NEWARK, Ohio – Central Ohio’s spectacular Octagon Earthworks, off-limits to the public for more than a century while it operated as a private golf course, will open for visitation starting Jan. 1.

The golf course and the state historical society are set to go to trial to determine the value of the country club's lease. The Mound City at Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks in Ohio, now a UNESCO ...

Ohio’s historical society is one step away from gaining control of ancient ceremonial and burial earthworks maintained by a country club where members golf alongside the mounds.