In “Biography of a Mountain,” author Matthew Davis deftly weaves together interviews and stories that reveal so much more than a linear narrative of the monument’s history.

Mount Rushmore. The majesty. The beauty. The history. Who would visit South Dakota for any other reason than to gaze upon one of the United States' most iconic and glorious monuments? George ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – From the South Dakota legislative session, happening right now in Pierre, to the presidential election later this year, it is shaping up to be a busy year in politics. On ...

(Underwood & Underwood / Corbis) In the 1920s, despite the area’s atrocious roads, a fair number of adventurous travelers were visiting South Dakota’s Black Hills. But Doane Robinson, the official ...

Set in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Mount Rushmore may be one of the United States’ most recognizable landmarks, but as author Matthew Davis explains in “A Biography of a Mountain – The Making and ...

Matthew Davis is the author of “A Biography of a Mountain: The Making and Meaning of Mount Rushmore,” which will be published in November. One hundred years after its initial dedication, Mount ...

The Mount Rushmore History Association at Mount Rushmore National Memorial will host author Bruce A. Raisch for a book signing from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 24 and 25, in the Lincoln ...

Mount Rushmore is in peril, according to the North Carolina Republican Party. That’s what the party said in the subject line of an email it sent to potential donors on Feb. 24. “The left is determined ...

Only a handful of secluded American landmarks receive fewer than 7,000 visitors a year. These quiet destinations, untouched ...