Across North America, indigenous cultures built large mounds for ceremonial and practical purposes. These mounds showcase the knowledge, creativity, skill, and determination of the native tribes who planned and built them throughout the centuries.

 

Where can you see Native American mounds and museums?

This list features some of the largest mound sites around the country. You may be able to find other sites in your state.

Oakville Indian Mounds Education Center Danville, Alabama - http://BestTrips.guide/oakville

Indian Mound and Museum Florence, Alabama - http://BestTrips.guide/fimm

Moundville Archaeological Park Tuscaloosa, Alabama - http://BestTrips.guide/moundville

Toltec Mounds Archeological State Park Scott, Arkansas - http://BestTrips.guide/tamsp

Mound House Fort Myers Beach, Florida - http://BestTrips.guide/moundhouse

Indian Temple Mound Museum Fort Walton Beach, Florida - http://BestTrips.guide/itmm

Lake Jackson Mounds Archaeological State Park Tallahassee, Florida - http://BestTrips.guide/ljmounds

Kolomoki Mounds State Park Blakely, Georgia - http://BestTrips.guide/kolomoki

Etowah Indian Mounds Historic Site Cartersville, Georgia - http://BestTrips.guide/etowah

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site Collinsville, Illinois - http://BestTrips.guide/cahokia

Dickson Mounds Museum Lewistown, Illinois - http://BestTrips.guide/dickson

Kincaid Mounds Massac County, Illinois - http://BestTrips.guide/kincaid

Mounds State Park Anderson, Indiana - http://BestTrips.guide/moundssp

Angel Mounds State Historic Site Evansville, Indiana - http://BestTrips.guide/angelmounds

Skillet Creek Indian Mounds Dayton, Iowa - http://BestTrips.guide/skilletcreek

Little Maquoketa River Mounds Dubuque, Iowa - http://BestTrips.guide/maquoketa

Effigy Mounds National Monument Harper’s Ferry, Iowa - http://BestTrips.guide/effigy

Toolesboro Mounds and Museum Wapello, Iowa - http://BestTrips.guide/toolsboro

Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site Wickliffe, Kentucky - http://BestTrips.guide/wickliffe

Town Creek Indian Mound Mt. Gilead, North Carolina - http://BestTrips.guide/towncreek

Miamisburg Mound Park Miamisburg, Ohio - http://BestTrips.guide/miamisburg

Serpent Mound Peebles, Ohio - http://BestTrips.guide/serpent

Spiro Mounds Spiro, Oklahoma - http://BestTrips.guide/spiro

Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Park Pinson, Tennessee - http://BestTrips.guide/pinson

Caddo Mounds State Historic Site Alto, Texas - http://BestTrips.guide/caddo

Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex Moundsville, West Virginia - http://BestTrips.guide/gravecreek

Logan Museum of Anthropology & Indian Mounds Beloit, Wisconsin - http://BestTrips.guide/logan

Credits

Tennessee Department of Environment & Conservation Toltec Mounds: Farther Along / Flickr / Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 License Grave Creek Mound: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Serpent Mounds: Yoho2001 / Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 License Sauls Mound: Brian Stansberry / Wikimedia Commons / Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License Shutterstock.com