Under 16 tons of granite, a farmer sleeps with a mystery at one of the most grandiose burial monuments in rural America.

Central Ohio has many spots for birds to rest, but Highbanks Metro Park seems to be a hub for our local fliers.

The monument was designated in 1949 and protects and preserves over 200 sacred, prehistoric Native American ceremonial and burial mounds. Human remains have ... that are keeping the bathrooms clean, ...

Through comprehensive community-led efforts, state support, and philanthropic funding, the Arkansas Delta is developing its outdoor recreation infrastructure and hoping to attract those looking for ...

The trail terminates at the park’s namesake high banks, a 110-foot tall, nearly vertical shale bluff overlooking the Olentangy River. Two Adena culture burial mounds and an earthwork are nearby.

The Mounds, built for burial and ceremonial purposes ... and parts of the Lewis and Clark and the Mormon Pioneer Trails are the only other places in Iowa overseen by the National Park Service.

Iowa's state and county parks, unique museums, natural attractions, historical sites, and rolling hills along the Mississippi ...

The Mounds, built for burial and ceremonial purposes ... Herbert Hoover's birthplace, and parts of the Lewis and Clark and the Mormon Pioneer Trails are the only other places in Iowa overseen by the ...

"I am the open trail hiked by people from all walks ... over 2,500 years of Indigenous history and over 200 sacred burial and ceremonial mounds. As rangers and park employees like him are removed ...

prehistoric Native American ceremonial and burial mounds. Human remains have been found in some mounds, while others "also functioned as territory markers and as multi-purpose ceremonial places ...

Brian Gibbs, former education park ranger at Iowa’s Effigy Mounds National ... Indigenous burial grounds, cleaning toilets and refilling soap dispensers, and opening hiking trails were just ...