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 ...

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 ...

Since their introduction, LDS temple rites have never stopped evolving. Here’s a look at some changes over the years.

For one Casselton, N.D., man, a trip to see the rebuilt Nauvoo Illinois Temple brought him closer to his family roots. Todd Hendrickson, bishop of Fargo's Second Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of ...

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: ...

Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may think they know all about Nauvoo, the Illinois city on the banks of the Mississippi River that blossomed into their faith’s headquarters ...

QUINCY -- Two stories of local interest are featured in the recent edition of the Illinois State Historical Society's Illinois Heritage magazine.The magazine's January/February edition, titled the ...