We know what famous landmarks look like today ... Initially, the idea for the faces on Mount Rushmore was Doane Robinson's, a South Dakota historian. He enlisted the help of a controversial ...

It features a famous Wildlife Loop where you can ... the Black Hills of South Dakota, with iconic landmarks like Mount ...

Landmarks give us a true sense of place ... features a video about the history and the making of the monument. As Mount Rushmore is a national park, there's no entry fee, but you will need ...

Some of the most famous images of Mount Rushmore are from Alfred Hitchcock's 1959 classic spy movie, North by Northwest. Ernest Lehman, the screenwriter, recalled being asked by "Hitch" to come up ...

On Oct. 4, 1927, construction on Mount Rushmore began in the Black Hills National Forest of South Dakota. Over the course of 12 years, the faces of former presidents George Washington, Thomas ...

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.

"Mount Rushmore is a project of colossal proportion, colossal ambition and colossal achievement," writes the National Park Service, which assumed management of the landmark by order of President ...

The first snow of the season transformed areas of the north-central United States into a winter wonderland this week as fresh powder blanketed the landscape and Halloween decorations. A storm tracking ...