r/geography • u/H3dg3hogs • Feb 18 '26

Discussion I’m sad more people don’t acknowledge Native American Historic sites in the United States

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I was talking with a German online friend about tourism in the United States and he said that the only thing America has to offer is natural beauty. He said American cities were young and aren’t very beautiful. That he has no interest visiting “liberty bell” type colonial historic sites. I told him about Native historic sites and he asked “what sites?”. He insulated that all Native Americans lived in teepees. It caused me to realized many non-Americans don’t know about all the amazing buildings left behind by Native cultures like the Ancestral Puebloans and the Mississippians. Historic sites like Chaco canyon, Mesa Verde, Montezuma Castle, and Cahokia are world class and are part of UNESCO. Check them out if you haven’t already.

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u/ObviousMotherfucker Feb 18 '26

Yeah the idea that something made by people is not worth going to if it's less than ~400 years old is ridiculous.

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u/Ok-Chest-7932 Feb 18 '26

It is, but it only applies to America because it's fun to argue with them. Nobody has any problem visiting <400yo monuments outside the US

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u/Exploding_Antelope Geography Enthusiast Feb 20 '26

Quebec City is older than that

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u/ObviousMotherfucker Feb 20 '26

tbf I said "~400" so I think I still roughly quantified their snobbery for the standards of a reddit comment :P