Indigenous earthworks once dotted a large section of North America. The National Park Service preserves and interprets some ...

Cahokia Mounds, an area located in Southern Illinois, is rich in history, but also offers some bits of a mystery about its early settlers. Known for its manmade mounds, the unique layout of land is ...

A gaggle of rambunctious fifth-graders scrambled to the top of the 100-foot-high Monks Mound to get a great view of the Gateway Arch in downtown St. Louis and burn off energy at the end of their class ...

Every day when Logan Pappenfort is at work, he tries not to dwell on what’s under his feet. Beneath the south wing of the museum where he’s interim director are the remains of at least 234 of his ...

U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, talks during a 2019 press conference at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville announcing the introduction of legislation to make the Mounds part of the ...

Assistant site manager Bill Iseminger stood at the base of 100-foot-high Monks Mound, bracing himself against an icy winter wind whipping across Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville. He ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Two walkers scale Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds Historic Site. Several walkers and runners use the promenade for exercise. The ...

Mounds is a city in Pulaski County, Illinois, with a population of 926. The total cost of housing, food, child care, transportation, health care, taxes, and other necessities for a single adult in ...

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