I grew up a few hours away from St Louis and visited Cahokia a few times when I was young. I figure(though may be wrong) most people who grew up in south to cen

I grew up a few hours away from St Louis and visited Cahokia a few times when I was young. I figure(though may be wrong) most people who grew up in south to central Illinois have been there at least once. It was hugely fascinating and it does spark the imagination about how life would be living in such a community, but IIRC it was mostly a big mound and a museum which was mostly reconstructions. And the big reason there's not all that much interest is that there was never any direct European contact and it was not as advanced as the Aztec/Maya/Incas.