Discover the Missouri Historic Sites
The historic sites offer many opportunities for learning and inspiration. Whether you are visiting in person or online, we invite you to discover new stories and connect to the past.
Learn about the community that formed here in response to the revelation that the city would become a “city of Zion,” a gathering place, and a location for a future temple.
This site is a reconstruction of a jail where the Prophet Joseph Smith received divine revelations of comfort while imprisoned in March 1839.
At this site, which served as the Church headquarters for a short time, the Saints began to build a temple in 1838. This monument honors the unfinished temple.
In 1838, 17 Latter-day Saints were killed by vigilantes at this frontier settlement. Today, it is a peaceful commemorative landscape.
Originally named Spring Hill, this short-lived Latter-day Saint settlement is a place of beauty and quiet contemplation.