Here’s how to plan a trip to Mammoth Cave National Park.

National parks. It seems post-COVID, we can't get enough of the outdoors and the natural beauty of America. Kentucky boasts one national park (Mammoth Cave) and two national historical parks (Abraham ...

Cave tour operations at Mammoth Cave National Park are closed, according to an alert on the National Park Service website. Other areas within the park “remain as accessible as possible,” the website ...

Caves have always fascinated me. Their otherworldly formations, rich histories, and the mysteries they hold make them irresistible. Walking through their dark, winding passageways with just a dimly ...

When the Bluegrass State comes to mind, so does the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Fried Chicken — but why not the countless scenic attractions the state has to offer? Home to the world's largest cave ...

The entrance to the cave looks sterilized — a stainless steel door that wouldn’t seem out of place in a hospital looks wholly foreign out here in Mammoth Cave National Park. Yet our cave guide that ...

In our Uniquely Kentucky stories, Herald-Leader journalists bring you the quirky and cool, historic and infamous, beloved and unforgettable, and everything-in-between stories of what makes our ...

Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park is proving any press is good press. The attraction heralded as the world's longest known cave system landed on a list of the most disappointing tourist ...

Kentucky's only U.S. National Park is having some fun with a recent study that ranked it among the country's most disappointing tourist attractions.The study came out in July and listed Mammoth Cave ...

A new species of shark was discovered in Kentucky's Mammoth Cave National Park.The ancient shark is called a "Macadens Olsoni."Experts say it had a distinct curved row of teeth, used to crush small ...