For 17 days in 1925, the Western Kentucky man unwittingly ballooned into an unexpected media sensation, when a cave-in trapped him by his feet in a dark muddy pool 80 feet into a cavern.
Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky is home to a wide variety of wildlife, both above and below ground, including 70 species listed as threatened or endangered. Most commonly-seen above ground are ...
Eurogamer/Infold Games Cave 1 is Gloomy Cavern, Cave 2 is Waterfall Cavern, Cave 3 is Songbreeze Cavern, and Cave 4 is Behind-the-Mountain Cavern. Gloomy Cavern is near the northern tip of the ...
MAMMOTH CAVE, Ky. — During a late January tour of Mammoth Cave, the guide clapped his hands, and the already dim lights went out. He had brought our group to a stop in a flat area – like a small plaza ...
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 ...