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About 1,000 years ago, Native Americans on the eastern banks of the Mississippi River built earthen mounds to bury their dead and raise their buildings toward the sky. In recent years, the Cahokia ...

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 ...

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 ...

An aerial view of the 100-foot-high Monks Mound at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, the largest prehistoric earthwork in the Americas. Courtesy of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site The ...

U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, R-Murphysboro, talks Tuesday in front of a mural depicting the ancient city of Cahokia at its height during a press conference at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site ...

One of the mounds at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Woodhenge at Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site One of the mounds at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic ...

There’s a new way to explore an ancient place in Illinois. Visitors of Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site can try experiencing it in “augmented reality,” or AR, to see the Grand Plaza as it appeared 1 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. COLLINSVILLE — The days of squinting at a sun-dried interpretive sign are coming to an end it seems. Innovations in mixed reality ...