Mount Rushmore is an American icon: Its majestic, 60-foot-tall carved presidential heads, overlooking South Dakota’s Black Hills, have been immortalized in cinema and remain a bucket-list destination ...

Mount Rushmore is one of America’s most famous landmarks, but the story behind it is far darker than most people realize.

For several years, online memes have claimed a racist and dark history attached to one of the most iconic U.S. monuments, Mount Rushmore. Its past came under scrutiny amid nationwide protests against ...

In early April 2026, a rumor spread online that sculptors were adding a fifth face to Mount Rushmore National Memorial — that of U.S. President Donald Trump. Many posts pointed to an article published ...

Matthew Davis, author of a Mount Rushmore biography, explains how four presidents ended up on a mountain that was never meant to honor them. When I was driving cross-country about 20 years ago, I ...