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 ...

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 ...

Source: THE PLAIN DEALER Monday, March 3, 1997 Edition: FINAL / ALL, Section: NATIONAL, Page 1A The most mysterious spot in Ohio, a 4-mile circle where gravity's pull is different and rocks stand on ...

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 ...

The Serpent Mound sprawls across a broad plateau overlooking Ohio Brush Creek in Adams County. Though it’s one of the most iconic monuments of ancient America, archaeologists still don’t agree about ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...