I was skeptical about the Cahokia Mounds site being a real city until I visited it last spring

For years I thought the Cahokia Mounds in Illinois were just some big hills with a nice story attached. I figured the whole “ancient city of 20,000 people” claim was exaggerated by local tourism boards. Then I went there on a road trip with my husband back in May. Standing on Monks Mound and seeing the scale of the thing, plus the reconstructed woodhenge calendar and all the artifacts in the museum, it finally clicked. The grid layout of the entire settlement is still visible from aerial photos they showed us. Has anyone else had a moment where a site turned out way more impressive than you expected?

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noah_chen174d ago

Most things in life are less impressive until you actually see them up close.

kevin_martin3d ago

My last visit to the dentist proved @noah_chen17 right - that drill looked way less scary from across the waiting room than it did six inches from my face.