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

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 ...

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, ...

There are alot of great caves in the US but there is a hot debate over which one is better Mammoth Cave or Carlsbad Caverns.

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 ...

Mammoth Cave National Park is set to implement a comprehensive Land and River Trails Management Plan aimed at enhancing the ...

but it was at Mammoth Cave that I truly fell in love with national parks. You see, in none of my five previous park visits had I really understood that I was in a national park. Two of them happened ...

Hersey recommended activities such as zoos and aquariums; hiking trails; wineries; lakes and beaches; and theme parks, ...

The incident drew national attention and helped lead to the creation of Mammoth Cave National Park. Collins' legacy lives on through the park, a popular song and an upcoming Broadway musical.

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 ...