This historic California Gold Rush town feels frozen in time, and it warmly welcomes visitors to explore its shops, take a ...

A deserted Gold Rush town, a haunted pearl fishing village and an eerie abandoned island – these ghost towns all lie frozen ...

There's still gold in them thar hills. As the price of the precious metal climbs to record highs, prospectors are buying up claims in the Mojave Desert to seek their fortune. But it's the real estate ...

The mountain town of Fairplay is known as being the inspiration behind the long-standing satirical cartoon South Park. But now the former Gold Rush town is leading an affordable homes boom in ...

Klondike, a Western miniseries starring Richard Madden of Game of Thrones, will satisfy any fan of the historical drama ...

where gold was discovered in 1895. It's a brisk day in Johannesburg, a tiny mining town tucked among the Rand Mountains in the Mojave Desert. The landscape is vast and rugged, a mish-mash of rock ...

Towns with names like Hangtown ... starvation and homicide during the gold rush. As the surface gold disappeared, individual miners found their dreams of cashing in on the gold rush growing ...

There’s no escaping gold in Tarkwa. It’s in the forest. It’s under your feet as you walk the streets of Ghana’s biggest mining town. It’s the economy. Exposed holes in the ground bear ...