This is hardly the best Lovecraft story.  My two personal favorites are At the Mountains of Madness and The Dreamquest of Unknown Katath.

Remember, Lovecraft was a hack writer.  He was a brilliant hack, but a hack nonetheless.  Many of his works were the same story over and over, but, when he got it right, he was a genius.

If you want more Lovecraft, check out Dagonbytes:  https://www.dagonbytes.com/thelibrary/lovecraft/