The gold rushes of the 19th century have long since ended, but there are still plenty of places you can hunt for the precious metal using a shovel, pan, metal detector, and more. In fact, recreational ...

Currently, all eyes are on the state’s golden aspens — but there’s another glittering treasure hidden beneath the surface. Although many boom towns went bust well over a century ago, underground mine ...

IDAHO SPRINGS, CO (Amazing America TV) — When most of us think of winter, we think it’s time to hunker down, put the soup on a slow simmer, turn on the TV, and wait until the spring thaw comes. But ...

California may be synonymous with the Gold Rush, but the discovery of gold in Colorado in the late 1850s caused a frenzy of its own. In the peak year of the Colorado rush, 1859, more than 100,000 ...

Why are many drawn to old mining towns? Likely for a mix of many reasons including, historic and cultural ones. And that these places make visitors feel as though they’ve entered a time capsule.