Cahokia Mounds are subtler, more enigmatic ... you can’t help but wonder what life was like for the people who called Cahokia home. One theory posits that Cahokia was a booming metropolis ...

Now, that last remaining earthen structure, Sugarloaf Mound, is closer to being back in the hands of the Osage Nation.

CAHOKIA HEIGHTS, Ill — With the official start of winter just days away, many people will be heading to the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site in Collinsville, Illinois, to observe the winter solstice ...

Don finds out about a day in the life of Cahokia, what its vast mounds were used for ... His latest book is called Gods of Thunder: How Climate Change, Travel, and Spirituality Reshaped ...

Even today, many mounds remain in nearby Cahokia, Illinois. Experts believe that at one time centuries ago, Cahokia was home to up to 20,000 people. Sugarloaf Mound and Big Mound were among the ...