Missionaries welcome you into a replica of Joseph Smith’s boyhood home and take you on a walk in the Sacred Grove. They share the story of Joseph’s First Vision— the beginning of the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

Sacred Grove Historic Site, Part 1: The First Vision

Missionaries take you to places where the angel Moroni taught young Joseph Smith about his sacred mission: the upstairs bedroom of a log home and an apple orchard.

Sacred Grove Historic Site, Part 2: The Angel Moroni and Joseph Smith

Missionaries take you on a tour of the restored farm home of Lucy Mack Smith and Joseph Smith Sr. In this place, the Smith family worked together to support Joseph Smith Jr. in his calling to bring forth the Book of Mormon.

Sacred Grove Historic Site, Part 3: The Smith Family and the Book of Mormon

Missionaries take you to the Hill Cumorah. In this place, the angel Moroni helped young Joseph Smith prepare to bring forth the Book of Mormon and taught him “in what manner [God’s] kingdom was to be conducted in the last days” (JS—H 1:54).

The Hill Cumorah and the Preparation of a Prophet

Missionaries guide a tour of places where Joseph and Emma Smith and Oliver Cowdery participated in the translation of the Book of Mormon and where the Lord began to restore priesthood power, authority, and ordinances to the earth.

Priesthood Restoration Site

Missionaries guide a tour of E. B. Grandin’s bookstore and printshop, where the Book of Mormon was first published. Beginning in this place, the book’s testimony of Jesus Christ has been shared throughout the world.

Grandin Building: Sharing the Book of Mormon with the World

Missionaries welcome you to the farm of Peter and Mary Whitmer. They share stories about the Whitmer family’s conversion, the translation of the Book of Mormon, and the organization of the restored Church of Jesus Christ.

Whitmer Farm: A Place of Miracles

Missionaries take you to a replica of a sawmill that early Saints built in order to construct the Kirtland Temple. They also tell of Christ’s appearance in that temple and the restoration of priesthood keys there (see Doctrine and Covenants 110).

Building a Sawmill to Build a Temple

Missionaries guide you through the home of John and Elsa Johnson in Hiram, Ohio. This home was a place of conversion, charity, and service. Here Joseph Smith received the revelation that is now recorded in Doctrine and Covenants 76.

Johnson Home: Hidden Mysteries Revealed

Missionaries recount sacred events that transpired in Ann and Newel K. Whitney’s home and store, including the arrival of Joseph and Emma Smith to Kirtland, a vision of the Kirtland Temple, and the organization of the School of the Prophets.

Whitney Home and Store: People and Places Transformed by the Gospel

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