In the 1990s, thousands of ancient bones went missing from Iowa’s Effigy Mounds National Monument, a location that is known for containing Native American burial remains. About two decades later ...

Effigy Mounds preserves 206 mounds, 31 of which are specifically called effigies – mounds in the shape of bears or birds. The largest earthen mound located here is called Great Bear Mound.

After months of wrangling, it appears the federal government will purchase one thousand acres around northeast Iowa’s Effigy Mounds National Park. The park, near McGregor, features over 200 ...

These ceremonial and burial mounds in Northeast Iowa are one of the densest collections still existing in North America. Today, though, the Mississippi River has significantly eroded the bank they ...

These ceremonial and burial mounds are one of the densest collections still existing in North America, but the river has significantly eroded the bank they're built on, eating away at some of the ...

Most of the approximately 106 mounds that are part of the Sny Magill Unit are conical — or round — which are likely burial mounds, said Sheila Oberreuter, the park's museum technician.

Traveling even further back in Indigenous history on what's now Iowa, these burial mounds in Wapello came from the Havana Hopewell people. "The Havana Hopewell people were sort of in the central ...

CLAYTON, Iowa - The Sny Magill Unit of Effigy Mounds National Monument is a hidden wonder. ... These ceremonial and burial mounds are one of the densest collections still existing in North America.

Most of the approximately 106 mounds that are part of the Sny Magill Unit are conical — or round — which are likely burial mounds, said Sheila Oberreuter, the park’s museum technician.

Most of the approximately 106 mounds that are part of the Sny Magill Unit are conical — or round — which are likely burial mounds, said Sheila Oberreuter, the park’s museum technician.