The US' lost, ancient megacity
A thousand years ago, the Mississippian settlement – on a site near the modern US city of St Louis, Missouri – was renowned for bashes that went on for days.
Vermont writer Jen Rose Smith covers adventure and wild places from a home base in the Green Mountains. Her travel writing has appeared in the Washington Post, National Geographic Travel, CNN Travel, American Way, Nexos, Condé Nast Traveler, Backpacker, AFAR, Rolling Stone, USA Today, and Outside Online. Jen is also the author of six travel guidebooks to Vermont and New England, including the award-winning New England Road Trips.
For CNN, Jen reports on issues of health, education, and childcare.