Go back in time -- way back -- with a visit to these pre-Columbian cities not far from Chicago.
Gary Henschel in his Elkhart Lake, Wis., museum, demonstrating how easily the color of ocher can be transferred onto skin. (David Hammond/Chicago Tribune )
Excavations are ongoing at Cahokia Mounds, an Illinois historic site near St. Louis. (David Hammond/Chicago Tribune )
People walk up Monks Mound at Cahokia, a UNESCO World Heritage site. (David Hammond/Chicago Tribune )
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A mound at Aztalan State Park, one of Wisconsin’s most important archaeological sites. The people who settled Aztalan long ago built large, flat-topped pyramidal mounds and a stockade around their village. Portions of the stockade and two mounds have been reconstructed in the park. (David Hammond/Chicago Tribune )
