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Hidden Wonders: What are the most underrated places to visit in the US?

1. The Ancient City of Earthworks

Poverty Point, USA

Long before European contact, a complex society in Louisiana constructed massive, geometrically precise earthworks that rivaled the scale of ancient Egyptian pyramids.

2. The Remote Island Fortress

Dry Tortugas National Park, USA

Deep in the Gulf of Mexico, a formidable 19th-century fort on a tiny island once imprisoned some of Lincoln's assassination conspirators.

3. Where a Pre-Columbian Metropolis Flourished

Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, USA

Near modern-day St. Louis, a vast Native American city once thrived, larger than London was at the same time, complete with monumental earthen pyramids.

4. The Land of Living Giants

Congaree National Park, USA

This South Carolina park protects the largest intact expanse of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest in the southeastern United States, featuring some of the tallest trees east of the Mississippi.

5. The Emigrant's Granite Canvas

City of Rocks National Reserve, USA

Pioneer emigrants traveling the California Trail left their 'rock writing' and axle grease graffiti on the dramatic granite spires of this remote Idaho landscape.

6. America's Last Remaining Tallgrass Sea

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, USA

Vast herds of bison once roamed a 'sea of grass' that covered much of North America; today, one of the last substantial remnants can be found in the Flint Hills of Kansas.

7. The Ancient Cliff Dwellings of Canyon de Chelly

Canyon de Chelly National Monument, USA

Within the dramatic red rock canyons of Arizona, ancient Puebloan cliff dwellings stand preserved, inhabited continuously for over 5,000 years by indigenous peoples.

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