Is it the beachside views or farm-to-table cuisine that make California towns so unique? Take a peek at the spots named the ...

Deep in a canyon in the Sierra Nevada, Washington is a palette of nature. However, the California boomtown might not make it ...

California Gold Rush towns are having a moment and, as I learned with Nevada City, it’s easy to see why. Even if you’re not a ...

A little-known former California boom town is attracting new interest as ... which is tucked away in the Sierra Nevada Hills, became a Gold Rush hotspot when it was first founded two centuries ...

A California Gold Rush town, Nevada City borders the Tahoe National Forest. According to the town's Chamber of Commerce, the downtown district is a national historic landmark and features many ...

In the Mojave town of Johannesburg, 140 miles north of Los Angeles, a stampede for gold has sparked a real estate boom, the ...

That decimation started when miners rushed in for gold, killing and displacing tens of thousands of Native Americans in California and ravaging the redwood trees for lumber. "Everything was ...

From Solvang’s transportive Danish village and Healdsburg’s culinary oasis to coastal retreats including Carmel-by-the-Sea and Cambria.

With gold prices at record levels, more than a few people are willing to try to get gold the hard way. This has sparked a ...

The coin was one of many items dating back to days of California Gold Rush and prospectors up for bid at The Stack’s Bowers Galleries Rarities Night Auction in Costa Mesa, California.

Rare Coin Issued After the California Gold Rush Sold at Auction for $1.4 Million LOS ANGELES (AP) — Avid coin collectors jumped at the chance to get their hands on a rare $20 “double eagle ...