An aerial view shows Avery Lake and Kincaid Mounds, a settlement occupied during the Mississippian period (1150 to 1450 CE). The Southern Illinois settlement is near the Ohio River.

Scattered across Wisconsin, effigy mounds are fragments of an ancient culture spanning from about 400 to 1200 AD. To the unobservant eye, they only appear to be elevated land. But the mounds are what ...

Epic Guide to Effigy Mounds National Monument in Iowa includes things to do, hiking trails, history, how to reach the park, ...

Brian Gibbs, a park ranger at Iowa's Effigy Mounds National Monument, says he has his job back after being laid off on Valentine's Day as part of a Department of Government Efficiency initiative.