His original plan was to carve a sprawling monument showing the full torsos of the four presidents, ... (1867-1941) works on his working model for the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, ...

We got a kick out of seeing the original plaster scale model of Mount Rushmore in the Sculptor's Studio, where a park ranger also gave a short talk on Gutzon Borglum, the artist behind it.

The story behind national treasure Mount Rushmore is just as breathtaking as its majestic presence. ... which includes a scale model of the original carving concept.

Seventy-five years ago today, workers completed one of the greatest sculptural feats of the 20th century—four faces, etched in granite, forming the national icon known as Mount Rushmore. These ...

But for all of Mount Rushmore's widespread fame (and over 2 million annual visitors), it's also a place with a deep history and a long list of little-known facts that may surprise even the most ...

Sculptor Gutzon Borglum began carving the images of four U.S. presidents into Mount Rushmore on Oct. 4, 1927. The effort employed 400 people and took 14 years to complete.

It's not exactly "National Treasure: Book of Secrets," but South Dakota's famous Mount Rushmore does have a bit more going on than meets the eye. In the 2007 movie, Benjamin Franklin Gates, played ...