Aerial survey · USDA NAIP · public domainSioux City's historic early-1900s cemetery where visitors report orbs of light, camera malfunctions, and the disorienting legend of a weeping angel statue and phantom organ music.
S Lakeport St, Sioux City, IA 51106
Research updated June 2026
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All Ages
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Free
Free public cemetery; daytime visits only.
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Cemetery grounds with paved drives and some grassy sections.
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Sioux City cemetery dating to the early 1900s · Mausoleum dedication drew visitors from neighboring states · Active Woodbury County burial ground on South Lakeport Street
Graceland Park Cemetery sits on South Lakeport Street in Sioux City, Woodbury County. The cemetery dates to the early twentieth century and, according to a 2008 local history and culture account, was notable enough at its dedication that visitors traveled from neighboring states for the ceremony — a marker of the civic investment placed in the cemetery's founding.
The mausoleum is one of the cemetery's architectural focal points and the center of its folkloric reputation. Local accounts reference an angel statue on the grounds as a feature associated with the cemetery's most circulated legend.
Graceland Park is an active burial ground and functions as a standard community cemetery for Sioux City and the surrounding Woodbury County area. It is located near the southern portion of the city along South Lakeport Street.
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The folklore surrounding Graceland Park Cemetery spans two categories: physical anomalies reported by visitors and a specific sculptural legend attached to one of the cemetery's angel statues.
Visitors have reported orbs of light visible among the headstones, cameras failing or producing unexplained results, and a distinct sense of spatial disorientation while walking the grounds. At least one account from a 2008 local history blog documents the disorientation experience firsthand, describing it as intensifying near specific sections of the cemetery.
The more dramatic legend concerns an angel statue said to weep at night. The related claim — phantom organ music emanating from inside the mausoleum when the building is empty and locked — has circulated as local lore in Sioux City for years. Both the weeping statue and the organ music are unverified and appear in accounts that lack documentary support. They are presented here as examples of regional cemetery folklore, not as established facts.
Walk the grounds of Graceland Park Cemetery, which drew visitors from neighboring states for its mausoleum dedication in the early 1900s. The angel statue and mausoleum section are focal points of local legend.
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