Cahokia Mounds

Illinois · United States of America

Cahokia Mounds, United States of America
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Best time to go
April to October
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$
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limited
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The largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico, this Mississippian city centered on great earthen mounds. Monks Mound, the biggest, rises in terraces above the surrounding floodplain.

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