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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

BRATTON, Ohio — A 19-year-old man, accused of taking a joy ride over an ancient Native American earthwork at Serpent Mound State Memorial, has confessed to the crime and agreed to pay $3,790 to repair ...

The Ohio History Connection is holding Summer Solstice to mark the longest day of the year with programs that showcase the significance of Serpent Mound as a sacred American Indian site. Serpent Mound ...

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 ...

Serpent Mound State Memorial is located at 3850 State Route 73, Peebles OH 45660; 800-752-2757. From the West, take State Route 73 south of Hillsboro. If you reach Locust Grove, you’ve gone 4 miles ...

Daniel C. Dargavell pleaded guilty in Adams County Court Friday to driving intoxicated onto the Serpent Mound property in the middle of the night in July and doing damage, including tearing tire marks ...

A 19-year-old man, accused of taking a joy ride over an ancient Native American earthwork at Serpent Mound, has confessed to the crime and agreed to pay $3,790 in restitution for damages, according to ...

I was dismayed by the recent news that the Ohio History Connection has canceled the annual “Lighting the Serpent” celebration conducted at Serpent Mound in southern Ohio at this winter’s solstice on ...

For most of us, living in or near cities, light pollution makes it impossible to fully appreciate or even to see the Milky Way. The first time I saw the Milky Way, it came as a revelation. I was ...

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 ...