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The Hoh's unique climate and geography have combined to create what Hempton calls "the listener's Yosemite" (Credit: Chris Moore/Getty Images)

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The world's most endangered sound

By Eliot Stein

By 1450, the mound city of Spiro was abandoned

The rich civilisation America looted

By Larry Bleiberg

In 1050 AD, the Native American cosmopolis of Cahokia was bigger than Paris (Credit: MattGush/Getty Images)

The US' lost, ancient megacity

By Jen Rose Smith

Piñon nut torte is a signature dish for the feast days of the Indian Pueblos of New Mexico (Credit: Red Mesa Cuisine)

50 Reasons to Love the World

The crucial legacy missing from US food

By Raphael Kadushin

Bayon Temple is a 12th Century shrine at the heart of Cambodia's sprawling Angkor site (Credit: Sakchai Vongsasiripat/Getty Images)

The myth of the 'lost city'

By Jen Rose Smith

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Enslaved Africans quietly maintained their strong rice culture and morphed West African recipes to suit the plantation world (Credit: EyeEm Alamy)

50 Reasons to Love the World

How rice shaped the American South

By Michael W Twitty

Some residents worry that as people "discover" Polebridge, the surrounding environment will suffer (Credit: Janet Sheppardson/Alamy)

50 Reasons to Love the World

The US' remote northern outpost

By Brianna Randall

When it's completed, The Great American Rail-Trail will stretch 3,700 miles from DC across 12 states to the Pacific Ocean (Credit: YinYang/Getty Images)

Adventure & Experience

The greatest bike trail in US history

By Stephen Starr

Come autumn, 75% of Bulrush's menu features foraged ingredients (Credit: Bulrush)

Food & Hospitality

America’s lost High South cuisine

By T.J. Olwig

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