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.

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 ...

On the 100-year anniversary of Floyd Collins stepping into the cave that took his life, Mammoth Cave National Park staff and ...

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.

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, ...

Among the cave-centric park units within the National Park System, Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky stands out. Not ...

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.

MAMMOTH CAVE, KY –Mammoth Cave National Park will delay opening the visitor center, cave tours and Green River Ferry until 11 ...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) - 100 years ago, Mammoth Cave became home to one of the hottest stories of the time. The story of Floyd Collins made national headlines after he became trapped under a ...

Hidden in rugged Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park near the border with Laos ... There are longer caves than Hang Son Doong—the Mammoth Cave system in Kentucky, with 367 total miles, holds ...

Meanwhile, the National Park Service describes the sight as "a cave turned inside out." To view the formations, visitors can walk along the Mammoth Hot Springs' maze of platforms that pass several ...

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 ...