"The Baha'i Temple that's a gym ... Even something as simple as Lighthouse Beach in Evanston is a playing field. The Federal Consumer product safety commission estimates that there were 1,300 ...

Open to the public with free admission, it receives about 250,000 visitors annually-even though only about 4,000 Baha’i (pronounced: buh-HIGH) worshipers live around Chicago. 1. The temple’s ...

The Baha’i Faith already had a significant property portfolio in Wilmette and Evanston before it bought ... commonly known as the Baha’i Temple, at 100 Linden, the faith owns a house at ...

Because of that visit, Price said the Wilmette temple constitutes something of a holy land for the Baha’i, and worshippers make pilgrimages from across the globe. “To Baha’is all over the ...

Whether fueled by the stories or not, about a quarter million people visit the only Baha'i temple in North America each year. "The temple is absolutely a magnet," said Arlene Jennrich, a Wilmette ...

But regardless of whether they were drawn by those false stories, about a quarter-million people visit North America’s only Baha’i temple each year. “The temple is absolutely a magnet ...

Khadivian is one of a small number of students who are members of the Baha’i Faith and frequently visit the temple. He is also part of the Northwestern Baha’i Club, which offers a Baha’i ...