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BLOOMFIELD, IA -- Just past the Bloomfield Town Square lies a relic from the Civil War era.

The Bloomfield Historical Complex offers visitors a look back in time.

At the Findley House, you can tour the home that a Civil War veteran doctor. 

Inside the home are incredible artifacts like an 1860's operating table, handmade rugs, a World War I quilt with patches from every branch of military from those years.

Also on the complex grounds is a Mormon log cabin complete with a second story, one of the few that existed.

There is a one room schoolhouse which also doubles as an actual classroom during the school year.

The Livery Barn is where the main attraction is, a mural depicting the time when Confederate soldies dressed as Union troops came up from Missouri and killed 3 Iowans.

It is the northernmost point of intrusion during the Civil War.

Visitors can attend the 20 minute program that explains the disaster,

Perhaps the most interesting building is the church that sits at the complex. 

They actually sawed off the steeple and transported it, with pews and everything else in there on the highway, and placed it in Bloomfield.

Weddings and funerals are still held there to this day.

This is a perfect summer daytrip, it's open 1 to 4 on Saturdays during the summer months.

Nancy Clancy explains, "If you come as a young person you will see things that you have no idea what they are or how they function and you'll understand that before elctronics there was a lot to do and most of it was work."