Experts are weighing in on Donald Trump's open desire to be the fifth face on Mount Rushmore. Trump has floated the idea of adding himself to the famed South Dakota mountainside since his first term, ...

Set in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Mount Rushmore may be one of the United States’ most recognizable landmarks, but as author Matthew Davis explains in “A Biography of a Mountain – The Making and ...

With this plan foiled by needing space for Lincoln's big old head, Borglum intended instead to place a grand room within the ...

Mount Rushmore is an American icon: Its majestic, 60-foot-tall carved presidential heads, overlooking South Dakota’s Black Hills, have been immortalized in cinema and remain a bucket-list destination ...

The four presidential faces that make up Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota have become such a fixture of American visual culture, it’s hard to imagine that the monument might have ...

The creation of Mount Rushmore is a story of struggle — and to some, desecration. The Black Hills are sacred to the Lakota Sioux, the original occupants of the area when white settlers arrived. For ...

Protesters sprayed the phrase "LAND BACK" on riot shields held by police sent to the action at Mount Rushmore on July 2, 2020. (photo Candi Brings Plenty) I sit in front of my laptop on July 3, 2020, ...

Hundreds of people were vital to the carving of Mount Rushmore, from those who raised money to those who wielded jackhammers. But if only four people had to be selected as most important to the ...