Don's Photos

Don stands in front of a Lunar Lander on display at the National Air and Space Museum.

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A Nativity set up on the reflecting pool in front of the Salt Lake Temple.

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The Spirit of St. Louis, SpaceShipOne and the Columbia command module sit together in the National Air and Space Museum.

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John Fairbanks was one of the original settlers of Payson, Utah, and built this adobe home there. Brigham Young stopped in regularly on his way through the area, and reportedly was staying in the house when the Transcontinental Railroad was completed. The house now stands at This Is The Place Heritage Park in Salt Lake City.

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A more "period" image.

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The Tyrannosaurus Rex stands over visitors to the National Museum of Natural History's dinosaur exhibit.

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And how a pioneer photographer would have shot it.

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Shortly after the Latter-day Saints arrived in Utah, they built a bowery on Temple Square for meetings and other activities, like this replica at This Is The Place Heritage Park. The bowery was replaced by the Salt Lake Tabernacle.

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The Twin Falls Temple, with a touch of alpenglow.

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The figures of Wilford Woodruff, Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball have looked out from the top of the This Is The Place Monument in Salt Lake City since 1947. The monument commemorates the arrival of the Mormon Pioneers, as well as the exploration by the Spanish Fathers Escalante and Dominguez as well as trappers and mountain men.

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The Twin Falls Temple stands near the rim of the Snake River Canyon, near Shoshone Falls.

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LDS Apostle and scientist Orson Pratt had an observatory like this on Temple Square in Salt Lake City. Aside from astronomical observations, it was also where time was set for Utah, and the Base and Meridian for Utah was established.

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The Salt Lake City Public Library is one of the capital city's architectural masterpieces.

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This tower commemorates Thomas Edison's invention of the electric light at Menlo Park. The tower stands where Edison's laboratories once stood.

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In the early days, LDS Church members would bring their donations to tithing houses like this one, which originally stood in Cedar City.

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Ebenezer Bryce, a shipwright, built the original Pine Valley Church in southern Utah. He based his design on a ship's hull, and said it would even float if a flood came. The original still stands in Pine Valley.

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If you look at the ceiling, you can see the curved shape that belies its nautical origins. In addition to being a house of worship, the building also served as a schoolhouse.

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