Floyd Collins entered Sand Cave a century ago today to explore its prospects as a visitor site and became trapped in a passageway not much wider than his chest, dislodging a 27-pound rock that pinned ...

Floyd Collins got trapped in a Kentucky cave 100 years ago this week, an incident that led to the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park.

Thursday marks a century since his entrapment, an incident that helped lead to the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park. Here’s how. Collins is considered “one of the greatest cave explorers of all ...

Under a swath of Kentucky hills and hollows is a limestone labyrinth that became the heartland of a national park. The surface of Mammoth Cave National Park encompasses about 80 square miles.

Explore Mammoth Cave National Park, the longest cave system on Earth, featuring the richest known habitat for cave wildlife in the world. It may be difficult to think of caves as spacious and grand, ...

After the National Park Service was established in 1916 ... In honor of the anniversary, visitors can attend special events at the Lodge at Mammoth Cave’s Rotunda Room next month.

It's what (first) brought people here and what brings people back to study this region,” said Mammoth Cave National Park spokesperson Molly Schroer. “I mean, what drives a person to go into a ...

I had visited five national parks before I visited Mammoth Cave, including the Grand Canyon, but it was at Mammoth Cave that I truly fell in love with national parks. You see, in none of my five ...

Work has begun on a $3.5 million rehabilitation project at Mammoth Cave National Park that will see one of its most popular trails upgraded to improve visitor experience and reduce maintenance ...