Discover Cahokia Mounds: Ancient Native American Settlement Near St. Louis

Did you know the largest ancient settlement north of Mexico is just fifteen minutes east of St. Louis? 🇺🇸🚙🗿 US history doesn’t start in 1492! And you need to visit some of these places. . . ‼️But how if you don’t even know it’s there. 🤝Let’s meet the Cahokia Mounds. Impressive stats: 🔹15-20,000 people lived at Cahokia. That’s no small little town! 🔹It’s one of only 25 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the US. 🔹80 mounds remains of the original 120. 🔹The largest one, Monks Mound, is about 100 feet high and has a base the same size as the Great Pyramid of Giza. ❓Are you impressed yet? This is why we should visit these amazing US history sites! Alas… 😞I didn’t even know there were Indian mounds in the United States until we memorized a @ClassicalConversations sentence our first year of homeschooling. The Native American history of my youth were teepees and buffalo and Dances with the Wolves… On a family road trip, I found our first mound to visit at Emerald Mound on @theNatchezTrace in Mississippi. Then, I saw signs all over the highway pointing to mounds as we drove through the southeastern US. 💡Once you hear of something 👉Then you see it and read about it everywhere. 👏🏻And this is why I tell you. 😉 Check out my blog post for all the details you need to add some ancient history to your US road trip. 👉“Cahokia Mounds: How to See the Best Indian Mounds” Here’s to some adult learning. 💾Save this, and add something educational to your next Illinois trip. . . . . 📸July 2021. Family vacation from Georgia to Texas to Missouri to St. Louis. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 . . . . . @enjoyillinois @cahokiamounds