Category: Road trips

  • Community of Christ Temple and The Auditorium: Independence, Missouri

    Community of Christ Temple and The Auditorium: Independence, Missouri

    Independence, Missouri is the headquarters of the Community of Christ (formally known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or “RLDS Church”). This religion traces its beginning to 1860 when Joseph Smith III agreed to take on leadership of the Church

  • Far West Temple Site: Far West, Missouri

    Far West Temple Site: Far West, Missouri

    The Far West Temple Site is a square plot of land with pristine grass. Inside it’s gates it preserves the corner stones that were set many years ago in preparation for the fulfillment of a prophecy.

  • Church of Christ Temple Lot: Independence, Missouri

    Church of Christ Temple Lot: Independence, Missouri

    Church of Christ Temple Lot has held onto the temple lot for nearly 150 years. The lot spans for about 2 acres, and houses a small building

  • Carthage Jail – Carthage, Illinois

    Carthage Jail – Carthage, Illinois

    Carthage Jail was established as the Hancock County jail in 1839 for people convicted of minor offences including petty thievery and debtors. The jail keepers family actually lived on site which is why the building contained a kitchen, dining room, and then on the second floor a single bedroom. At the time Joseph Smith, Hyrum…

  • Newel K Whitney Store – Kirtland Ohio

    Newel K Whitney Store – Kirtland Ohio

    The N.K. Whitney & Co. became a temporary home for Joseph Smith and his family after they moved to Kirtland in the fall of 1832

  • Nauvoo Temple

    Nauvoo Temple

    Nauvoo Temple History The Nauvoo Temple was the second temple built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Its cornerstones, laid on April 6, 1841, would await the temple’s completion for many years. In fact, from accounts it would seem that the first construction of this temple was never totally completed. Although In…