.

 

[Mr Janny]

What shrine? I grew up in Ogden and put on a million miles it seems like going back and forth to Boone but don’t recall any shrine. Granted I moved out in like 2000.

No one seems to know why this 'Shrine' was built in rural Boone

The internet has been talking about this place in Iowa, and its creator, for years. He didn't want to speak with us when we arrived, so we searched for more.

www.desmoinesregister.com

 

[JHUNSY]

What shrine? I grew up in Ogden and put on a million miles it seems like going back and forth to Boone but don’t recall any shrine. Granted I moved out in like 2000.

 

[CloneLawman]

What shrine? I grew up in Ogden and put on a million miles it seems like going back and forth to Boone but don’t recall any shrine. Granted I moved out in like 2000.

Covered pretty well in the urban exploring thread.

 

[Jeremy]

Covered pretty well in the urban exploring thread.

Yeah, that was too much focused on physical exercise to get my attention

 

[Peter]

The owner died in April from injuries in an intentionally started bonfire in March 2023 according to a state fire marshal report

Both the owner’s home and the shrine are being removed

That’s really too bad. It was an amazing piece of “outsider” art. Could have easily been preserved and made into a destination. County has no imagination when it comes to preserving culture and landmarks.

 

[chuckd4735]

That’s really too bad. It was an amazing piece of “outsider” art. Could have easily been preserved and made into a destination. County has no imagination when it comes to preserving culture and landmarks.

I doubt the County had anything to do with it being removed. Most likely the heirs wanted to maximize the sale.

 

[theshadow]

Shrine parcel (2.5 acres) sold in October for $90k, per Boone County.

 

[cowboycurtis]

42°04'15.0"N 93°44'44.3"W

maps.app.goo.gl

What shrine? I grew up in Ogden and put on a million miles it seems like going back and forth to Boone but don’t recall any shrine. Granted I moved out in like 2000.

 

[Sigmapolis]

42°04'15.0"N 93°44'44.3"W

maps.app.goo.gl

I got one of my cats as a kitten from a farm near there.