Little House Locations Sites
Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote about several locations in her books.
Below we have put together a list of descriptions and Web links of those sites.
Click here for our printable PDF map of Laura's travels.
If you would like to tour these exciting locations
with an amazing tour guide, Barb Hawkins we recommend "Little House Site Tours, LLC."
Barb is a Laura Ingalls Wilder historian and is very knowledgeable
about each site.
Pepin, Wisconsin: Where Laura was born and where Little House
in the Big Woods is set; there's a replicated house and museum.
Independence, Kansas: Where the family first moved. They
built a house, but the government made them leave it after they
designated the land for the Indians; there's a replicated house and
museum.
Walnut Grove, Minnesota: Where Laura lived from age 7 to 12.
No actual "Little House" in Walnut Grove. The family lived in a
dugout home for a while, then built a house, which is no longer
there. You can, however, visit the low spot in the ground where the
dugout was and get some really good Laura vibes. There's a museum
here, too.
Burr Oak, Iowa: Where the Ingalls lived during the "evil
city" era, when Pa had to move to the city to make a living. They
lived in the Masters Hotel, which is still there and is now a
museum, where Ma was the cook. It's touted as the only childhood
home of Laura still standing.
DeSmet, South Dakota: The Ingalls lived in several places
here. For one winter, they lived in the surveyor's house, now a
museum. In downtown there really is the actual house that Pa built
where he and Ma and Mary eventually died and were buried. The
Ingalls homestead, where the cottonwoods are, is here. Like Walnut
Grove, DeSmet has its own outdoor pageant about Laura's life there.
Mansfield, Missouri: The Rocky Ridge Farm in the Ozarks,
which Laura and Almanzo built. Laura wrote all the books here, and
the mother lode of LHOP artifacts, including Pa's fiddle, is here.
It's where Laura lived from age 27 until she died, and where she and
Almanzo are buried.
Almanzo Wilder Farm: Boyhood home of Almanzo. Laura's "Farmer Boy"
Pictured above is Disney's Laura Ingalls, Kyle
Chavarria during her visit to Independence, Kansas where the family
first moved in "Little House in the Big Woods."
