Ha!, I drank my coffee out of a "Cahokia cup" that I bought the second time I visited. If you are in Central Illinois, definitely visit Cahokia (and the Lincol

Ha!, I drank my coffee out of a "Cahokia cup" that I bought the second time I visited. If you are in Central Illinois, definitely visit Cahokia (and the Lincoln memorial, of course). When I was in high school my older brother and I took a 3000 mile train ride from the California border, through Mexico to near the Guatemala border to see Mayan ruin complexes. The vibe is different at Cahokia, more peaceful. A few years ago I visited a ruin site in Northern Mexico that was a major trading center, goods from Central and South America, and virtually all of North America flowed through there. I think that life was mostly very good (except for medical problems/life expectancy) until the population grew to strain natural resources and incentivised violence.