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Mounds Shaped Like Bears and Birds

Effigy Mounds National Monument in northeastern Iowa preserves more than 200 prehistoric earthen mounds built by Native American cultures — including rare mounds shaped like bears and birds. Some of the mounds are around 2,500 years old.

Source: National Park Service

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