Monk's Mound in Cahokia Mounds State Park, on U.S. 40, east of Fairmont City and west of Collinsville, is the world's largest man-made earthen memorial. It merits a visit from every loyal Illinois ...
Visitors to Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site can climb 156 steps up Monk’s Mound, the largest earthen structure north of Mexico. Joshua Carter Belleville News-Democrat Uniquely is a series of ...
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 ...
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COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — It's so much a part of the landscape that residents often don't even notice it, except when a visiting relative notices: "Look, there's the mound." Rising from ...
CHICAGO -- While she was teaching, architectural historian Sally A. Kitt Chappell specialized in modern buildings and city planning, but in retirement she has turned her eyes to some of Illinois' ...
Cahokia Mounds, some 13 km north-east of St Louis, Missouri, is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico. It was occupied primarily during the Mississippian period (800–1400), when it ...