Mount Rushmore

Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota.

Floodlights eliminate the granite face.

Construction on the monument began in 1927 and ended in October 1941. In this picture we see Theodore Roosevelt's head under construction.

Four Presidents in the Black Hills of South Dakota covered in a cloud of winter mist.

Air Force one flying over head.

Two F-18 fighter jets flying by.

Workers blasting away at the granite face.

Over 2 million people visit the monument ever year.

Areal view of the mountain.

The project cost a total of $989,992.32.

Gutzon Borglum and his crew of 400 workers carved the 60-foot heads of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.