5 places to explore Native American history near Columbus

• These eight architectural marvels near Newark and Chillicothe served as gathering places for Indigenous people across North America and align with sun and moon cycles.
• One was a golf course until this year, but nature is slowly reclaiming it.

🌎 Ohio History Center: The "Indigenous Wonders of Our World" exhibit educates visitors about the earthworks closer to Columbus.

🌳 Shrum Mound: A cone-shaped burial mound in Columbus from the Adena culture, predating the Hopewell.

🤝 Scioto Park: A 12-foot rock sculpture in Dublin honors Wyandot leader Shateyyaronyah.

• Early local settlers called him "Leatherlips" because he was a man of his word.

🪨 Wyandot Park: The resting place of Bill Moose, Ohio's last "full-blooded" member of the Wyandot tribe, is marked with a 9-foot granite tipi in Upper Arlington.