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.

Hundreds of thousands of visitors are drawn to the Kentucky marvel each year ... Here’s what travelers should know about Mammoth Cave, the latest national park in USA TODAY’s yearlong series.

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.

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 ...

He discovered Great Crystal Cave in 1917, which his family ran as a show cave on their farm in what is now Mammoth Cave National Park. During the Kentucky Cave Wars – when cave owners in the area ...

Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave is another national park recognized for being the longest cave system in the world. It also boasts years of human history and incredible wildlife diversity, making it 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 ...

At the Sand Cave in Mammoth Cave National Park, local actors performing in the Floyd Collins musical stopped by to pay their ...

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.

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