After living on the Palouse for over ten years, I feel like I didn’t take advantage of the the opportunity to discover the history around me. I came to Logos too late to take the Northwest History class, and living in Greystone Church was the closest I came to experiencing something old. “Old,” of course, is a relative term.

As the picture above shows, I now live in a small place near the towns of Fåvang and Ringebu, which are about the same distance apart as Pullman and Moscow. Lately, I’ve had enough time to do a little exploring. Last week, I posted pictures from an “Ice Church” that I found at the end of a half hour hike outside Fåvang. It forms naturally every winter and is so enchanting that couples have even held their wedding ceremonies there.

Today, I needed to drive to Ringebu.  I brought my camera along and decided to stop by the Ringebu Stave Church. I had seen it before from a distance, but it was impressive to see up close. Norwegian history is not as extravagant as the Roman conquests or their towering cathedrals. It is more reserved and subtle (except for that Viking thing), and the stave churches represent a unique example. I imagine that people still get married here and found evidence that folk are still buried here. I didn’t have time to go inside, but here are the shots I took around the churchyard.