This community – where less than 1,000 people live – once hosted one of the three great silver rushes of the Americas.

The Eagle Mining Company offers tours of an old gold mine for under $10. You get to walk through actual mine tunnels and learn how gold was extracted back in the day. For outdoor enthusiasts, the ...

A man found a Roman-era hoard in Germany dating to around 2,000 years ago, but he took eight years to tell authorities about ...

From Clint Eastwood's favorite train to historic buildings to taverns, Jamestown, California, is an excellent travel ...

The small mountain towns of Boulder County are not unfamiliar with unusual road names. There’s Sugar Loaf’s Wild Tiger Road ...

Thirty-six years after 13-year-old Elisa Roberson vanished from Texas, an Idaho judge declared her legally dead, but with no ...

Gold prices are soaring, reaching historic highs as China announces the discovery of its largest gold deposit, potentially holding over 1,000 metric tons. This "supergiant" find beneath the Wangu gold ...

The 27-year-old from the Munduruku tribe in the Brazilian Amazon suffered a miscarriage at three months, which she believes ...

When Ghanaian President John Mahama returned to power in January, he made fighting galamsey a signature policy. He banned ...

Educated Chicagoan Frank McGovern found the legendary Miners Delight mine, then lost over a million dollars to gambling, ...

Marysvale started its existence as a mining town when two prospectors found gold in Bullion Canyon in 1869. In addition to ...