Originally, Mount Rushmore was supposed to depict heroes of the Wild West. In the end, the sculptor settled for four American ...

The Visitor Center features cool photos and artifacts from Mount Rushmore's construction, which began in 1927 and was completed in 1941. There's also a 14-minute film with incredible video of the ...

Workers carve Lincoln, c. 1938-39. Archives of American Art / Smithsonian Institution Sculptor Gutzon Borglum poses during the construction of Mount Rushmore, c. 1938-1939. Archives of American ...

If there's something raw and rugged about Mount Rushmore, it's because it's far from a finished masterpiece. Save for a final brush-up by Borglum's son, Lincoln, construction halted after the ...

Forces began campaigning to add faces to Mount Rushmore while the monument was still under construction. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt supported an unsuccessful 1936 proposal to put women’s ...