Ely, Nevada, is an isolated town on the Loneliest Highway in America. With its retro, frozen-in-time vibe and eerie surroundings, it feels like a setting for 'Stranger Things.' ...

Abandoned places that will give you the chills As unfortunate as it is when buildings or entire towns fall into ruin, there is something beautiful and irresistible about the eeriness of abandoned ...

Picture a town that exploded from nothing to thousands of people in just three years, only to vanish like a desert mirage. Rhyolite, Nevada, was that place, a Wild West boomtown born from gold fever ...

Grand Canyon, Yellowstone’s Old Faithful, Niagara Falls. The usual suspects that dominate Instagram feeds and postcards. Yet ...

Thornton has been leading Barrick since 2012, and with gold on a tear the company should be minting money – but it isn’t ...

Tucked away in Calaveras County, this Gold Rush gem offers those million-dollar views you’d expect from a California destination, but without the million-dollar price tag or the bumper-to-bumper ...

End the year with a bang with this stargazing adventure in a living ghost town in Nevada. It'll be a night to remember!

A fourth grader from Virginia City is representing Nevada on one of the biggest holiday stages in the country. Nine-year-old ...

A Colorado woman who fell to her death after stumbling into a vertical mineshaft while hiking has highlighted a potential hazard that lies beneath our feet. On October 20, Jennifer Nelson, 54, slipped ...

Strong initial results from Mammoth's maiden diamond drilling program at Excelsior, with multiple shallow high-grade gold intercepts in the first three diamond holes at the Buster Mine Trend, ...

Geothermal energy taps into heat beneath the Earth’s surface to generate electricity or provide direct heating. Unlike solar ...

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