Explore an Arizona mining town frozen in time, with original structures and artifacts that bring the past vividly to life.

Across the American West, former mining settlements stand frozen in time, offering visitors a glimpse into the rise and fall of the Gold Rush era.

Wisconsin’s mines played out long ago as sources of lead and zinc, but what if some took on a second life as a source of so-called “rare earth” minerals with ...

Hedges, later known as Tumco, was a gold mining town on the eastern edge of California near Yuma, AZ. Located in what is today Imperial County, the town once had a population as high as 3000. Since ...

Lac La Belle carried 53 passengers and crew when it encountered a fierce storm in mid-October 1872. Eight people died.