Analysis of a massive wooden monument has uncovered new secrets of Cahokia, America’s greatest lost civilization.

Dr. Nicholas Kessler and his colleagues examined the largest known marker post from the ancient North American city of ...

With Cahokia Mounds being one of only 20 World Heritage Sites in the county, Emmelkamp said its easy to get people from across the country to come here. "But people from St. Louis don't come to see it ...

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' ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS — A recent study has cast doubt on the long-held belief that drought, caused the decline of Cahokia, a once-thriving Native American settlement near present-day St. Louis. The Cahokia Mounds ...

COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — The Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site is one of the most studied Native American sites in the country. Recently, Saint Louis University professors, students and visiting scholars ...

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 ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Tiffany Rogers, 35, and Jerrind Howard, 34, of Madison, try to keep up with their daughter Jayda, 5, on their third lap on the ...

This weekend, with drums and rain sticks and extra-long Indigenous flutes, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra is preparing to stir the great American melting pot. “Visions of Cahokia,” a 14-minute ...