Ohio’s Great Serpent Mound is the most famous Indian mound in America. Years ago, when I worked fulltime at the Newark Earthworks visitors center, it was not at all unusual for someone to walk in with ...

A new controversy has erupted at an historic site after a candlelighting event was abruptly canceled. “We were notified back in mid-November by the Ohio History Connection that they were canceling the ...

PEEBLES, Ohio – On a lush hilltop deep in Southern Ohio, a giant snake slithers through the grass, its intentions a mystery. Despite more than a century of study, we still don’t know who built the ...

Young sees the serpent as natural to his neighborhood, which also includes the Norse references Walhalla, Gudrun and Brynhild roads, but he was actually inspired by a landscape about 100 miles away.

COLUMBUS, Ohio – As the son of a Norwegian and a Swede, Donn Young knows all about Norse mythology. Soon, his neighbors will, too. Young has spent this fall ...

The Serpent Mound in Peebles is the largest surviving prehistoric animal effigy mound in the world, according to the Arc of Appalachia, which manages the property. Built on a ridge above Brush Creek, ...

Fort Ancient in Warren County, along with two other Native American earthworks, will soon be under new management, the Ohio Historical Society announced Thursday, July 16. The move is in response to ...

Whenever I give presentations about the amazing earthworks built by Ohio’s ancient American Indian cultures, a frequently asked question is, “How long did it take to build them?" In a new article on ...

Historic preservationists said that vandals embedded a material thought to harness positive energy inside of the world's largest serpent effigy located in southwest Ohio. Now, the Ohio Historical ...

Serpent Mound in Adams County is the most iconic earthen sculpture ever created by the ancestors of North American Indians, but now it can be seen only through a kind of filter. Why? It was damaged by ...

The great Serpent Mound of Ohio, which has long been a subject of study and research for American archaeologists, has been given by the Corporation to the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical ...

Thank you to the Chillicothe Gazette Editor Mike Throne and Reporter Chris Balusik for the excellent article about the life and death of my husband John D. Herlihy, Jr. Our family would also like to ...