Effigy Mounds National Monument / Yellow River State Forest

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“Ancient Native American effigy mounds on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River — 196 prehistoric mounds including bird and bear forms. The Mississippi River overlook and river-bottom forest create one of the most historically and visually layered locations in the Midwest.”

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THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BLUFFS AT THE IOWA-WISCONSIN BORDER CREATE SOME OF THE MOST HISTORICALLY LAYERED CINEMATOGRAPHY IN THE MIDWEST. THE ANCIENT EFFIGY MOUNDS — BEAR AND BIRD FORMS IN EARTH — ALIGN WITH RIVER OVERLOOKS THAT HAVEN'T CHANGED IN MILLENNIA. THE COMBINATION OF DEEP CULTURAL ARCHAEOLOGY, OLD-GROWTH FOREST, AND THE VISUAL GRANDEUR OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER MAKES THIS A LOCATION WITH GENUINE DOCUMENTARY AND NARRATIVE DEPTH. YELLOW RIVER STATE FOREST SURROUNDS THE MONUMENT WITH EXTENSIVE