June 2015 - Nauvoo, Illinois, and more

While driving across the country, we stopped at some LDS historical sites in Illinois and Missouri. At Nauvoo they had a replica of the Christus statue from Copenhagen (also replicated at the Johns Hopkins hospital), except it had been butchered by altering the face. It was a real abomination.

Nauvoo		Out in the garden
Nauvoo		Out in the garden
The replica sun stones on the rebuilt temple
The replica sun stones on the rebuilt temple
The Browning home	The graves of the martyrs	The Mississippi river
The Browning home	The graves of the martyrs	The Mississippi river
It was like a cloud of insects down by the river. Yuck!	It looks like a Christus statue, but...	Yikes! What an awful idea!
It was like a cloud of insects down by the river. Yuck!	It looks like a Christus statue, but...	Yikes! What an awful idea!
Down the street at the Carthage jail	The window where he fell	Down the street at the valley of adam ondi ahman, it's a nice view
Down the street at the Carthage jail	The window where he fell	Down the street at the valley of adam ondi ahman, it's a nice view
There were cicadas _everywhere_. Like little aliens!	Right down the street (well, sortof) is Far West, a former church HQ
There were cicadas _everywhere_. Like little aliens!	Right down the street (well, sortof) is Far West, a former church HQ
A cornerstone for a temple that was never finished	A bit further down the street, a replica on the site of the jail at Liberty, MO	Just a bit further, the extremely interesting architecture of the Community of Christ temple
A cornerstone for a temple that was never finished	A bit further down the street, a replica on the site of the jail at Liberty, MO	Just a bit further, the extremely interesting architecture of the Community of Christ temple
Inside the temple	Super cool perpendicular pipes on the organ	Looking up into the cinnamon roll of the spire
Inside the temple	Super cool perpendicular pipes on the organ	Looking up into the cinnamon roll of the spire