Mines

After sitting abandoned for decades, this historic mine is now the only publicly accessible chalk room and pillar mine in North America.

Formed by the collapse of salt mines and later used for dumping industrial waste, these lakes are now part an unusual, biodiverse parkland.

Direct access to a gold mine showing the boom and bust of Australia's Victorian gold rush.

An abandoned early 20th-century gold mine in a spectacular setting overlooking Bridgeport Valley and the Sierra Nevada.

A haunted slate mine turned concert hall and a hidden fairy garden.

Crystal hunters can dig for their own stones at this DIY mine in Arkansas’ quartz belt.

What if the cure for all that ails you was as simple as repeated exposure to low-dose radon?

Once a granite mine, this beautiful lake is the perfect place to cliff jump and zipline in Denmark

A well-preserved set of ruins not far from Lovelock.

The site where nine miners were trapped underground for over 77 hours in 2002.

The only remaining hotel on the 1860s Henness Pass route over the Sierra Nevada is being restored.

Exhibiting the tallest structure of its type in Nevada, this massive mining complex is frozen in time.

Visit a remnant California's Gold Rush, which locals claim is haunted by spirits from the past.

This alpine statue of Jesus in Silverton is said to protect both miners and local economies.