Mormons

Built in 1859, this eagle-topped archway marks the entrance to Brigham Young’s property.

The oldest standing building in Las Vegas was established by Mormon settlers.

This massive, ancient canal system was built using only sticks and stones.

This grassy field marks the site of a surprising religious conflict.

The site where Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was killed by a mob.

The remote graves of a Scottish family who died of thirst while attempting to reach St. George.

Next to Salt Lake City's Assembly Hall stands a tribute to some unlikely heroes of early Mormon settlers.

Named for a prominent scout and explorer, this Wyoming state park encompasses a replica of an 1840s trading post, a 19th-century Army outpost, and early 20th-century automobile lodgings.

In 1847, Brigham Young climbed this hill to survey the Salt Lake Valley and saw a fine place to build a city.

Irontown was founded in 1868, as a second attempt to mine iron from the nearby Iron Mountain.

Built at the turn of the 20th century, using bricks made and fired from clay found on the property.

An obelisk marks the farmhouse where the founder of Mormonism was born.

The only completed wing of Utah's first capitol is filled with artifacts and odd stories about its past.

A desert settlement founded and later abandoned by Hawaiian members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Utah's Skull Valley.