at and t cellular: There’s a 70-foot tunnel hidden behind Lincoln’s head on Mount Rushmore.

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There's a 70-foot tunnel hidden behind Lincoln's head on Mount Rushmore.

Mount Rushmore is one of the United States' most recognizable landmarks, but it contains a hidden secret: a 70-foot-long tunnel located behind Abraham Lincoln's head. The tunnel was created as the entrance to a Hall of Records conceived by sculptor Gutzon Borglum. The idea was to build a chamber inside the monument that housed important documents such as the Constitution and Declaration of Independence, which would be accessible by an 800-foot granite stairway that stretched up the mountain from Borglum's studio to the chamber.