Information on the Laura Ingalls Wilder Historical Sites

Information on the different locations in the life of Laura Ingalls Wilder. You can also view the Laura Ingalls Wilder address page for quick reference to the mailing addresses of all the sites.

If you are traveling between the sites, visit our site travel distances page.

Pepin, Wisconsin
Pepin, Wisconsin is where Little House in the Big Woods took place, and where Laura was born.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society
Pepin in the Past
Pepin in the Present

Malone, New York
Where Almanzo Wilder was born, and where Farmer Boy took place.
Almanzo & Laura Ingalls Wilder Association
Malone in the Past
Malone in the Present

Independence, Kansas
Where Little House on the Prairie took place, and where Carrie Ingalls was born.
Little House on the Prairie Historical Site
Independence in the Past
Independence in the Present

Walnut Grove, Minnesota
Where On the Banks of Plum Creek took place. It was also made famous through the popular television series Little House on the Prairie.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum
Walnut Grove in the Past
Walnut Grove in the Present

Burr Oak, Iowa
Often referred to as the time between the books, Laura and her family lived here after leaving Plum Creek. It was a painful time for the family, so she never wrote about it in the series.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Park and Museum
Burr Oak in the Past
Burr Oak in the Present

De Smet, South Dakota
De Smet was the place for the final five books in the Little House series, By the Shores of Silver Lake, The Long Winter, Little Town on the Prairie, These Happy Golden Years and The First Four Years.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society
De Smet in the Past
De Smet in the Present

Mansfield, Missouri
Where Laura and Almanzo resided for most of their lives, and where Laura wrote her Little House books.
Laura Ingalls Wilder - Rose Wilder Lane Museum and Home
Mansfield in the Past
Mansfield in the Present

Spring Valley, Minnesota
Many members of the Wilder family resided in Spring Valley. And Almanzo, Laura, and Rose lived there for a year and a half in 1890-91.
S.V. Historical Society Church & House Museums
Spring Valley in the Past
Spring Valley in the Present

Westville, Florida
Laura, Almanzo and Rose lived in Florida for a short time in 1891, where Laura's cousin Peter resided.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Site
Westville in the Past
Westville in the Present

Cuba, New York
The birthplace of Charles Phillip Ingalls, Laura's father.
Charles Phillip Ingalls Site
Cuba in the Past
Cuba in the Present

Keystone, South Dakota
Where Carrie resided for most of her adult life.
Keystone Area Historical Society and Museum
Keystone in the Past
Keystone in the Present

Pomona, California
The manuscript for Little Town on the Prairie resides at the Laura Ingalls Wilder Room of the Pomona Library in California.
Laura Ingalls Wilder Room