NAUVOO, Ill. — It was almost impossible for curious visitors getting their first peek inside the reconstructed Mormon Nauvoo Temple to resist the building’s tactile enticements. Hushed crowds felt the ...

Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith have forged one of Illinois ...

BYU Professor Robert Barrett is one of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints most renowned artists. Barrett is known for the inspired works that are born in the madness of his cluttered ...

Less than two years after President Gordon B. Hinckley broke ground for the rebuilding of the Nauvoo, Illinois, temple on October 24, 1999, the temple is nearing its expected Spring of 2002 completion ...

NAUVOO, Ill. – Chandler Whipple recently logged his third 1,000-mile drive from Salt Lake City to this tiny, out-of-the-way town overlooking the Mississippi River, where history and faith have forged ...

The leading attraction in this riverfront town of 1,200 is a meticulously landscaped, historically significant, theologically momentous hole in the ground. The rectangular depression, marked with a ...

For more than 150 years, the world headquarters of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon Church, has been located in Salt Lake City, Utah. But for the church's ...

The managing director of the Church History Department answers questions about changes to the tours and the buildings in the recently acquired historic sites. (RNS) — Many people were stunned by the ...

A statue of Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum stands outside the Carthage Jail where the two were killed in 1844. The historic jail is still open for tours. Journal-Pilot file photo Editor’s note: ...